List of shipwrecks in 1802

The list of shipwrecks in 1802 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1802.

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January[edit]

1 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1802
Ship State Description
Commerce  United States The brig was wrecked off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Roebuck  United States The schooner was wrecked off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to the West Indies.[1]

4 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1802
Ship State Description
Anowan  United States The ship was lost near Dunkerque, Nord, France, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Amsterdam, Batavian Republic.[2]
HMS Coromandel  Royal Navy The troopship was driven ashore near Jamaica.[3] She was refloated on 18 January and sailed for Martinique.[4]
Omnibus  Batavian Republic The ship was wrecked near Calais, France, while on a voyage from Rotterdam to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[5]

7 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1802
Ship State Description
Pilgrim  United Kingdom The ship departed from Dover Kent for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]

8 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1802
Ship State Description
Adler flag unknown The brig was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire.[7] She was refloated on 19 January.[8]
Nelson  United Kingdom The ship foundered while on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall, to São Miguel Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued by Dorothea Maria ( Portugal).[9]

9 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1802
Ship State Description
Betty  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Strangford, County Down.[10]
Welwaart  Batavian Republic The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Havre de Grâce.[11][12]

10 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1802
Ship State Description
Jane  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Inchcape while on a voyage from Rotterdam, Batavian Republic, to Aberdeen. Her crew survived.[13][14]

11 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1802
Ship State Description
Minerva  United States The ship was wrecked at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, while on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal, to Salem, Massachusetts.[15] Her crew were rescued.[16]

13 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1802
Ship State Description
Beneidung  Batavian Republic The ship was lost on "Wattow Island". She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia, to Amsterdam.[17]

16 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1802
Ship State Description
Planter's Reward  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Eyemouth, Berwickshire, while on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.[5][18]

17 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1802
Ship State Description
Vigilantia  Batavian Republic The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[19]

20 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1802
Ship State Description
Admiral Packenham  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cork.[11]
Four Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Spurn Point, Yorkshire, while on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.[11]

21 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1802
Ship State Description
Eclipse  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Brest, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Oporto, Portugal.[1]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Elen, County Donegal, with the loss of a crew member.[20] She was on a voyage from Tobago to the Clyde.[21]
Heart of Oak  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire, while on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham.[5]
Mary  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Loch Indaal, Islay, United Kingdom, while on a voyage from New York to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[22]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. There were six survivors.[23] She was on a voyage from Grenada to Greenock.[24]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Turks Island.[25]
Newcastle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hollesley Bay, Suffolk. She refloated but subsequently foundered. Her crew were rescued.[5]
New Fair Trader  United Kingdom The ship was driven on shore and wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Nostra Señora del Carmen del Begona  Spain The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast while on a voyage from Bilbao to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[26]
Nymph  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in St. Bride's Bay while on a voyage from Saint Croix to Cork.[24][27]
Peggy  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in Liverpool Bay with the loss of eleven of her twelve crew.[23]
Phœnix  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough.[5]
Princess Royal  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cayeux-sur-Mer, Somme, France. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Richard  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Caernarfon with the loss of all hands.[27]
Rio Douro  Portugal The ship was wrecked on the Cockle Sand in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[29] She was on a voyage from Oporto to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[30]
Thomas and Alice  United Kingdom The brig was driven on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland ( United Kingdom).[23]
True Friend  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk. She was subsequently destroyed by fire.[5]

22 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1802
Ship State Description
Die Siebe  Batavian Republic The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom, while on a voyage from Rotterdam to Dublin.[9]
Lively  United Kingdom The sloop was driven in to HMS Amazon ( Royal Navy) in the North Sea off Deal, Kent, and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[31]

24 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1802
Ship State Description
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at São Miguel Island, Azores.[28]`
Charleton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Annatto Bay, Jamaica.[32]
Cito  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga, Spain.[33]
Friendship  United Kingdom The drogher was driven ashore in Bucknor's Bay, Jamaica.[32]
Jupiter  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rio Bueno, Jamaica, and was destroyed by fire.[32]
Lancaster  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Annatto Bay.[32]
Lucy  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Montego Bay, Jamaica.[32]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Montego Bay.[32]
New Hope  Batavian Republic The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga.[33][34]
New Invention  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga.[33]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Montego Bay.[32]
Star  Spain The barque foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga.[33]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Montego Bay.[32]
William  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orraccabessa.[32]

26 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1802
Ship State Description
Hannah & Mary  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Boston, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued.[35][36]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea while on a voyage from Southwold, Suffolk, to Hull, Yorkshire.[5] Her crew were rescued.[37]

27 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1802
Ship State Description
Pursuit  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Surinam.[36]

28 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1802
Ship State Description
Betty  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Point of Towart while on a voyage from Rothsay, Isle of Bute to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[22]
HM Hired cutter Black Joke  Royal Navy The cutter was destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon.

