List of shipwrecks in 1808
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The list of shipwrecks in 1808 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1808.
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January[edit]
1 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Barrett |  United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Falmouth, Jamaica.[1] |
| Brisk | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Africa.[2] |
| Jenny | United Kingdom | The sloop collided with a brig off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and was abandoned by her crew. She was then driven ashore. Jenny was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to London.[3] |
| Leighton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Skye. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[4] |
| Lucena |  United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Lisbon, Portugal.[5] |
2 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marlborough | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbados.[6] |
3 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mars | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Savannah, Georgia, United States, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7] |
| Melantho | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Falsterbo, Sweden, and Møn, Denmark.[8] |
4 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Spy | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Hannah ( United Kingdom) rescued the crew. Spy was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[9] |
5 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henrietta |  Sweden | The ship ran aground in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, United Kingdom.[10] |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk.[11] She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to London.[12] |
8 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| America | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Saltee Islands, County Donegal, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[13] |
| Choice | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Haiti.[4] |
9 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crawford | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Amsterdam, Holland.[4] |
10 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Robert | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Glenstokan Rocks, off Colvend, Kirkcudbrightshire, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
| Robert Bollon | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico (27°10′N 87°00′W / 27.167°N 87.000°W). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[2] |
11 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Broadhaven Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Galway.[15] |
13 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Success | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire.[16] |
14 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agincourt | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was later refloated.[4] |
| Alexander | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[4] |
| Anges |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven ashore at Cowes. She was later refloated.[4] |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[17] |
| Beaufoy | United Kingdom | The victualling hoy sank at Dover, Kent.[18] |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to London.[19] |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in The Downs with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[4] |
| Blanchland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Norfolk coast between Wells-next-the-Sea and Cromer with the loss of nine of her crew.[20] |
| Calliope | United Kingdom | The West Indiaman was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She later refloated but was driven ashore and wrecked at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.[16] |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Lovell ( United Kingdom) in The Downs and sank Lovell was abandoned by her crew.[4] |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Hornsea, Yorkshire.[4] |
| Flora |  Denmark | The sloop, a prize, was abandoned in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Dover to London. She came ashore on the French coast.[4][21] |
| Fountain | United Kingdom | The brigantine sank at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, with the loss of a crew member.[22] |
| Frederick | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate.[4] |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent.[23] |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore at Walmer, Kent.[4] |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cowes.[4] |
| Jenny and Phoebe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate.[4] |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Sheephaven Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galway.[24] |
| Levant | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by a collier and was abandoned by her crew. She consequently foundered in the English Channel off the east Kent coast.[4] |
| Maida | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[4] |
| Mary and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Margate. She was on a voyage from Surinam to London.[4] |
| Nordstern |  Bremen | The ship was wrecked on Heligoland.[9] |
| Northumberland Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.[4] |
| Nottingham | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated but consequently foundered.[4] Nottingham was on a voyage from Deptford, Kent, to Portsmouth.[25] |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hornsea.[4] |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Whitby.[4] |
| Thomas and Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Exeter, Devon.[4] |
| Union | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[4] |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore at Deal, Kent.[23] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Gibraltar.[25] |
| Vervandering | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[9] |
| William and Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent.[4] She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope.[25] William and Henry was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[26] |
| William and James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[4] |
15 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Keith |  Royal Navy | The same storm that wrecked HMS Sparkler drove His Majesty's hired armed cutter Lord Keith into Cuxhaven where the French captured her entire crew.[27] |
| Ohio | United States | The ship was wrecked at Cape Florida, East Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[2] |
| HMS Sparkler | Royal Navy | The gun-brig was wrecked on Terschelling, Holland with the loss of 17 of her 53 crew.[28][29] |
16 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Levant | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on the French coast. She was refloated on 26 January and taken in to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme.[30] |
| Orpheus | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east south east of Coquet Island, Northumberland, with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Eliza ( United Kingdom). Orpheus was on a voyage from Dram, Norway, to Leith, Lothian.[17] |
17 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jane | United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both  French Navy). Jane was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Grenada.[31] |
20 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork, to Dublin.[32] |
| Catherine Green | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale to Dublin.[32] |
23 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope |  Dominica | The brig ran aground at Caernarfon. Her crew were rescued. She was destroyed in a storm on 28 January. Hope was on a voyage from Dominica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[33] |
24 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Carrier | Royal Navy | The cutter ran aground off Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was abandoned by her crew, who tried to set her afire without success. They were rescued and became prisoners of the French. HMS Carrier was subsequently taken into French service as the privateer Anacreon. |
28 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Waterford.[20][34] |
| Othello | United States | The ship was wrecked near Bideford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[20][34] |
