List of shipwrecks in 1800
The list of shipwrecks in 1800 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1800.
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January
[edit]1 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Sirebsomhed | Denmark | The ship was lost on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to London, Great Britain.[1] |
unknown barges | France | War of Knives: Quasi-War: Action of 1 January 1800:Two armed row barges were sunk by gunfire by USS Experiment in the Bight of Léogâne.[2] |
2 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham.[3] |
Chloe | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.[3] |
Integrity | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.[3] |
James | Great Britain | The sloop was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[4] |
John | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire, Her crew were rescued.[5] |
Kitty | Great Britain | Captain Ellerby's ship was driven ashore at South Shields.[3] |
Kitty | Great Britain | Captain Stephenson's ship was driven ashore at the Spanish Battery, Tynemouth, Great Britain and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[3][6] |
Liberty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at the Spanish Battery, Tynemouth and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[6] |
Pearl | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Galway, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Dublin, Ireland.[7] |
Tiber | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields.[3] |
Triton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at the Spanish Battery, Tynemouth and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[6] |
Two Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Kingsbarns, Fife with the loss of four of her five crew.[4] |
Venerable | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at the Spanish Battery, Tynemouth and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[6] |
3 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alexander | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire with the loss of all hands.[8] |
Ann and Margaret | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Usan Ness, Forfarshire with the loss of all hands.[9] |
Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in Montrose Bay. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Betsey and Susan | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked west of Arbroath, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Bonny Kate | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of May, Fife with the loss of a crew member.[8] |
Edward | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[10] |
Fortitude | Great Britain | The sloop was driven ashore at St. Andrews, Fife. Her crew survived.[4] |
Janet | Great Britain | The sloop was driven ashore at St. Andrews and was wrecked. Five of her crew were rescued.[4] |
John | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Bervie, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.[9] |
Laurel | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham and was wrecked, Her crew were rescued.[10] |
Lord Salton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Belhevie Sands, Aberdeenshire and was wrecked with the loss of all hands.[5] |
Martha | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Belhevie Sands with the loss of all but one of her crew.[5] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at "Westhaven". Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Bervie. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Neptune | Great Britain | The ship foundered North Sea off Nigg, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.[5] |
Phaeton | Great Britain | The brig was wrecked near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire with the loss of at least one life.[8] |
Prosperous | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Brora, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued.[8] |
Rose | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Arbroath. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Sussex | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Swan | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Coquet Island, Northumberland and was wrecked with the loss of seven of her eight crew.[9] |
Swallow | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Arbroath.[9] |
4 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Janet | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Portlethen, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.[5] |
Nile | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore at Aberdeen and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[4] |
Stockton | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore at Aberdeen and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[4] |
5 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries with the loss of all hands.[11] |
Dorothy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Don, Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued.[5] |
HMS Mastiff | Royal Navy | The gunboat was wrecked on the Cockle Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of eight of her crew.[10][12] |
Ocean | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands with the loss of four of her eleven crew.[11] |
Stonehaven | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[5] |
Volunteer | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire. All on board were rescued.[5] |
6 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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La Brucle Gucule | French Navy | The corvette was wrecked at Brest, Finistère with the loss of 167 lives.[13] |
7 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Augustus | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Rattray, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Nigg, Aberdeenshire and was wrecked with the loss of two of her six crew.[14] |
Helen | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Dornoch, Sutherland and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member.[14] |
Success | Great Britain | The sloop foundered off the Pentland Skerries. Her crew survived.[11] |
Elizabeth | Great Britain | The sloop foundered off Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands. Her crew survived.[11] |
9 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Aberdeen Packet | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Kirkaldy, Fife with the loss of ten of the eighteen people on board.[15] |
Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Buchan coast, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[14] She was on a voyage from London to Norway.[16] |
Athol | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Buchan coast with the loss of all hands.[14] |
Aurora | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Arbroath, Forfarshire Her crew were rescued.[14] |