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1802
Ship State Description
Admiral Mann  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked at Alexandria, Egypt, at the end of January.[38]
Adriana  United States The ship was crushed by ice and sunk in the Delaware River.[39]
Adventure  United Kingdom The ship foundered with the loss of all hands.[5] She was on a voyage from Dublin to Wicklow.[24]
Anna  Batavian Republic The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Greetzijl to Rotterdam.[27]
Anna Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Bristol Channel.[5]
Arethusa  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Île-à-Vache. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[40]
Asia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Peel, Isle of Man while on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to the Clyde. All on board were rescued.[9][39][41]
Aurora  United States The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by London Packet ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Charleston, South Carolina.[7][42]
Chesterfield  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Surinam to London.[43]
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua.[30]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Swedish Pomerania. Her crew were rescued.[44]
Exchange  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast.[9]
Expeditie  Batavian Republic The ship was lost on the coast of Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to London.[30]
HMS Fly  Royal Navy The Swan-class ship sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Flattery, Newfoundland, British North America.
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Sligo.[45]
Frances-Ann  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Liverpool, Lancashire, while on a voyage from Belfast, County Down, to Liverpool.[5]
Franklin  United States The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Amsterdam.[9]
Frederick  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Plymouth, Devon.[12]
Gannymede  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Oesel while on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[7][11]
George  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Westport, County Mayo, while on a voyage from Surinam to Dublin.[9]
Goodintent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Holland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon, Portugal.[46]
Grafton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Holderness coast, Yorkshire.[47] She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham, to London.[44]
Happy Enterprise  United Kingdom The ship was lost in The Swin, off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[46]
Harmony  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tramore, County Waterford, United Kingdom.[44]
Henry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk.[11] She was on a voyage from Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to London.[45]
Indefatigable  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate, Cheshire.[5]
Isabella & Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Texel, Batavian Republic, while on a voyage from a Baltic port to Sunderland, County Durham.[7]
James and Mary  United Kingdom The ship foundered while on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Hull, Yorkshire.[48]
John and Edward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Six Mill Point, Dublin.[5]
Kennion  United Kingdom The Guineman was wrecked off Martinique at the end of January with the loss of over 300 lives, most of them slaves. There were only eight survivors.[49][50]
Kitty  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Falsterbo, Sweden.[39] She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark, for repairs.[51]
Leda  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Kattegat while on a voyage from Riga to Hull.[29]
Leonard  United Kingdom The ship departed from Virginia, United States, for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[52]
HDMS Le Triton Denmark Dano-Norwegian Navy The frigate foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Hyères, Var, France, with the loss of all hands.[53]
Louise Denmark Norway The ship was lost near Brielle, Batavian Republic.[42]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Brielle. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic.[42]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark.[44]
Maryann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Sligo.[45]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Turk Island while on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America, to Jamaica.[54]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Trafalgar, Spain, while on a voyage from London to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily.[39]
Nassau  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[5]
New Century  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire.[5]
New Thompson  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Youghal, County Cork, while on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, to Dungarvan, County Waterford.[55]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Peel, Isle of Man with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth, to Newry, County Down.[39][41]
Phœnix  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[56]
Royal George  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[7][42]
Sachem  United States The ship was wrecked near Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom, while on a voyage from Virginia to Dublin.[5][43]
Sally  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Humber.[44]
Shannon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saltholm.[39]
Swallow  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk by Lord Duncan ( United Kingdom) while on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Lord Duncan.[5]
Thomas & Fanny  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Home Sands, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Two of her crew were lost.[29]
Thomas and Sally  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Killybegs, County Donegal, while on a voyage from Liverpool to Sligo.[9]
Three Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Six Mill Point, Dublin while on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford, to Dublin.[5]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saltholm.[39]
United States  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Flemish Banks, in the North Sea off Ostend, Lys, France, while on a voyage from Banff, Aberdeenshire, to Ostend.[5]
Urania  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, while on a voyage from Rotterdam, Batavian Republic, to London.[7]
Volunteer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Tunbury Beach while on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool.[11]
Young Matilda Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Hambro' to Bilbao, Spain.[11]

