List of shipwrecks in 1816

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The list of shipwrecks in 1816 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1816.

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January[edit]

1 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1816
Ship State Description
Indian Chief  United States The ship was wrecked west of Cuba.[1]

4 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1816
Ship State Description
Iris  United Kingdom St. Mary ( United Kingdom) discovered the galiot capsized and crewless in the English Channel off the Owers Sandbank.[2]

5 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1816
Ship State Description
Flora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Greyhound  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Galver Sands, in the Bristol Channel off Bridgwater, Somerset with the loss of about 100 lives. There were no survivors. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[4][5]

7 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1816
Ship State Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Bigbury Bay with the loss of at least 28 lives.[6]

8 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1816
Ship State Description
Ann  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[7]
Mary & Alicia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Bramston Sands, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[2]

9 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1816
Ship State Description
Eliza  United States The ship was wrecked on the Brenton Reef, Narragansett Bay. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York.[8]
Hirondelle  France The ship was wrecked on the Île de Ré. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint-Malo, Finistère[9]
James  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France.[7] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. James was refloated on 11 January and arrived at Rouen on 15 January.[10]
Romulus  United States The ship foundered off Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Boston, Massachusetts.[8]

10 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1816
Ship State Description
Joven Zuylo  Spain The brig was wrecked at Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gijón to Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands.[7][11]
Robert & Mary  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Sheerness, Kent.[2]

11 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1816
Ship State Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked in Bigbury Bay with the loss of 28 lives. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to a French port.[7]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea off Douglas, Isle of Man. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Waterford or Wexford.[11][12]
Maria Elizabeth  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Noordwijk, North Holland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland.[10]
Speculation  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Hamburg.[13]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Larne, County Antrim.[9]

12 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1816
Ship State Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship struck the Home Sand and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[7]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Duncannon, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Waterford.[11] Eliza was later refloated.[10]
Fame  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Banks, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Newry, County Antrim.[7]
Father and Sons United States Missouri Territory The ship was wrecked at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[14][15]
Twee Gebroeders  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gironde River. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Bayonne, Gironde, France.[16]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Ayr.[11]
William & Francis  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[7]

13 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1816
Ship State Description
Clara  United Kingdom The ship departed from Mundesley, Norfolk for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[8]

14 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1816
Ship State Description
Lydia  United States The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Gironde River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bordeaux, Gironde.[9]

15 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1816
Ship State Description
Speculation  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe.[15]
Queen Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Skull Martin Rock, in the Irish Sea off Ballywalter, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.[14]
Zephyr  United Kingdom The ship struck the Whitton Sand, in the Humber and sank. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[10]

16 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1816
Ship State Description
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Newry, County Antrim. Her crew survived.[17]

17 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1816
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Ravenglass, Cumberland with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12]
Ant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of four lives.[14] She was on a voyage from Padstow to Swansea, Glamorgan.[15]
Cerberus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Jura. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool.[13]
Forsoket  Norway The ship was driven ashore on Islay, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, United Kingdom to Christiansand.[16]
Helen and Agnes  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Torr's Point with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Liverpool.[9]
Johanna Jacoba  Netherlands The ship was wrecked at Saint Barthélemy.[18]

She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam, North Holland.[19]

Quebec Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[10] She was refloated on 2 February and put back to Greenock.[16]
Russell  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Hempstead, New York. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[8] Russel was refloated and taken in to New York by 6 February.[20]

18 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1816
Ship State Description
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wilmington, Delaware.[21]

19 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1816
Ship State Description
Estramina United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Hunter River. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney.[22]
Elizabeth and Mary United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the Hunter's River. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney.[22]
Plough  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haaks Sandbank, in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[14][15]

20 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1816
Ship State Description
Alert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wexford. She was on a voyage from St. Domingo to Liverpool, Lancashire,[14] and/or Portsmouth, Hampshire.[15]
Amiable  United States The ship was driven ashore at Campbeltown, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[9]
Hound  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Stade, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg.[23]

21 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1816
Ship State Description
Lyra  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Fairness Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands to London. Lyra was refloated.[10]
Sophia  France The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Martinique.[20][24]
William & Mary  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks at Exmouth, Devon and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Exmouth.[10]