Janet | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked north of Aberdeen with the loss of all hands.[14] |
Jason | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Buchan coast. Some of her crew were rescued.[14] |
John | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arbroath with the loss of all nine crew.[14] |
Jupiter | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.[9][14] |
Phoenix | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian.[14] |
Phoenix | Great Britain | The brig was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire with the loss of five of her eleven crew.[14] |
Rose | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Aberdeen with the loss of all hands.[14] |
Swallow | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Aberdeen with the loss of all hands.[14] |
Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.[9][14] |
10 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Polly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Brassay, Shetland Islands. Her crew were rescued.[17] |
12 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mary Ann | Great Britain | The brig was wrecked at Oracabeza, Jamaica with the loss of a crew member.[18][19][20] |
St. Andrew | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Oracabeza.[18][19] |
12 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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unknown | France | Quasi War:The ship (22 guns) was chased ashore by USS Connecticut at Deseada, she was bilged and sank.[21] |
15 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Friendly Cædar | Great Britain | The ship departed from Angola. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22] |
Suwarrow | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island, Ireland while on a voyage from Barbados to Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by Kitty ( Great Britain).[23][24][25] |
17 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Admiral Duncan | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire.[26] |
Aurora | Great Britain | The ship was scuttled in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk.[27] |
Lark | Great Britain | The ship was scuttled in the North Sea off Orfordness.[27] |
Mentor | Great Britain | The ship was scuttled in the North Sea off Orfordness.[27] |
19 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Susannah | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, Nord, France. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jamaica.[27] |
21 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Weymouth | Royal Navy | The stores ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[28][29] |
22 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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William | Ireland | The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered while on a voyage from Cork to the West Indies. Her crew were rescued.[30] |
23 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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William and John | Great Britain | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked off Sandwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from Deptford, Kent to Plymouth, Devon.[31][32] |
24 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bell | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore near Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from Deptford, Kent to Plymouth, Devon. She was later refloated and taken into Ramsgate, Kent.[32] |
26 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Brazen | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war was wrecked west of Newhaven, Sussex with the loss of all but one of her 105 crew. |
Good Intent | Great Britain | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured by the Dutch in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham and was scuttled.[33] |
John's Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[34] She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[35][36] |
31 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mary | Great Britain | The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.[37] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Man, She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin, Ireland.[38] |
Andalusia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough, Yorkshire.[31] |
Argo | United States | The schooner was wrecked on a reef south east of Fiji. The crew survived, however, all but two of them were killed by natives on Tongatapu. |
Aurora | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark with the loss of eleven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London.[31] |
Aurora | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Arbroath, Forfarshire.[7] |
Benjamin | Great Britain | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Martinico to Liverpool. Her crew were rescued by Swallow ( Great Britain).[39] |
Betties & Susan | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Arbroath.[7] |
Bridget | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Læsø while on a voyage from Riga, Latvia to Hull, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[31] |
Campion | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough. She was on a voyage from London to Whitby, Yorkshire.[7] |
Carolina | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Weymouth, Dorset, Great Britain.[40] |
Caroline | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore near Christiansand, Norway. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Copenhagen.[41] |
Diamond | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Sidmouth Bay. Her crew were rescued.[38] |
Dione | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Middle Ground, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.[31] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London.[41] |
Dreadnought | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Lisbon. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Venice.[42] |
Duncan | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Warkworth, Northumberland, her crew were rescued.[10] |
Edward and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Muhu, Russia while on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Great Britain.[31] |
Fame | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea.[43] |
Flora | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough.[31] |
Fortuna | Prussia | The galliot was driven ashore near Teignmouth, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from a French port to Königsburg.[44][45] |
Frederick | Hamburg | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Hamburg to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[30] |
Friends | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[17] |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[46] |
Goodintent | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Pillau, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Liverpool.[27] |