February[edit]

1 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1802
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked t Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire.[57]

4 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1802
Ship State Description
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was run down in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Cromer, Norfolk, by Elizabeth ( United Kingdom) while on a voyage from Chatham, Kent, to Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth.[26][58] She was subsequently beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[57]

5 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1802
Ship State Description
General Oglethorpe  United States The ship was wrecked on a reef north east of Whale Key, 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the coast of the United States. Twenty-three of the 38 people on board were lost.[59] She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Havana, Cuba.[60]

6 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1802
Ship State Description
Robin  France The ship foundered 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Roydon, on the Terrier Vert coast.[61]
Syren  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[58]

7 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1802
Ship State Description
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France, while on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Southampton, Hampshire.[62]
Junior  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Calais while on a voyage from Deal, Kent, to Calais.[62]
Robert & Sally  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Calais while on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Plymouth, Devon.[62]
Unity's Increase  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Calais while on a voyage from Sunderland to Plymouth.[62]

8 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1802
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Barnstaple, Devon, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Barnstaple.[63]

9 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1802
Ship State Description
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near St. Agnes, Cornwall, with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Guernsey, Channel Islands, and the West Indies.[3]

11 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1802
Ship State Description
Totin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Ivica" while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Port Mahon, Spain.[59]

12 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1802
Ship State Description
Fortune  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef while on a voyage from London to Dublin with the loss of two lives.[62]

15 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1802
Ship State Description
Tartar  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cádiz, Spain, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[64]

18 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1802
Ship State Description
Two Friends  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew survived.[62] She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to London.[65]

20 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1802
Ship State Description
Lion United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Embden, Prussia, to Guernsey. Lion was later refloated.[51]

22 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1802
Ship State Description
Brutus  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Cod.[66][67]
Europa  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Martinico, West Indies.[61]
Two Brothers  Batavian Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France, while on a voyage from Amsterdam to La Rochelle, Loire-Inférieure, France.[68]
Ulysses  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Cod.[66][67]
Volusia  United States The ship was driven ashore at Cape Cod, one mile from the wreck of the Ulysses.[66][67]

24 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1802
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[61]
Charleston  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in Annatto Bay, Jamaica.[69]
Flirt  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Torbay, Devon, and wrecked. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her crew were rescued.[70]
Fortune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Oracabessa, Jamaica. She was later refloated.[69][71]
Generous Planter  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Oracabessa.[69][71]
Grace  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rio Bueno, Jamaica. She was later refloated.[69][16][72]
Jupiter  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rio Bueno. She was carrying a cargo of quicklime, which got wet and set the ship afire, a total loss.[69]
Lancaster  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in Annatto Bay.[69]
Lucy  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Montego Bay, Jamaica.[69]
Mary  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Montego Bay.[69]
Perseverance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Montego Bay.[69][16]
Thomas United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Montego Bay.[69][16]
Trelawney Planter  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rio Bueno.[69]
William  United States The brig was lost at Oracabessa.[69]

25 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1802
Ship State Description
Constantine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire.[73] She was later refloated and taken in to Whitby.[34]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby.[70]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. She was later refloated and taken in to Whitby.[73]
Suffolk  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Ives, Cornwall, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India, to London. Suffolk was later refloated and taken in to St. Ives.[61][73][34][74]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1802
Ship State Description
Abbey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bangor, Caernarfonshire, while on a voyage from Lisbon. Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated and taken to Beaumaris, Anglesey where she was destroyed by fire on 9 March.[54][70]
Active  United Kingdom The ship was struck by lightning off Málaga, Spain, and destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued by a French brig.[20]
Alexander and Constantine  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Blacksand, County Mayo.[26]
Belle Anne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[73]
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea while on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Concordia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores.[62]
Delia  United States The ship foundered in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Naples, Kingdom of Sicily.[20]
Earl Spencer  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Gibraltar.[33]
Fair American  United States The ship departed from Gibraltar for New York. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[75]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Dublin.[3]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from a Norwegian port to Carmarthen.[26]
Hardwicke  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cockle Sand, North Sea with the loss of all hands.[28]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Guernsey while on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, to Guernsey.[61]
Ilfracombe  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, while on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall, to Venice.[39] Her crew were rescued.[76]
Jannett  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rossall, Lancashire.[19] She was on a voyage from Newry, County Down, to Liverpool.[57]
John and Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[58]
Kennoul  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Waxham, Norfolk.[28]
Lord Nelson  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in Tor Bay.[70]
Malta  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St Agnes, Cornwall, while on a voyage from Dublin to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[77]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship foundered.[26] Her crew were rescued.[17]
Maryanne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was later refloated.[51]
May  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Puerto Rico. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London. later refloated and beached.[36]
Mermaid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Kirkcudbright. Her crew were rescued.[78]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Barcelona, Spain.[3]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Ostend, Lys, France, with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London.[26]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore while on a voyage from Dublin to Waterford.[26]
Nuestra Señora del Carmen  Spain The ship was wrecked on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[79]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bideford, Devon, while on a voyage from Lisbon to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[26]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lymington, Hampshire, while on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, to London.[19]
Royal Sovereign  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[17]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Surinam.[80] She was refloated on 19 February.[81]
William  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore on the Lincolnshire coast with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Rotherham, Yorkshire. William was later refloated.[61][51]
Worsley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.[76]