22 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1816
Ship State Description
Virgin del Rosario  Spain The ship was wrecked on a reef off Point Salines, Granada.[18] She was on a voyage from Cádiz to A Coruña.[19]

23 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1816
Ship State Description
Balsamao  Portugal The ship was destroyed by fire at Pernambuco, Brazil.[25]
Nancy  United States The ship was wrecked near Newburn, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to a port in North Carolina.[21]

27 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1816
Ship State Description
Duchess of Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Saugur, India with the loss of at least five lives. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[26]

28 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1816
Ship State Description
Columbus  Russia The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[16] She was on a voyage from Riga to Amsterdam, North Holland. Columbus was refloated on 30 January.[27]
Martha  United States The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from New York to Demerara.[28] Martha was refloated on 3 February and put back to New York.[29]
Vittoria  France The ship struck a rock off Quimper, Finistère and foundered with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[8]

29 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1816
Ship State Description
Euphemia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The ship foundered off San Bernando. She was on a voyage from Carthagena to "Lispata".[30]

30 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1816
Ship State Description
Boadicea  United Kingdom Wrecking of the Sea Horse, Boadicea and Lord Melville: The transport ship, a brig, was wrecked in Tramore Bay with the loss of 196 lives. At least 84 people survived. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent to Cork.[31][32][33][34]
Esperance  France The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off the mouth of the Loire. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[35]
Lord Melville  United Kingdom Wrecking of the Sea Horse, Boadicea and Lord Melville: The transport ship was wrecked in Tramore Bay with the loss of 12 lives. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate to Cork.[31][32][33]
Molly  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores.[36]
Rover  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Devil's Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Plymouth, Devon.[16]
Sea Horse  United Kingdom Wrecking of the Sea Horse, Boadicea and Lord Melville: The transport ship was wrecked in Tramore Bay with the loss of 376 of the 402 people on board. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate to Cork.[31]

31 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1816
Ship State Description
Appolonia  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in Tramore Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Cork.[37]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date January 1816
Ship State Description
Adventure  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. Adventure was refloated on 9 January and put back to Hamburg.[10]
Alexander and Mary  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[3]
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was sailing from Jamaica to London when she put into Charleston in distress. She was condemned there as unseaworthy and sold there on 11 January.[38]
Amelia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The brig departed Sydney for Java between 8 and 17 January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Assistance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands.[2]
Bee  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Cornish coast.[17]
Bengal  United States The ship capsized at Île de France, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from China to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[39]
Ceres  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Limerick.[9]
Chasseur  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the coast of Galicia, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Lisbon, Portugal.[7]
Cuba  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana, Cuba. Cuba was refloated on 9 January and put back in to Hamburg.[10]
Daphne  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sicily. She was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11]
Dennevitz  Russia The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder.[2] She was refloated on 12 January.[10]
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick.[9]
Diligence  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Aberdeen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[40]
Five Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Bridgwater, Somerset.[7]
Fortitude Stettin The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Stettin. Her crew were rescued.[17]
General York  Prussia The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark.[10]
Goede Hoop  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hamburg. Goede Hoop was refloated on 9 January and arrived at Hamburg.[10]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship sank in Melloch's Bay, Scotland.[11]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged near Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Penang. Isabella was later refloated.[41]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands.[40]
Jonge Martha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder.[2] She was refloated on 9 January and taken into the Nieuwe Diep.[11]
Liebre  Spain The ship foundered off Cuba with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Veracruz, Veracruz, Viceroyalty of New Granada.[42]
Louisa Ulrica Hamburg The ship was lost at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[43] Louisa Ulrica was later refloated.[44]
Luna  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Baubiquay". She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.[2]
Maria  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Tenerife, Canary Islands. Maria was refloated on 9 January and put back in to Hamburg.[10]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Saintes. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[16]
Mercurius  Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[9] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, United Kingdom to Drontheim.[13]
Oscar  United States The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Oscar was later refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, South Holland.[7]
Plenipo  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the East Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Liverpool.[3]
Ravensworth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne. Ravensworth was refloated on 9 January and put back in to Hamburg.[10]
Talavera  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[2]
Thomas and Mary  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire.[43]
Tay  United Kingdom The ship sank in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Sligo.[9]
Tyrone  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the East Hoyle Sandbank. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool.[3]
Vriendschaft  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder.[2]
Vrouw Swantje  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder.[2]