| Summer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Gothenburg, Sweden, with the loss of all but three of her crew.[30] She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port.[35] |
29 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Little George | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Long Island, New York, United States.[36] |
30 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Canopus | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Gothenburg, Sweden.[20] Canopus was refloated on 1 February.[37] |
| Grace | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef north east of Nevis. She was on a voyage from London to Nevis.[38] |
| Mary and Sally | United States | The ship was wrecked at Westport, County Mayo, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[30] |
31 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abby & Sally | United States | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at the Cape of Good Hope. She was refloated on 2 February.[39] |
| HMS Leda | Royal Navy | The Leda-class frigate was wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Ariel | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was severely damaged. She was refloated and put into Harwich, Essex, on 30 January.[40] |
| Belfast | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Sligo. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Dublin.[41] |
| Betsey | United States | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at North Meols, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her 24 crew were rescued.[20][33] She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[40] |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in The Wash off Boston, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[42] |
| Carl | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg.[30] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to a Baltic port.[35] |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Dartmouth, Devon.[4] |
| HMS Delight | Royal Navy | War of the Fourth Coalition: The Seagull-class brig-sloop ran aground off Reggio Calabria, Kingdom of Sicily, where she came under fire from French shore-based artillery. She was burnt to prevent her capture. |
| Divina Providentia |  Portugal | The ship was driven ashore near Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to London.[43] |
| Edwin | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[15] She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Boston, Lincolnshire.[24] |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast.[44] |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[45] |
| Excell | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in The Downs. Her crew were rescued.[42] |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Highlands. She was on a voyage from Messina, Kingdom of Sicily, to Liverpool.[26] |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Carmarthen Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[3] |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship, as cartel, was lost in Carmarthen Bay.[44] |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Leith, Lothian.[17] |
| HMS Flora | United Kingdom | The fifth-rate was wrecked on the Dutch coast.[46] |
| Friends Delight | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Pill, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol.[15] |
| Gabriel | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland, by the privateer Eglé ( France).[44] |
| George | United Kingdom | A boat from the ship was discovered off the Isles of Scilly by HMS Plover ( Royal Navy).[17] |
| Globe | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Islay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Galway.[47] |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in a gale.[30] |
| Goodrich | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Poole, Dorset.[4] |
| Grove Hill | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Hull.[48] |
| Haabet | Unknown | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[49] Her crew were rescued by the privateer Crescent ( United Kingdom).[50] |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Barry Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Milford, Pembrokeshire.[17] |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent.[42] She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[15] |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship foundered with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz, Portugal, to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[20][40] |
| Johannes | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg.[30] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to a Baltic port.[35] |
| John and Joseph | United States | The ship was wrecked off Middelburg, Kingdom of Holland.[51] She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Amsterdam, Kingdom of Holland.[43] |
| Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Aberdaron Bay. Her crew were rescued.[52] She was on a voyage from Milford to Liverpool.[17] |
| Knud | Unknown | The ship was lost at Cape La Hague, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London.[53] |
| Maria |  Danzig | The ship was wrecked at Varberg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Belfast, County Antrim.[20][40] |
| Mercurius | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg.[30][35] She was on a voyage from Hull to Gothenburg.[35] |
| Neutrality | Denmark | The ship was detained by Caledonia ( United Kingdom). She subsequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[4][13] |
| Nottingham | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Deal. She was on a voyage from Deptford, Kent, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[42] |
| Novo Conto | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg.[30] She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg.[35] |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[53] |
| Pope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Liverpool.[45] |
| Prosperity | United Kingdom | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Ireland to New York. All on board were rescued by Patriote ( French Navy).[15] |
| Renown | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Tenby, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Swansea, Glamorgan.[11] She was later refloated and taken in to Tenby for repairs.[17] |
| Rising Star | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, to London.[45] |
| Roxburgh Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Leith to London.[15] |
| Sandwich | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in a gale.[30] |
| Speculation | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg.[30] She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire, to Gothenburg.[35] |
| Sugnal | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Mull. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Limerick.[52] |
| Sultana | United States | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hellevoetsluis, Kingdom of Holland.[4][13] |
| Ulysses | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Newport, County Mayo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wiscasset, Maine, United States, to Liverpool.[44] |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Gibraltar.[42] |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. she was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[44] |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Gothenburg. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Baltic port.[20] |
| William Murdoch | United States | The ship was lost near the Virginia Capes in late January. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Kingdom of Holland, to Georgetown.[54] |
| Zalema | United States | The ship was lost near New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Rotterdam, Kingdom of Holland.[3] |
February[edit]
5 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catharine | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[48] |
| Dispatch | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[55] |
6 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comerciante |  Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gibraltar.[1] |
| Euphrates | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to an Irish port.[1][56] |
| Mary | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gibraltar.[1] |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to Gibraltar.[1] |
8 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent, for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[57] |