Henry | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily.[17] |
Hermit | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Oporto.[25] |
Jane | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Oporto.[25] |
Johannes | flag unknown | The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Cork, Ireland.[42] |
John and Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough.[31] |
Kleine Sigismund | Hanover | The ship was driven ashore and was damaged by ice in the Ems. She was on a voyage from Embden to London.[31][44] |
Lavinia | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Oporto. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto.[7] |
Lovely Mary | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in Franmore Bay with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool.[47] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[27] |
Mary Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Dungarvan Bay. She was on a voyage from Tortola to the Clyde.[16] |
Meanwell | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast in early January.[48] |
Mona | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Liverpool.[38] |
Myrtle Tree | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon.[47] She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Dublin.[49] |
Ocean | Great Britain | The collier was wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[10] |
Parsimonia | Great Britain | This brig of 128 tons (bm), launched at Hamburg in 1793,[50] foundered off Bleak Ball, Ireland.[31] She was on a voyage from Oporto to London.[41] |
Patience | Great Britain | This brig of 153 tons (bm), built in America,[51] was driven ashore on Coxscar. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Montrose, Forfarshire or Leith, Lothian.[44][52] |
Pilgrim | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Cape Coast, Dutch Guinea.[30] |
Purissima Conception | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire and was wrecked.[31] |
Rachel | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Gibraltar while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Venice.[23] |
Rose | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Arbroath.[7] |
Royal Recovery | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Elsinore, Denmark while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Sligo, Ireland.[31] |
Sailor | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.[1] |
Sally | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Brassay, Shetland Islands with the loss of seven of the sixteen people on board.[53] |
Sarah | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Dragal Reef. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Liverpool.[44] |
Shandy Hall | Great Britain | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured by two French Navy frigates while on a voyage from Newfoundland to Portugal. She was set afire and sunk.[31] |
Success | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Dublin.[54] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to an Irish port.[16] |
Swallow | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Arbroath.[7] |
Thetis | Great Britain | The East Indiaman foundered off the coast of Ireland while on a voyage from Bombay, India to London. Her crew were rescued by Loyalist ( Great Britain).[39][54] |
Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon.[42] |
Three Sisters | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Some of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Livorno.[7] |
Tonyn | Great Britain | The ship was struck by another vessel and sank at Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[16][54] |
Townley | Great Britain | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Dantzig to Liverpool. Her crew were rescued.[31] |
Turk | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.[23] |
Underneeming | Danzig | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark while on a voyage from Danzig to London.[23] |
Union | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Saint Tudwal's Islands, Cardiganshire while on a voyage from Greenock, Ayrshire to New York.[31] |
Union | Great Britain | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued.[23] |
Uniso | Portugal | The ship was lost at Venice. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Venice.[55] |
Verwagtung | Hanover | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm while on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Emden.[23] |
Vigilante | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Bristol.[41] |
Wohlfahrt | flag unknown | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Oporto to St. Ubes.[16] |
February
[edit]2 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Three Brothers | Great Britain | The brig struck a rock in the Cattewater and was wrecked.[23][56] |
5 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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James | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Inchcape.[30] |
6 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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La Vengeance | French Navy | Quasi-War, USS Constellation vs. La Vengeance: The Vengeance-class frigate was run aground to prevent sinking at Curaçao due to damage received on 1 February in battle with the frigate USS Constellation ( United States Navy). Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[57] |
15 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bougainville | France | The privateer, which had been captured the previous day by HMS Amazon, collided with her and foundered with the loss of a crew member.[58] |
27 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Beaver | Great Britain | War of the Second Coalition: The sschooner was captured and sunk by a French privateer.[59] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Abigail | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Wangerooge, Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the United States to Bremen.[55] |
Amity | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Sunderland[52] |
Argos | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to St. Ubes, Portugal.[60] |
Aurora | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the Strand of Slark, on the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dublin.[61] |
Beauty | France | Quasi War:On or about 22 February the privateer schooner was forced ashore by USS Norfolk ( United States Navy) at Point Jaco, Cuba with her side shelled to pieces by Norfolk.[62] |
Duchess of Gordon | Great Britain | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and recaptured. She was subsequently lost on the coast of Portugal.[52] |
Ebenezer | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, Gironde, France to Dublin.[63] |
Favourite | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Lewis. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Liverpool, Lancashire.[52] |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[52] |