February[edit]

4 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1816
Ship State Description
Eners  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to St. Ubes, Portugal.[45]
Johanna  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Amsterdam.[35]
Race Horse  United Kingdom The ship lost her rudder and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Adele and Marie ( France). Race Horse was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Newfoundland, British North America.[28]
Shark  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[18]

6 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1816
Ship State Description
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Cape St. Mary's, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London.[46]

7 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1816
Ship State Description
Ann and Betty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bray, County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]
Fingal  United States The ship was wrecked on the Warren Hastings Shoal, in the Indian Ocean off Java, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York to China.[47]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to London.[42]
Integrity  United Kingdom The ship was drivern ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.[35]
Margaret and Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast.[35]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Howth, County Dublin with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Down to Liverpool.[35][48]
Mercurius  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Vila do Conde, Portugal with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Livorno. Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[49]
Mersey  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued by the Dublin Lifeboat.[35][48] She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]

8 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1816
Ship State Description
Lord Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Deal and Sandwich, Kent whilst on a voyage from London to Jamaica. She was refloated on 11 February.[35]

10 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1816
Ship State Description
Argonaut  United States The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (37°30′N 71°30′W / 37.500°N 71.500°W / 37.500; -71.500). The ship came ashore at Cranbury Inlet on 5 March.[50]
Esperanza  Spain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Cartagena to Port Antonio, Jamaica and Saint Domingue.[51]
Harmonie  France The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Prior, Spain. She was on a voyage from Labroredut, Finistère to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[52]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cádiz, Spain with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Belfast, County Antrim.[28]
Hopewell  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Rota, Cádiz with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[28]
Polperro  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Waterford.[28]

11 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1816
Ship State Description
Constantine Paulowitz Unknown The ship foundered off Ortegal, Spain. Five of her crew were rescued by Oden (flag unknown). Constantine Paulowitz was on a voyage from A Coruña to Bilboa, Spain.[53]

13 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1816
Ship State Description
Anna  Norway The ship was driven ashore on "Flickero". She was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom to Arendal.[21]
Speculation  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from A Coruña, Spain to Lisbon, Portugal.[49]

14 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1816
Ship State Description
Emilia  Portugal The ship was lost in the Straits of Gaspar. She was on a voyage from China to Lisbon.[54]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[55]

16 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1816
Ship State Description
Belise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[36]
Catherine  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8]
Maria  Norway The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Trondheim.[25]

17 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1816
Ship State Description
Rigersdaal  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Medemblik, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Amsterdam.[45]
Vries en Hoop  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Medemblik. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam.[45]

18 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1816
Ship State Description
Johanna Catherina  Norway The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Ireland to Norway.[56]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands.[45] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland.[57]

19 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1816
Ship State Description
Percy  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Saugur, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal to Bencoolen, India and an English port.[26]

20 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1816
Ship State Description
HMS Phoenix  Royal Navy The Perseverance-class frigate was driven ashore and wrecked at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. Her crew survived. The wreck was set afire on 2 March.

24 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1816
Ship State Description
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was reported to have foundered off "Berbice". She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[49][53]

25 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1816
Ship State Description
Alice  United States The ship ran aground off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to New York.[28]
Friends  United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands.[45] Friends was later refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[46]
George  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Greenwich, Kent. She was refloated but discovered to be severely damaged.[45] George was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to London.[57]
Nossa Senhora de Livramento  Portugal The ship ran aground and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Faial Island, Azores to Havre de Grâce.[46]
Peggy  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Bervie, Aberdeenshire with the loss of three of her four crew.[58]
Sultana  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Bengal, India. Her crew were rescued.[59][60]

26 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1816
Ship State Description
La Lis  United States The ship foundered in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. All on board were rescued.[61]

27 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1816
Ship State Description
Swiftsure  United Kingdom The smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by Robert ( United Kingdom) with the loss of all but one of her crew. Swiftsure was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London.[24]