9 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph and John | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks in the North Sea off Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[49] |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by a French privateer whilst on a voyage from Halifax, British North America, to Saint Domingue. She was set afire and sunk.[2] |
10 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dove | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[49] |
| Havant | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. she was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[48] |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Clonakilty, County Cork, to Dublin.[49] |
| Robert Bollon | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (27°10′N 37°00′W / 27.167°N 37.000°W. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia.[58] |
| Washington | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape Wrath, Sutherland, with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[49] |
11 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of 25 of the 32 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Berbice.[49] |
| Sygnet | French Navy | The 20-gun corvette was driven ashore and wrecked at Cherbourg, Manche.[59] |
| Seine | French Navy | The 20-gun corvette was driven ashore and wrecked at Cherbourg.[59] |
12 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amity | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London.[49][60] Amity was later refloated and brought into that port.[30] |
| Amphitrite | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was later refloated.[49] |
| Benjamin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gore-end Bay, Margate, Kent, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London.[49] |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent.[49] |
| Buxar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Corton, Suffolk and Gunton, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62] |
| Charleston | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to London.[49] |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gore-end Bay, Margate, with the loss of four of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, to London.[49][63] |
| Countess of Elgin | United Kingdom | The cutter was driven ashore in Margate Bay.[62] |
| Crompton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62] |
| Diana | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Dublin, United Kingdom.[30] She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin.[35] |
| Douro | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from Hull to Surinam.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62] |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Savannah, Georgia, United States. Eliza was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[60] |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | Captain Jeffries' ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62] |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | Captain Prowton's ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[35] |
| Elizabeth | Denmark | The ship, a prize, was driven ashore at Queenborough, Kent.[30][64] |
| Governor | United Kingdom | The hoy was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate.[65] |
| Griffin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62] |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Hull to London.[49][60] |
| Heroine | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Limerick.[66] |
| Huntress | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States, to Liverpool. Huntress was later refloated.[60] |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin.[30] |
| Jenny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[49] Her crew were rescued.[62] |
| John and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to London.[66] |
| Leith | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to London.[49][60] |
| Little Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ryde. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope.[49][65] She was later refloated.[30] |
| Lucy and Alida | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Marsh Bay, Isle of Thanet. She was on a voyage from Africa to London.[60][65] Lucy and Alida was refloated on 13 March and taken in to Margate.[67] |
| Malcolm | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ryde.[49] |
| HMS Mariner | Royal Navy | The brig was driven ashore in Margate Bay.[62] |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[49][61][62] |
| Mary | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Ryde.[49] |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[49][61][62] |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued.[55] |
| Mercator | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Dún Laoghaire.[30] |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kingsgate, Kent. She caught fire the next day and was destroyed. Neptune was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent, to Chepstow, Monmouthshire.[62] |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset, whilst on a voyage from Arundel, Sussex, to Bridport, Dorset. She was later refloated.[49] |
| Norfolk | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to London.[49][60] |
| Olympus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dún Laoghaire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Dublin.[30][35] |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gore-end Bay, Margate. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[49] She was refloated on 3 March.[5] |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira, Portugal.[68] |
| Quebec | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk, and was abandoned by her crew. She subsequently refloated and drifted out to sea.[49] |
| Racehorse | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Liverpool.[49][62] |
| Ravensworth | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Harwich with the loss of six of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London.[49] Her crew were rescued.[62] |
| Rochdale | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from Hull to London.[49][61] |
| Snake | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to London.[49] |
| St. Michael | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dún Laorghaire.[30] |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Montrose, Forfarshire.[49][61][62] |
| Telemachus | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Knock John Sandbank, at the mouth of the River Thames and was wrecked with the loss of two of her three crew.[69] |
| Thomas and Judith | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gore-end Bay, Margate, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to London.[49] |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62] |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dublin.[30] She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Dublin.[35] |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portland. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Penryn, Cornwall. Unity was later refloated.[60] |
13 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Boston, Lincolnshire.[30][49][61] |
| Lord Melville | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[49][61] |
| Robin Redbreast | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[49][61] |
14 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in The Downs. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Weymouth, Dorset.[70] |
15 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | United States | The ship was wrecked on Martyr's Reef, off the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[71] |
| HMS Raposa | Royal Navy | The corvette ran aground 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Cartagena, New Granada. She was set afire and scuttled by her 55 crew, who were rescued by the Spanish and taken prisoner. |
16 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ida | United States | The brig was driven ashore at Cape May, New Jersey.[1] She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[72] |
| Nelson | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall, to Newport, Monmouthshire.[30] |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape May.[1] |
20 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rhine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland.[66] |
23 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Hirondelle | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off Cape Bon and capsized, becoming a wreck, and waves swamped one of her boats as it tried to reach shore. Four members of Hirondelle′s crew survived.[73] |