March[edit]

2 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1802
Ship State Description
Noel en Gutten  Denmark The ship foundered in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[82]
HMS Sensible  Royal Navy The Magicienne-class frigate ran aground off Mullaitivu, Ceylon and was wrecked.

3 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1802
Ship State Description
May  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.[68]

4 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1802
Ship State Description
Goodintent  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore. She was later refloated and put into Limerick.[4]

9 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1802
Ship State Description
Vine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orford Ness, Suffolk.[83]

10 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1802
Ship State Description
Surprize  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (38°27′N 58°00′W / 38.450°N 58.000°W / 38.450; -58.000 while on a voyage from New Orleans, New Spain, to Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Hannah ( United States).[59][84]

13 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1802
Ship State Description
Agnes  Batavian Republic The ship was holed by her anchors and sank on the Middle Ground in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[85][86]

14 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1802
Ship State Description
Caroline  Denmark–Norway The ship was wrecked near Gravelines, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Zant, Septinsular Republic.[1]
Little Betsey  United Kingdom The ship collided with the pier at Dover, Kent, and sank. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Weymouth, Dorset. Her crew were rescued.[54]

16 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1802
Ship State Description
Atlantic  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Royal, Jamaica.[87][88]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Buckner's Bay, Jamaica.[87][89]
Jamaica United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Royal.[87][88]
Two Brothers  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Royal.[87]
William  United States The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Royal.[87][88]

19 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1802
Ship State Description
Frederick George  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Duke of Kent ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Virginia to Madeira.[60]

20 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1802
Ship State Description
Sophia  Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Bourdeaux, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Bourdeaux.[90]

21 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1802
Ship State Description
Robert & Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Stroma, Caithness with the loss of two of her crew.[60]
Terry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Stromness, Orkney Islands, while on a voyage from Belfast, County Down, to Danzig.[91]

22 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1802
Ship State Description
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (57°50′N 8°50′W / 57.833°N 8.833°W / 57.833; -8.833). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to a Norwegian port.[89]

23 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1802
Ship State Description
Janus  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel while on a voyage from Torbay, Devon, to Truro, Cornwall.[35]

25 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1802
Ship State Description
Norfolk  United Kingdom The brig was deliberately run aground in Matavai Bay in Tahiti during a hurricane to avoid her being smashed on rocks. Her crew survived and later was picked up by the 12-gun sloop-of-war HMS Porpoise ( Royal Navy). Her hull later was salvaged, but sank as it was being towed to another island.[92][93]

26 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1802
Ship State Description
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Buckner's Bay, Jamaica.[88]

28 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1802
Ship State Description
Jeune Jan  France The ship was wrecked near Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme.[59][84]
Lord Milton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Domesnes Reef while on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Riga, Russia. Her crew survived.[32][69]