28 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1816
Ship State Description
Lively  United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was beached at Landguard Fort, Suffolk. She was subsequently taken in to Harwich, Essex.[46]
Sanderson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Speculation  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from A Corunna, Spain to Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[53]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1816
Ship State Description
Achilles  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Martha's Industry, Georgia, United States.[45]
Alexander  Prussia The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Königsburg to Oporto, Portugal.[21]
Almira  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[8]
Bella Allianza  Portugal The ship was discovered off the Berlengas dismasted and crewless by HMS Wasp ( Royal Navy). She was towed in to Gibraltar. Bella Allianza was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Lisbon.[53]
D'Jacob  Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Amsterdam, North Holland.[62]
Fortuna  Norway The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Sint Maarten to Trondheim.[49]
Frederickstein  United Kingdom The ship foundered on a voyage from Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro on or before 9 February. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Friends Integrity  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of two of her crew.[16]
Grey  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) north of Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[46]
Harmonie  France The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Martinique.[21]
Hercules  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Charleston.[35]
Johanna Sophia  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.[64]
John & Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Galway to Liverpool, Lancashire.[46]
Little Dick  United States The ship was wrecked at Wilmington, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Wilmington.[49]
May Flower  United Kingdom The ship sank at Cork.[16]
Minerva  United Kingdom The snow sank at Harwich, Essex.[64]
Morrell  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Langlee Island, Massachusetts with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Newfoundland.[35]
Palafox  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Lisbon. Palafox put back in to Portsmouth.[57]
Rover  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast in early February with the loss of all hands.[45] She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Oporto.[57]

March[edit]

1 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1816
Ship State Description
Charming Sally  United States The schooner struck a reef in the Atlantic Ocean and was wrecked. Her eight crew survived.[65]
Isaac United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Vincent The sloop foundered in the St. Lucia Channel. Her crew were rescued.[55]
Phœnix  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Maranilla Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Nassau, Bahamas.[55]
Success  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Fairness Rock, off Margate, Kent and sank. She was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset to London.[28]
William and Mary  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[66] She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Padstow.[28]

2 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1816
Ship State Description
Claudine  France The ship was driven ashore at Lillo, Antwerp, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Antwerp. Claudine was later refloated.[53]
John  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore and severely damaged at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. John was later refloated and taken in to Dover.[28]
Orion  France The ship was struck by lightning and sunk at L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer, Vendée.[67] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[68]

3 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1816
Ship State Description
Flinders  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked off the Laccadive Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India.[69]
Kron Prins  Netherlands The ship ran aground and was damaged in the Nieuw Diep. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Kron Prins was subsequently refloated.[24]
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Gibraltar.[70]
Velina  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Savannah, Georgia, United States.[71]

4 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1816
Ship State Description
Baltimore  United States The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland. She was discovered by Rapid ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[24]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship foundered 80 nautical miles (150 km) off the mouth of the Surinam River. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Cork.[72]

5 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1816
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dumfries to Liverpool, Lancashire.[49]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) off the mouth of the Surinam River. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Johanna Carolina Sweden The galiot was lost near Quimper, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Hamburg.[73]
HMS Liverpool  Royal Navy The Endymion-class frigate was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dover, Kent.[49] She was later refloated and taken in to The Downs.[21]

6 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1816
Ship State Description
Chesterfield Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Gibraltar.[74] She was refloated the next day.[73]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Grand Reef, off Negril, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica.[75]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Abaco Oslands. She was on a voyage from New York to Havana, Cuba.[76]

7 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1816
Ship State Description
HMS Ister  Royal Navy The Scamander-class frigate ran aground off Cape de Gat, Spain with the loss of nine or eleven of her crew.[77][78] She was later refloated with assistance from "HMS Arachar" and HMS Montagu ( Royal Navy) and was towed in to Gibraltar on 24 March.[51]

8 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1816
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Grand Reef, off Negril, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica.[79]
Minerva  United States The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from New York to Havana, Cuba.[30]
Plymouth  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk.[52]

11 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1816
Ship State Description
Betty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Littlehampton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Littlehampton.[24]

12 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1816
Ship State Description
Good Hoop  Netherlands The ship struck the pier and sank at Porthleven, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Antwerp, Netherlands.[1][52]
Swift  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk by a collier with the loss of nineteen of the twenty people on board.[80]

13 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1816
Ship State Description
Batidor  Spain The ship was wrecked 13 leagues (39 nautical miles (72 km)) from Gijón. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rivadeo, Gijón and Santander.[73]
Freyheit flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to London, United Kingdom.[20]
Hoffnung  Norway The ship was driven ashore at Hythe, Kent and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated and taken in to Folkestone Kent.[20]
Sophia Vorbrodt Unknown The ship was wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[74]