Fortune | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Denmark while on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London.[64] |
Goodintent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire.[63] |
Gunst Van Goede Vrienden | Hanover | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Ems. She was on a voyage from London to Embden.[65] |
Hannah and Barbara | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Copenhagen, Denmark while on a voyage from London to Königsberg.[64] |
Hermit | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal.[23] |
Industry | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Cape Espichel, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork, Ireland and Lisbon.[66] |
James | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to London.[55] |
Jane | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Oporto.[23] |
Jungser Carolina | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near "Hornbeck" by ice. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg.[67] |
Mayflower | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Mogadore, Morocco.[68] |
Ocean | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[55] |
Phæton | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Cayenne, French Guinea to Stockholm.[52] |
Richard | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Calais, France.[63] |
Susan | Jersey | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Île Madame, Charente-Maritime, France to Jersey.[66] |
Swerra Jedida | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Mogadore.[68] |
Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on The Manacles. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford, Ireland.[63] |
Unknown | France | Quasi-War, War of Knives:The sloop was captured by USS Experiment ( United States Navy) probably on 2 or 4 February. She was transporting André Rigaud's troops. The sloop was dismantled and sunk, the prisoners were sent ashore in a barge that was in company with the sloop.[69] |
Victoria | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Waterford while on a voyage from St. Kitts to Liverpool.[23] |
March
[edit]7 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[70] |
10 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Princess Royal | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on The Saints Rocks, off the coast of France with the loss of three lives.[71] |
HMS Repulse | Royal Navy | The third rate ship of the line struck a rock in the Bay of Biscay off the Glénan Islands, Finistère, France and sank with the loss of eight of her crew.[72] |
13 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Prince | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. Manilla ( United States) rescued the crew.[73][74] |
17 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Queen Charlotte | Royal Navy | The first rate ship of the line caught fire, exploded and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cabrera with the loss of 673 of her crew. |
20 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Birch | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Happisburgh, Norfolk.[74] |
23 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Beausoy | Great Britain | The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. Fourteen crew were rescued.[75] |
27 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Beaver | Great Britain | War of the Second Coalition: The schooner was captured by a French privateer and was sunk by her.[35] |
Nimrod | Great Britain | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured by a French privateer and was sunk by her. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Newfoundland, British North America.[75] |
30 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Rose | Great Britain | The sloop was wrecked on the Black Rock, off Dublin, Ireland .[76] |
Unknown date
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Bird | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked off Corsica, France. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[74] |
Cunningham | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Newry, County Armagh, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Down, Ireland to London.[26] |
Dove | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Fairness Rock, off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to London.[77] |
Friends Goodwill | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[77] She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[26] |
Hercules | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Weymouth.[78] |
Hope | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[35][36] |
Quarto Jemaries | Portugal | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and scuttled by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Galway, Ireland.[79] |
Thomas Grandison | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Youghall, County Cork, Ireland in early March. She may have been on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London or vice versa.[36] |
April
[edit]2 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hinde | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Cape Finisterre, Spain with the loss of 25 of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to an African port.[80] |
6 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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North Star | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Wexford, Ireland. Her crew were either rescued,[81] or lost.[82] |
8 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Grasston Bothmer | flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[32] |
14 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Indiana | flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[32] |
17 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Die Gebroeders or Twee Gebroeders | Hamburg | The ship ran aground in the Cattewater whilst on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Altona, Hamburg. She broke up in a gale on 21 April and was a total loss.[83][84] |
Mary | Guernsey | The ship ran aground in the Cattewater and was wrecked.[83][85] |
23 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Shortland | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Maguiña while on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[86][87] |
25 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lancaster | Great Britain | The ship departed Cork, Ireland for Savannah, Georgia, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[88] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the River Tyne.[75] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Baltic port.[85] |
Black Prince | Ireland | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Strangford, County Down.[18] |
Commerce | Great Britain | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Jamaica to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[18] |