29 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1802
Ship State Description
HMS Assistance  Royal Navy The Portland-class ship of the line was wrecked in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France, with the loss of two of her crew.
Caroline  United States The schooner departed Sydney, New South Wales for New Bedford, Massachusetts. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Nossa Senhora da Conceição Valorosa  Portugal The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (25°36′N 26°03′W / 25.600°N 26.050°W / 25.600; -26.050). Her 62 crew were rescued by Susannah ( United Kingdom).[94] She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Maranham, Brazil.[95]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1802
Ship State Description
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Greenock, Renfrewshire, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Trinidad.[35]
Betty  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Penarth, Glamorgan, while on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[33]
Brilliant  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck in Dublin Bay and sank.[25] She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cork.[4]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Liverpool.[96]
Desir de la Paix United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was wrecked in the River Avon, Bristol.[33] She was on a voyage from Bristol to Guernsey.[34]
Dispatch  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached on the Yorkshire coast.[50]
Eendracht  Batavian Republic The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Orford Ness, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[83] She was later taken in to Orford Ness.[86]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[54] She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Dublin.[4]
Frederick  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire.[97]
Governor Dowdswell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool.[1]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea and was abandoned by her crew. she subsequently refloated herself and was towed in to Milford, Pembrokeshire, by Ephren ( United Kingdom).[90]
Jenny  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast.[35]
Margaret  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the English Channel off Poole, Dorset, while on a voyage from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland to Poole.[54]
Maria Joses  Spain The ship was wrecked on the Spanish coast while on a voyage from St. Andero to Montevideo, Spanish Empire.[35]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship foundered.[98]
Neptune  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon, to Bristol.[33][99]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Aberthaw, Glamorgan.[35] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Dublin.[36]
Star  United Kingdom The brig capsized off Uddevalla, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Aberdeen.[40]
Susannah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bristol.[97]
Russel  United Kingdom The ship sank at Den Helder, Batavian Republic, while on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Amsterdam.[98] She was later refloated.[83]
Triton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mile House, Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[54]
True Love  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall.[100]

April[edit]

2 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1802
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship was driven on to the Whitton Sand, in the Humber and capsized.[90]

5 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1802
Ship State Description
Ned  United States The ship departed from Trinidad for Baltimore, Maryland. Ho further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[101]

7 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1802
Ship State Description
Juliana  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Bencoolen, Sumatra with the loss of 22 of the 31 people on board.[102]

10 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1802
Ship State Description
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Caithness while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to a Baltic port. Her crew survived.[32]
Houghton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reef while on a voyage from Liverpool to Riga, Russian Empire. Her crew survived.[103]

11 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1802
Ship State Description
Ferry  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney Islands, and was wreckeed with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Down, to Danzig.[104]
Swan  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Stroma with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to a Baltic port.[104]

12 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1802
Ship State Description
Bangalore  United Kingdom
Loss of the Bangalore, Capt Lynch, on a Coral Reef in the Indian Sea (painting by Thomas Tegg)
The ship was wrecked in the Flores Sea.

13 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1802
Ship State Description
Busy  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea while on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Leith, Lothian. 'Her crew were rescued by Fortune ( United Kingdom)[15][105]

16 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1802
Ship State Description
Nymph  United States The schooner was wrecked off Cape Lookout, North Carolina with the loss of eight of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Charleston, South Carolina.[106]

20 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1802
Ship State Description
Drie Geboeders  Prussia The ship departed from Dover, Kent, United Kingdom, for Embden. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[107]

23 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1802
Ship State Description
Princess  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was refloated but later lost her rudder and was driven ashore again. Her crew were rescued. Princess was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, to London.[108][109][110][111]

24 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1802
Ship State Description
Crown  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock off Gothenburg, Sweden. She put into Gothenburg in a waterlogged condition.[80]
Leda  United Kingdom The ship was lost off British Honduras. She was on a voyage from London to British Honduras.[112]

25 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1802
Ship State Description
Charming Eliza  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Undaunted ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Demerara to New Providence, New Jersey, United States and London.[94]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1802
Ship State Description
Acorn  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Halmstadt, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia.[16]
Busy  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Leith, Lothian.[16]
Constant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Morlaix, Finistère, France.[113]
Crown Prince Frederick  Russia The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from "Italy" to Saint Petersburg.[69]
Eagle  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Malta.[103]
Edward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands and was severely damaged. She was later refloated and put into South Shields, County Durham, for repairs.[111]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Memel.[66]
Fortuna  Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel while on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool, Lancashire United Kingdom.[15]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship was lost near the Kole. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Pillau, Prussia.[60]
Jason  United States The ship was wrecked in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, while on a voyage from New York to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[59]
Kitty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[59]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Stolp.[15]
Ned  United States The ship departed from Trinidad for Baltimore, Maryland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[114]
Stains  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk while on a voyage from Hull to London.[59]
Tagus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on The Swin, in the North Sea.[38] She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire, to London.[40]
Tiviot  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on The Shingles, Isle of Wight, while bound for the West Inies.[59] She was later refloated and taken in to Tor Bay.[66]
Whim  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland while on a voyage from Liverpool to Pärnu, Russia.[115]
William & Henry  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to South Shields.[66]