14 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1816
Ship State Description
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated but drove on shore again. Caroline was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Southampton, Hampshire.[52]
Harrington  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[67][68]

15 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1816
Ship State Description
Antiope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[1][81]
Curaçoa  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Wereingen". She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Curaçao.[25]
Hazard  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Antwerp. Hazard was later refloated and taken in to Vlissingen.[70]
Sarah Johansen  Netherlands The ship ran aground off Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Ligurian Republic to Amsterdam, North Holland. Sarah Johansen was refloated on 18 March and arrived at Amsterdam on 21 March.[74]

16 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1816
Ship State Description
Antiope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[52]
Maria  Norway The ship was driven ashore and sunk in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Drontheim.[74]
Retablissment  France The ship was wrecked at Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig.[25]

17 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1816
Ship State Description
George  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Gothenburg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Baltic port. George was refloated the next day.[70]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to Liverpool, Lancashire. Margaret was later refloated.[70]

18 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1816
Ship State Description
Ariadne  United States The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Lewis, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stromness, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[18]
Catharine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Alemouth". She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[74]
Donald  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Church Bay, Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antigua. Donald was refloated on 20 March,[74] and put into the Clyde on 1 April.[56]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[68]
Melantho  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Milltown Malbay, County Clare, United Kingdom with the loss of all 20 people on board. She was on a voyage from Limerick, United Kingdom to Barcelona.[82]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the mouth of the River Spey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Cromarty.[74]

19 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1816
Ship State Description
America  United States The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[67]
Arabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pará, Brazil.[67]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on The Shingles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Southampton, Hampshire.[67]
Ida  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Shelburn". Her crew were rescued.[30]
James  United Kingdom The whaler was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Greenland. James was later refloated.[68]
Richard Staples  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Liverpool.[67]
Sachem  United States The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool. Sachem was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[68]
Thomas Gibbons  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah. Thomas Gibbons was later refloated.[68]

20 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1816
Ship State Description
Arabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. she was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pará, Brazil.[68]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Southampton, Hampshire.[68]
Maria Elizabeth  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Wismar.[82]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[83]
Patriarch  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands with the loss of nine of her crew.[25]

23 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1816
Ship State Description
Defiance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was refloated but was consequently beached.[70]
Duke of Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore a second time and wrecked at Bermuda,[75][79] Having previously been ashore and refloated before 15 March.[72] She was on a voyage from London to Bermuda and Jamaica.[71]
La Balance  France The transport ship, a brig, was wrecked on the coast of Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of 36 of the 108 people on board. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Manche to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[77][84]

25 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1816
Ship State Description
Shannon  United States The ship foundered off Dunoff Head, County Donegal, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from New York to Drogheda, County Louth, United Kingdom.[82][85][86]

26 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1816
Ship State Description
Hermina  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore in the Courantyne River, Surinam. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Berbice. It was reported that Hermina was expected to be refloated around 9 April.[55]
Nile  United States The ship was wrecked on Little Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica.[65]

27 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1816
Ship State Description
Navigator  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Rota, Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cádiz. She was refloated on or about 12 April.[63]

30 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1816
Ship State Description
Three Sons  United States The brig was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia. Her crew were rescued.[50]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1816
Ship State Description
Anglem  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Point of Ayre, Isle of Man.[25] She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[74]
Ceres  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Limerick.[74]
Donald  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antigua.[83]
Drie Gebroeders  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom to Emden.[21][29]
Enigkeit Bremen The ship ran aground in the Jade and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bremen.[21][70][86]
Exchange  United States The ship was wrecked near Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Vendée to Puerto Rico.[83]
Fortuna  Norway The ship was lost on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from St Martin's to Drontheim.[53]
General Cockburn  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Les Sables d'Olonne. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle to the United States.[83]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship sank at Liverpool.[85]
James  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off Finistère, France before 4 March. She was subsequently taken in to "Melon", Finistère.[1]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea in early March. She was on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[25] At least three of her crew survived.[74]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Loch Eriboll. She was on a voyage from Trondheim, Norway to Dublin.[52]
Pomona  France The ship was driven ashore at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[21]

April[edit]