Delight | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Vine Yard Sand in the North Sea while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Boston, Lincolnshire.[18] |
Den Goede Forventing | Norway | The ship foundered off the Shetland Islands, Great Britain while on a voyage from Arendal to Limerick, Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[75] |
Dove | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Ivica". She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[89] |
General Massena | France | The captured French privateer was driven ashore at Bassaterre Roads, St. Kitts in a gale on or before 24 April rendering her unfit to be sent to the U.S. for Prize Court.[90] |
Goodintent | Great Britain | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured, recaptured and burnt. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal.[89] |
Harmony | United States | The ship was driven ashore near St. Lucar, Spain.[84] |
L'Heureuse Recontre | France | The captured French privateer was driven ashore at Bassaterre Roads, St. Kitts in a gale on or before 24 April rendering her unfit to be sent to the U.S. for Prize Court.[91] |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores.[75] |
Prince John | Great Britain | The ship foundered off St. Lucia. Her crew were rescued.[18] |
Providence | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the English Channel off Poole, Dorset and was wrecked.[75] She was on a voyage from Poole to Liverpool, Lancashire.[85] |
Staffette | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania while on a voyage from Elbing to London.[18][20] |
St. Ann | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Sunderland, County Durham.[92] |
May
[edit]5 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Observatorium | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship struck rocks and sank off Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Pitkopas" to Kotka. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[93] |
Thomas | Great Britain | The brigantine was destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon with the loss of two of her nine crew.[94] |
6 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Charming Molly | Great Britain | The sloop was run down by another vessel in the English Channel off Poole, Dorset.[94] |
8 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alliance | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from London to New York, United States. Her crew were rescued by Beaver ( Great Britain).[95] |
15 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Cormorant | Royal Navy | The ship ran aground off Damietta, Egypt, and was wrecked. |
17 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Juliana Prospera | Stettin | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at the Crowlink Gap, near Beachy Head, Sussex, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Stettin.[80][96][97] |
20 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lord Donoughmore | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent while on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London. Her crew were rescued.[32][80] |
27 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Industry | Great Britain | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to the West Indies.[98] |
Labourer | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Lisbon, Portugal.[99] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Adventure | Great Britain | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the French. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Madeira and Berbice.[100] |
Catherina Magdalena | Rostock | The ship was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay, while on a voyage from Rostock to Liverpool. Her entire crew were lost.[101] |
Catherine | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Sweden while on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[101] |
Constantina Christina | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Husum to London, Great Britain.[101] |
Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued.[80] She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[97] |
Enterprize | Great Britain | The brig was wrecked near Kingsbridge, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Newfoundland, British North America.[80][97] |
Fortuna | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Altona, Hamburg.[101] |
Happy Return | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[102] |
Margaretta | Hamburg | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured by the Spanish and was subsequently lost. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Hamburg.[100] |
Molly | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Dublin Bay while on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin, Ireland.[103] |
Nautilus | Bremen | The ship was wrecked at Blackwall, Middlesex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Bremen.[103][104] |
Persis | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire.[105] |
Portland | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne. She was on a voyage from New York to Amsterdam, Batavian Republic.[101] |
Sommer | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bristol Channel.[106] She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[107] |
Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon. Seven of her crew were rescued.[108] |
Union | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to a Baltic port.[100] |
Venus | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. Her crew were rescued.[102] |
June
[edit]2 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Tuley | United States | The ship departed from Virginia for Saint Barthélemy. No furthert trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[109] |
19 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Gibraltar | Gibraltar | The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Spain and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Lisbon, Portugal.[110] |
27 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Fanny | Great Britain | The ship foundered at St. Kitts while on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London. Her crew were rescued.[111] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | Great Britain | The ship foundered while on a voyage from "Saloe" to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[112] |
Catherina Margaretta | Hamburg | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Hamburg.[113] |
Cynthia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Elsinore, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London.[113] |
Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was driven aground on The Nore and was wrecked while on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[114] |
St. John the Evangelist | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship departed from Livorno. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[115] |