May[edit]

10 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1802
Ship State Description
Clara  United Kingdom The ship departed from Tenerife, Canary Islands, for Saint Croix. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[116]

12 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1802
Ship State Description
Union  United Kingdom The ship was run down in the North Sea 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km) off Vlieland, Batavian Republic, by Friendship ( Denmark–Norway) and sunk. There were three survivors.[64]

13 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1802
Ship State Description
Caroline  Batavian Republic The ship ran aground in the Thames Estuary and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and brought in to Whitstable, Kent, United Kingdom.[64]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 16 May and taken in to Whitby in a severely damaged state.[64][117]
Triton  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km)) west of the Isles of Scilly with the loss of six of her nine crew.[118] She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, to Plymouth, Devon.[119]

14 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1802
Ship State Description
Fly  United Kingdom The brig departed Calcutta for Sydney, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

18 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1802
Ship State Description
Fame  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank in the Saint Lawrence River at Duchambeau, Quebec.[120]

22 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1802
Ship State Description
Marquis of Carmarthen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Miquelon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Picton, Ontario, British North America.[121][122]

23 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1802
Ship State Description
Industry  United States The ship departed Málaga, Spain, for Lisbon. Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[123]

29 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1802
Ship State Description
John and Peggy  United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Islay and sank. Her four crew were rescued by Dykes ( United Kingdom).[124]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1802
Ship State Description
Anna Catherina  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Gibraltar.[89]
Banzalore  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a shoal in the Pacific Ocean (7°33′N 120°45′E / 7.550°N 120.750°E / 7.550; 120.750).[125]
Constanza  Spain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Corsica, France.[123]
Cupid Stettin The ship was crushed by ice and sunk in the Baltic Sea while on a voyage from Stettin, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[118]
Daphne  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Newfoundland.[126] Her crew were rescued by Liberty ( United States).[72]
Diamond  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Barcelona, Spain.[89]
Eagle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Calabria, Spain, while on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to a Mediterranean port via Cádiz, Spain.[64][127]
Fame  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hogeness, Sweden, while on a voyage from Danzig to Londonderry.[118] She was later refloated and taken in to Hogeness.[128]
George United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was wrecked on an island off the coast of France.[64]
George  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St, John's, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Liberty ( United States). She was on a voyage from London to Newfoundland.[126][72]
Lancaster  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Danzig while on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool.[94]
Rasper  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cork while on a voyage from Cork to Falmouth, Cornwall.[129]
Rattler  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[89]
Recovery  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. She was later refloated and taken in to the Humber.[130]
Success  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Serochis", on the Mediterranean coast. She was on a voyage from London to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[94]
Washington Denmark Danish Asiatic Company The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Copenhagen.[89]
Witham  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[117] She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to London.[81]

June[edit]

13 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1802
Ship State Description
Calcutta  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked on the coast of Egypt with the loss of seven of the 410 people on board. Survivors were rescued by HMS Romney ( Royal Navy)[131]

17 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1802
Ship State Description
Bell  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak off Nevis and was beached. She became a total loss. Bell was on a voyage from Montserrat to a British port.[132]

18 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1802
Ship State Description
HMS Plover  Royal Navy The sloop-of-war ran aground on the Apegado Reef. She was later refloated but was found to be severely damaged.[124] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.

20 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1802
Ship State Description
Trelawney  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was bound for an African port.[133] She was later refloated.[134]