1 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1816
Ship State Description
Ann & Fanny  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Platter Rocks, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Dublin.[78]
Rhoda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Cape de Gatt, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[87] Rhoda was later refloated and put into Cartagena, Spain before proceeding to Almeria, Spain for repairs.[88]

5 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1816
Ship State Description
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off St. Domingo. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to St. Domingo.[89]

6 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1816
Ship State Description
Rein Deer  United States The ship was driven ashore on Bush Island. She was on a voyage from Naples to Boston, Massachusetts. Rein Deer was refloated and arrived at Boston on 10 April.[76]

7 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1816
Ship State Description
Europe  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire off Antigua with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antigua.[63]
Frau Maria  Netherlands The ship caught fire off Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Amsterdam, North Holland. Frau Maria put back to Copenhagen for repairs.[90]
Jane United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was wrecked at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Rotterdam, South Holland.[18][19]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued.[18]
Penrhyn Castle  United Kingdom The snow came in to Cowes having lost her mast and having sustained other damage.[91]

9 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1816
Ship State Description
Two Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tarragona, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[51] She was refloated on 15 April.[75]

10 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1816
Ship State Description
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Garth Banks.[87]
Samuel  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Bull Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to a Welsh port.[50]

11 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1816
Ship State Description
Bell  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[63][72]

12 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1816
Ship State Description
Earl of Fife  United Kingdom The whaler was wrecked at Banff, Aberdeenshire.[50][92]

14 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1816
Ship State Description
Ann and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The oyster smack foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight with the loss of two of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère, France to London.[93]
Hyndman  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Carlisle Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cork and Barbadoes.[94]

15 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1816
Ship State Description
Mary  United States The ship was driven ashore at Currituck, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Trinidad.[95]

17 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1816
Ship State Description
Ariadne  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off Montevideo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Montevideo.[47]

18 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1816
Ship State Description
Speedwell  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[71]

19 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1816
Ship State Description
Lady Hood  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Lisbon, Portugal and Cádiz, Spain. Lady Hood was later refloated and towed in to Ensinado.[26][41]

20 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1816
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Freshwater Bay, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Montreal, Lower Canada, British North America.[95]

23 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1816
Ship State Description
Bella Maria  Spain The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Africa to Havana, Cuba.[96]
Flora  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[96]
Letitia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Fiana. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire and Belfast, County Antrim. Letitia was refloated on 27 April.[88]
Methven Castle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pagan Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[97] She was later refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[72]
Rising Hope  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race. Newfoundland, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool. Lancashire to Montreal, British North America.[98]

24 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1816
Ship State Description
Philip  United States The ship was struck by a whale and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Charleston, South Carolina.[99]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date April 1816
Ship State Description
Anglo Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was wrecked between Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis and Susa, Tripolitania before 20 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Susa to Livorno.[88][100]
Fair Reaper  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Wexford. She was on a voyage from Cork to Dublin.[50]
General Lecor  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Cork.[50]
Invija  Portugal The ship was lost on the coast of Galicia, Spain with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[101]
Mowbray  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the English Channel off Seaford, Sussex.[102]
Samuel  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Barnstaple Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Barnstaple, Devon.[103]
San Antonio  Portugal The sumacca ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was abandoned. She was reported to have been drifting in the river for at least two months before coming ashore in early June.[104]
Sunbury  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Georgetown. She was on a voyage from Georgetown to Liverpool, Lancashire.[105] She was later refloated and put into Charleston, South Carolina, United States for repairs.[76][101]

May[edit]

2 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1816
Ship State Description
Albertine Mariane  Netherlands The ship ran aground off Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[30] Albertine Mariane was refloated before 11 May and resumed her voyage.[106]
Juno Stettin The ship was driven ashore at Pillau. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Stettin.[30] Juno was refloated and put into Pillau on 3 May.[106]

4 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1816
Ship State Description
Emanuel  Norway The ship was lost near "Runo" with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to Riga, Russia.[95]
Justina Sophia  Netherlands The ship was wrecked at Brielle, South Holland. Her crew were rescued.[55]

5 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1816
Ship State Description
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Mary was later refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[106]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dantzig with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dantzig.[106]
Vrouw Maria  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland.[55]

7 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1816
Ship State Description
Hinchinbrooke Packet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to a Mediterranean port.[107]