Streatherly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Domesness Reef while on a voyage from Dysart, Fife to a Baltic port.[116][117] |
Two Brothers | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, Great Britain to Hamburg.[118][119] |
July
[edit]6 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hesperus | Dantzig | The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reef. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain.[120] |
9 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Queen | British East India Company | A fire destroyed this ship at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, with the loss of 100 or so lives. |
17 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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unknown | United States | The schooner parted her hawser and went aground in the roads of Cape Francois. Apparently pulled off by USS Constitution ( United States Navy).[121] |
19 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Enterprize | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Spain and was abandoned by her crew.[122] |
27 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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La Fortune | France | Quasi War:The privateer schooner went aground off Mantanzes while being pursued by USS Ganges ( United States Navy). She was abandoned by her crew, captured, pulled off by Ganges.[123] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Chance | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Grenada.[120] |
Enterprize | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and was beached on the Isle of Lewis. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dantzig.[110] |
Glücklieche Weider Kunst | Prussia | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Rye, Sussex, Great Britain to Memel. Her crew were rescued.[124] |
Hevelius | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Hamburg.[125] |
Isabella | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Archangelsk, Russia.[126] |
King George | Great Britain | During a voyage from Jamaica to London, the ship ran aground on the coast of Jamaica at Pedro Point. When she fired her guns as a distress signal, the guns started a fire which spread to her magazine, causing an explosion that destroyed her and killed most of her crew and passengers.[127][128] |
Minerva | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Archangelsk.[126] |
Mississippi | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain.[124] She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool.[129] |
Telamon | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[99] |
Thomas & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[120] |
August
[edit]8 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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USS Insurgent | United States Navy | The Sémillante-class frigate departed Norfolk, Virginia, bound for the West Indies and was never heard from again.[130] |
10 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Dromedary | Royal Navy | The Roebuck-class ship, a fifth rate frigate, was wrecked on Parasol Rocks, Trinidad. All on board survived. |
14 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Sally | United States | The ship was wrecked at Currituck, North Carolina whilst bound for Málaga, Spain.[131] |
20 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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USS Pickering | United States Navy | The topsail schooner departed Newscastle, Delaware, bound for Guadeloupe and was never heard from again.[130] |
22 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mentor | Great Britain | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by Hope ( Great Britain).[132] |
Speedwell | Great Britain | The sloop was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire while on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Aberdeen with the loss of three of her five crew.[133] |
24 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Die Vorsigh | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by Henry ( Great Britain). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Tonning.[134] |
26 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Equity | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden.[135][136] |
Venus | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland.[135][136] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Constance | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked at Heligoland while on a voyage from Hamburg to Texel, Batavian Republic.[137] |
Flying Fish | Great Britain | The cutter was wrecked at Margate, Kent. Her 24 crew were rescued.[138] |
Frederica | Dantzig | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, Great Britain. A crew member was lost. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Oporto, Portugal.[134] |
Martha | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked at Little Manly Cove. |
Martin | Dantzig | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Elsinore, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to a French port.[139] |
Morning Star | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from London to Poole.[134] |
Peter | Ireland | The ship was lost at Viana do Castelo, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Oporto.[140] |
Resolution | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Memel.[141] |
Sylvan | Great Britain | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia.[134] |
September
[edit]2 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza | Great Britain | The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (22°00′N 57°30′W / 22.000°N 57.500°W) while on a voyage from Halifax, British North America to Barbados. She righted herself but was waterlogged and one of her crew was lost. The survivors were rescued on 17 September by Retrieve ( Great Britain).[142] |
William | Great Britain | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Jamaica to Newbery Port. Her crew were rescued.[143] |
7 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | United States | The ship was wrecked at sea in a hurricane whilst on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina to Jamaica. Her crew were rescued on 17 September by Mercury ( United States). Hope sank that day.[144] |
Pacific | United States | Quasi War:The merchant ship was captured and burned by Franchise ( French Navy) in the Atlantic Ocean (37°06′N 43°06′W / 37.100°N 43.100°W).[145]. |
22 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mentor | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hope ( Great Britain). Mentor was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[146] |
26 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Hound | Royal Navy | The Diligence-class brig-sloop foundered off the Shetland Islands with the loss of all hands. |