30 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1802
Ship State Description
Millbrook  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Gibraltar for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[135]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1802
Ship State Description
Betsey United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was lost in the Strait of Belle Isle. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Labrador, British North America.[136]
Confianza  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked on the coast of Corsica, France.[121]
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coat of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[137]
Duke of Portland  United States The whaler was wrecked at Tongatapu. Those on board survived, however, the natives murdered all but one woman, who was rescued in 1804.
Felia  Sweden The ship was in collision with another vessel in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. She was consequently beached at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Felia was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Stockholm.[128]
George  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire.[128]
Good Friends United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was lost in the Strait of Belle Isle. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Labrador.[136]
Goodintent  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Nieuwpoort, Lys, France. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[138]
Henry  United Kingdom The ship was lost near "the Ross", Scotland.[128]
John Bull  United Kingdom The ship was lost at St. Thomas's, Africa.[122]
Lady Henrietta  Hamburg The ship was lost near Texel, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France, to Hamburg.[138]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Bann and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Coleraine, County Antrim.[133]
Rhoda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Wismar, Swedish Pomerania.[128]
São José e Nossa Senhora da Conceição  Portugal The ship was lost off the Cape Verde Islands in early June.[139]

July[edit]

2 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1802
Ship State Description
La Themis  France The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Hebe ( United Kingdom).[140] La Themis was on a voyage from Cayenne to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime.[141]

4 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1802
Ship State Description
Peace and Plenty  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden, with the loss of four of her ten crew. The survivors were rescued by a Danish sloop. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic.[135][142][143][144]
Philadelphia  United States The ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Antwerp, Deux-Nèthes, France, and was wrecked.[145]

9 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1802
Ship State Description
Phæton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Boon's Point, Antigua. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Isle of May to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[146]

10 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1802
Ship State Description
Union  United States The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Sable. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to Boston, Massachusetts.[147]

12 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1802
Ship State Description
Hope  United States The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[148]

13 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1802
Ship State Description
Butterworth  United Kingdom The whaler foundered off Spanish Town, Jamaica, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas.[149][150]

14 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1802
Ship State Description
Brita-Margarita  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Torsara Island" with the loss of a crew member.[151]

15 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1802
Ship State Description
Henrica Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, Batavian Republic. Her crew were rescued.[135] She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London, United Kingdom.[144]

18 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1802
Ship State Description
Brothers  United States The brig was wrecked on the coast of "Montmusson". Her crew were rescued.[132][137]

19 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1802
Ship State Description
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isla de la Juventud, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[152]

21 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1802
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Genoa.[141]
Apollo  United States The ship foundered in Carnarvon Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Nantucket, Massachusetts, to Liverpool.[135]

23 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1802
Ship State Description
Martin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.[135][144]
Nimble  United Kingdom The packet boat was in collision with another vessel and foundered in the English Channel off Plymouth, Devon, with the loss of 70 of the 71 people on board.[153][154][155][156]

24 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1802
Ship State Description
Dalrymple  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Red Island, in the Saint Lawrence River, British North America. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[157]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1802
Ship State Description
Apparancen  Sweden The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa. She was on a voyage from Marstrand to Narva, Russia.[122]
Ariel  United States The ship struck a submerged rock at Dunkerque, Nord, France, and was a total loss. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Dunkerque.[158]
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Studland Bay, Dorset, with the loss of all hands.[159] She was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset, to Arundel, Sussex.[160]
Cestus  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Riga, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Pärnu, Russia.[161]
De Koster  Prussia The ship was driven ashore in the Ems and wrecked. She was on a voyage from La Guayra to Emden.[162]
Delaware  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Antwerp, Deux-Nèthes, France.[122]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure with the loss of six lives. She was on a voyage from Saint Sebastian to Nantes.[163]
Freundschaft Bremen The ship sank in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France, to Bremen.[162]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Inchcape. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Hamburg.[134]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship foundered at the mouth of the Weser. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to London.[162]
Lively  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Carnarvon Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[132][160]
Lord Dundas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) from Barcelona, Spain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Barcelona.[164]
Two Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay.[159]

August[edit]

8 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1802
Ship State Description
Adventure  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the English Channel off Brighton, Sussex.[165] She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[137] Barratry was suspected to be the cause,[166] which was proved by an inspection of the wreck,[167] which was raised and beached at Brighton.[141]

13 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1802
Ship State Description
Frederickshall Unknown The ship was wrecked on the Snow Bank, in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France.[168]

21 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1802
Ship State Description
Ex  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked neat Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[169]

23 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1802
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the Point of Consel, Renfrewshire. All on board were rescued.[170]

25 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1802
Ship State Description
Minerva  France The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Fanny ( United States).[171]

28 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1802
Ship State Description
Greenock  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Archangelsk, Russia. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Barcelona, Spain.[172]

29 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1802
Ship State Description
Jong Fram  Batavian Republic The ship was wrecked near Hellevoetsluis. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Rotterdam.[168]

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