List of shipwrecks in 1831
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The list of shipwrecks in 1831 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1831.
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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
{{see|List of shipwrecks in July 1831}}
August
{{see|List of shipwrecks in August 1831}}
September
{{see|List of shipwrecks in September 1831}}
October
{{see|List of shipwrecks in October 1831}}
November
{{see|List of shipwrecks in November 1831}}
December
{{see|List of shipwrecks in December 1831}}
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|ship=Amity
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Middle Ground Island, Bombay, India. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury |date=24 May 1831 |issue=2427 }}
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|ship=Belmont
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by an explosion and fire at Calabar, Nigeria with the loss of four of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |date=20 September 1831 |issue=2444 }}
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|ship=Billow
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}
|desc=The transport ship, a brig, was wrecked on Ragged Island, Bahamas with the loss of all 98 passengers on board. Her crew were also lost.{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |date=13 May 1831 |issue=1045 }}
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|ship=Cape Henry
|flag=Unknown
|desc=The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |title=njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" |access-date=2020-03-01 |archive-date=2020-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223173713/https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |url-status=dead }}
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|ship=Collector
|flag={{flag|United States|1822}}
|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands.{{cite web |url=http://www.irf.org/documents/Shipwrecks%20of%20the%20Virgin%20Islands.pdf |title=Shipwrecks of the Virgin Islands. An Inventory, 1523 - 1825 |first1=Edward L. |last1=Towle |first2=Robert F. |last2=Marx |first3=Alan B. |last3=Albright |publisher=Island Resources Foundation |location=Virgin Islands |date=December 1976 |access-date=3 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102223912/http://www.irf.org/documents/Shipwrecks%20of%20the%20Virgin%20Islands.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2015 }}
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|ship=Corsica
|flag={{flag|United States|1822}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked on Anegada.
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|ship=Curwen
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered on a voyage from Ireland to England before 22 October with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 October 1831 |page=1 |issue=14681 |column=D }}
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|ship=Donna della Gracia
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked on Anegada.
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|ship=Eagle
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked off Portrush, County Antrim.
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|ship=Francis
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked on Anegada.
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|ship={{ship||Guildford|1810 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The merchant ship was wrecked in the Indian Ocean at approximately {{coord|7|N|80|E|name=Guildford}} in late April or early May with the loss of all hands. Margaret (flag unknown) sighted the wreck of Guidlford on 8 May as well as a raft constructed from Guildford′s rigging, but nobody was on board.{{Cite news |title=Belfast Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News Letter |date=15 December 1831 |issue=9861 }}[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015024214499?urlappend=%3Bseq=278 Register of Shipping (1832), Seq. №G516.]
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|ship=Hamilton
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Calabar. The fire had originated in Belmont ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}.
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|ship=Historian
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Bahama Passage. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury |date=16 August 1831 |issue=2439 }}
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|ship=James
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |date=19 October 1831 |issue=4371 }}
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|ship=Lerwick
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig was lost at Saint-Domingue.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=11 June 1831 |issue=17146 }}
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|ship=Lewis
|flag={{flag|United States|1822}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked on Anegada.
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|ship=Neptune
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=New John
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off St. Pauls, Newfoundland, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |date=31 December 1831 |issue=1446 }}
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|ship=North Star
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Canso, Nova Scotia, British North America.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 December 1831 |page=4 |issue=14727 |column=D }}
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|ship=Norval
|flag={{flag|United States|1822}}
|desc=The ship foundered between 11 February and 28 August with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Tobago.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 November 1831 |page=4 |issue=14694 |column=C }}
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|ship={{not a typo|Peare}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Götaland, Sweden before 2 November.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |date=12 November 1831 |issue=19009}}
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|ship=Rambler
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Restauradora
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Anegada.
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|ship=Roberts
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The whaler was abandoned in the South Seas.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |date=30 November 1831 |issue=1419 }}
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|ship=Rock
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=From Lloyd's List – Aug. 30. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=3 September 1831 |issue=17182 }}
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|ship=Seefahrt
|flag=File:Flag of Bremen.svg Bremen
|desc=The ship was wrecked near Brindisi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Bremen.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |date=24 March 1831 |issue=1204 }}
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|ship=Sivutch
|flag={{flag|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The vessel was lost east of Wall Bay ({{coord|52|06|30|N|174|53|10|W|name=Wall Bay}}) on Atka Island in the Catherine Archipelago. Her wreck was scrapped in situ to salvage her wood and iron.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]
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|ship=Sophia
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1818}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 29 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 October 1831 |page=6 |issue=14682 |column=C }}
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|ship={{ship||Swiftsure|1811 brig|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked in the Torres Straits before 10 July.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |date=24 November 1831 }}
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|ship=Tournesol
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean 600 leagues ({{convert|1800|nmi|km|disp=comma}}) east of Mauritius.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 May 1832 |page=5 |issue=14859 |column=E }}
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|ship=William and George
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America before 27 October. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=31 October 1831 |page=4 |issue=14683 |column=B }}
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