Zwei Bruder No. 2 | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship sprang a leak and was beached near the Urrengrunt Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt.[93] |
28 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Liverpool | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia.[147][148] |
30 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Nelly | Great Britain | The transport ship was in collision with Walter Boyd ( Great Britain) in Cadiz Bay and sank.[149][150] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ceres | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gravelines, Pas-de-Calais, France while on a voyage from London to Calais.[132] |
Commerce | United States | The ship was wrecked at Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain.[151] She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Liverpool.[152] |
De Jung Jacob | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Cardigan, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Málaga, Spain.[153] |
Equity | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden.[154] |
Flying Fish | Great Britain | The cutter was wrecked in Lemon's Bay, Margate, Kent. All 34 crew were rescued.[155] |
Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Plymouth, Devon.[156] |
Industry | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dublin.[156] |
Jersey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Öland, Sweden.[135] |
Lucy | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cork. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Cork.[157] |
Lucy | United States | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Ten survivors were rescued on 21 September by Resolution ( Great Britain).[142] |
Pitt | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sheerness, Kent.[132] |
St Johannes | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Falmouth, Cornwall.[153] |
Union | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Lisbon, Portugal.[140] |
Venus | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland.[154] |
Withywood | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia.[154] |
October
[edit]3 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Kichkasy | Imperial Russian Navy | The gabarre was driven ashore in the Black Sea 20 versts (11.5 nautical miles (21.3 km) from the entrance to the Bosphorus with the loss of twelve of her crew. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[93] |
4 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Neptunus | Danzig | The ship was sighted in the Øresund on this date while on a voyage from Danzig to London, Great Britain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[158][159] |
8 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Diligence | Royal Navy | Diligence-class brig-sloop struck a reef in the Gulf of Mexico 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) off the coast of Cuba. She was abandoned and set afire. Her crew were rescued by ship of the line HMS Thunderer ( Royal Navy). |
9 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Galgo | Royal Navy | The frigate capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, United States with the loss of 96 of her 121 crew. Survivors were rescued by Hunter ( United States). |
Macarius | Imperial Russian Navy | The xebec was driven ashore and wrecked in the Black Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) from the entrance to the Bosphorus. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Zakynthos, Greece to Nicholaieff.[93] |
Pospeshnyi | Imperial Russian Navy | The Piotr Apostol-class frigate was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Rumelia, Ottoman Empire with the loss of thirteen of her crew.[93] |
10 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Margaret | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Castletown, County Wexford, Ireland with the loss of a crew member.[160] |
Smyrna | Great Britain | The snow was driven ashore and wrecked at Dounreay, Caithness with the loss of three of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.[161][162] |
15 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Favourite | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Falsterbo, Sweden while on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia.[148] |
16 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Urchin | Royal Navy | The gunboat foundered at Gibraltar with the loss of five of her crew.[163] |
19 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Charles | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Smith's Island, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Boston, Massachusetts.[164] |
20 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Portland | Great Britain | The ship departed from Lisbon, Portugal for Bilbao, Spain on this date.[165] She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France.[166][167] |
22 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dorothea Louisa | Stettin | The ship foundered off the Norwegian coast while on a voyage from Stettin to London, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.[168][169] |
Earl Talbot | British East India Company | The ship, which had departed from Bombay, India for Canton, China on 16 August. was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands c. 22 October.[170] |
24 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Charles Baring | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 27 lives. Twenty-nine survivors were rescued two days later by Harriot ( United States).[163][171][172] |
Little John | Great Britain | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Bilboa, Spain. Little John was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[173] |
26 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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George | Great Britain | The snow sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[174] She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Hull, Yorkshire.[175] |
29 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Triumph | Great Britain | The ship departed from Cuxhaven for Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[176] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Brothers | Great Britain | The ship departed from Port Mahon, Spain for Gibraltar. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[177] |
Ceres | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Gravelines, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from London to Calais, France.[146] |
Earl Talbot | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Pratas Shoal, off the coast of China.[178] |
Frederick | Great Britain | The ship ran aground at Carmarthen. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Chepstow, Monmouthshire.[179] |
India Packet | Great Britain | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was burnt off Gibraltar after an engagement with some privateers. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Gibraltar.[180] |
Industry |