9 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1816
Ship State Description
Carl Anton Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kalvsund. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Gothenburg.[55][105]

16 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1816
Ship State Description
Collingwood  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gigha, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to the Clyde.[101]

18 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1816
Ship State Description
Active  Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated but was subsequently beached at Deal, Kent and then taken in to Dover, Kent. Active was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg.[106]
Telemaque Sweden The ship was abandoned in the North Sea (56°28′N 6°05′E / 56.467°N 6.083°E / 56.467; 6.083). Five crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Uddevalla to Cádiz, Spain.[95]

23 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1816
Ship State Description
Dash  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Barbados.[108]
Vrow Catharina Hamburg The ship was wrecked off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[100]

24 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1816
Ship State Description
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (46°10′N 22°30′W / 46.167°N 22.500°W / 46.167; -22.500). Her crew were rescued by Harriet ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British North America.[65][87]

26 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1816
Ship State Description
Nerina  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec, British North America.[65] Nerina was later refloated and put into Waterford on 11 June.[88]

30 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1816
Ship State Description
Duke of Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[109]

31 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1816
Ship State Description
Christina Margaretta  Netherlands The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[99]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1816
Ship State Description
Betsey  United States The ship was wrecked at "Larenza", Grand Duchy of Tuscany in early May with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[110]
Caroline  France The ship was lost off Martinique. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to "Louisiana".[111]
Epervier  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Candia, Crete and the Ionian Islands.[95]
Harriet  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean Twenty-three people were rescued by Hannah ( United States).[65]
Hawke  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Tarifa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[107]
James & Mary  United Kingdom The ship departed from Riga, Russia for Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[112]
Mowbray  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Seaford, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Mulgrave Castle  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks at Boa Vista, Cape Verde, and came into Port Praya, in May. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope.[41]
Rattler  United Kingdom The ship sank on the South Ham Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[110]
Truimpho  Portugal The ship ran aground and was damaged on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Triumpho was later refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[88]
Two Sisters  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex.[30]
Waaksamheid  Netherlands The ship sank in the Seine at Tancarville, Seine Maritime, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[65][87]
William and Sally  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Brighton. She was refloated but was discovered to be so leaky that it was necessary to beach her.[30]

June[edit]

2 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1816
Ship State Description
Vrow Anna  Netherlands The ship was lost off Hoorn, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to Riga, Russia.[88]

4 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1816
Ship State Description
Apollo  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Antwerp.[113]
Jess and Flora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Portage Island, in the Saint Lawrence River.[111]

5 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1816
Ship State Description
Atlas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. Her crew were rescued.[114] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[60]
Cossack  United States The brig was wrecked on the Martyra Reef, in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg.[114]
Iphigenia  Portugal The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, off the coast of Sweden.[96]

6 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1816
Ship State Description
Fairy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Bahamas The sloop was driven ashore at "Key Tahmear".[115]
General Pike  United States The schooner was wrecked at Sound Point, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Matanzas, Cuba.[114]
Martha Brae  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Gulf of Florida near the mouth of the Indian River with the loss of two lives.[114][116][117] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[60]
Narragauset  United States The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of Florida.[59] She was on a voyage from Havana to Bristol, Rhode Island.[60]
Zanga United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Bahamas The schooner was wrecked at Sound Point.[114]

9 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1816
Ship State Description
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[100]
Samuel  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (41°38′N 16°45′W / 41.633°N 16.750°W / 41.633; -16.750). She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. Recovery ( United Kingdom) rescued the crew.[108]

10 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1816
Ship State Description
Aramion  United States The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Garonne. She was on a voyage from New York to Bordeaux, Gironde.[99]
Christiana  Norway The ship was wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Tønsberg to London, United Kingdom.[83]
Jane United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The sloop foundered off Cape Hawke with the loss of all three crew.[118]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[96]
Orpheus  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew were rescued by Competitor ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[108]

13 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1816
Ship State Description
Indian Lass  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[109]

14 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1816
Ship State Description
Antonion Teresa de Artanza  Spain The ship was wrecked at Brest, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bilbao and A Coruña.[113][119]
Homer  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Charleston, South Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[111]

15 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1816
Ship State Description
St. Anthony  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam, North Holland.[89]

16 June[edit]

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