24 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chalmers | United Kingdom | Atlantic slave trade: The ship was wrecked on the Spanish Main. She was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies. The slaves were rescued by the Spanish.[74] |
26 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boreas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk.[70] |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[5] |
28 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lars Johan | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.[5] She was on a voyage from Helsingfors to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[56] |
29 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | United Kingdom | The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes.[7] |
| London | United Kingdom | The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes.[7] |
| Magdalen | United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both French Navy). She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Barbadoes.[7] |
| Richmond | United Kingdom | The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes.[7] |
| Trafalgar | United Kingdom | The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Surinam.[7] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Guernsey, Channel Islands.[30] |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber.[30] |
| Anna Maria | Norway | The ship departed from Arundahl for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[75] |
| Bristol Packet | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Minehead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[49] |
| Brutus | United States | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both French Navy). Brutus was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to New York.[31] |
| Cecilia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London.[48] Cecilia was refloated on 12 February and put into Margate.[60] |
| Delight | United States | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She subsequently came ashore on the coast of Essex. Delight was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent.[64] |
| Dutchman | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Whitby after 24 February. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne.[76] |
| Eliza | United States | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by French frigate Hermione (1804) and Hortense (both French Navy). Eliza was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[31] |
| Europe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on South Uist, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America, to Ayr[37] |
| Fortitude | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Alnwick, Northumberland, with the loss of all hands.[55] She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Liverpool.[77] |
| Friend | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire.[30] She was on a voyage from London to Falmouth, Cornwall.[64] Friend was refloated on 1 March.[78] |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship departed Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[68] |
| Lochnell Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Red Noses". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[49][60] |
| Margaretta Barbara | Sweden | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Varberg to London.[5] |
| Mars | United States | The brig was detained by Redbridge ( French Navy) but was subsequently lost off Nassau, Bahamas.[79] |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Montevideo to London.[49] |
| Mentor | United Kingdom | The ship struck an anchor and sank at the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Bristol.[49][60] |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire.[70] |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Red Noses" She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Liverpool.[49] |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[49] |
| Spraycombe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Scilly Islands.[59] |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Bridlington, Yorkshire.[80] |
| HMS Tang | Royal Navy | The Ballahoo-class schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 25 people on board. |
| True Briton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.[48] |
March[edit]
2 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mentor | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by Berwick Merchant ( United Kingdom).[78] |
7 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General Moore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wexford.[81] |
8 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dunkerquoise | France | Napoleonic Wars: The privateer was driven ashore at Katwijk, Kingdom of Holland and was then destroyed by Princess Augusta ( United Kingdom).[82] |
9 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| St. Michael | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Blasket Islands, County Kerry. Her crew were rescued. She was reported to have been on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork, to Cork.[83] |
12 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Mevagissey, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[84] |
14 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Southampton, Hampshire, for the Bristol Channel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[85] |
15 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harry | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire, for Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[86] |
19 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by two French Navy frigates whilst on a voyage from Malta to London. She was set afire and sunk.[87] |
20 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Teignmouth, Devon.[83] |
21 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Tyningham Sands, in the North Sea off the Lothian coast, with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian[83][88] |
22 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bremen Packet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued.[83] |
| HDMS Prins Christian Frederick | Dano-Norwegian Navy | Battle of Zealand Point: The 74-gun ship of the line ran aground whilst engaged in a battle with HMS Nassau and HMS Stately (both Royal Navy). She was captured by the British and was subsequently set afire and destroyed on 23 March.[89] |
| Prosperity | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at the mouth of the Humber.[83] |
23 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Astraea | Royal Navy | The Active-class frigate was wrecked on the Horseshoe Reef, off Anegada,[90] Virgin Islands with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS St. Christopher ( Royal Navy) |
| HDMS Prinds Christian Frederick |  Royal Danish Navy | Gunboat War, Battle of Zealand Point: The Prindcesse Caroline-class ship of the line was driven ashore on the coast of Zealand by HMS Nassau and HMS Stately (both Royal Navy). She was burnt by the British. |
24 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Milbrook | Royal Navy | A squall drive the ship onto a reef off Berlenga Grande Island in the Berlengas in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal. Her crew refloated her and anchored her in clear water for the night. |
| Resolution | Guernsey | Napoleonic Wars: The privateer was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both French Navy).[31] |
25 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Electra | Royal Navy | The Seagull-class brig-sloop ran aground off Augusta, Sicily. Although salvaged, she was declared a total loss and was dismantled. |
| HMS Milbrook | Royal Navy | For the second day in a row, the ship was driven onto rocks off Berlenga Grande Island in the Berlengas in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal. She bilged, fell over onto her side, and was lost. Her crew survived. |
26 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire, with the loss of seventeen or nineteen lives.[38][91] |
30 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| North Star | United Kingdom | The whaler was destroyed by fire.[92] |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[38] |
31 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Totness | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Dartmouth, Devon.[54] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Wexford with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Conwy, Denbighshire, to Neath, Glamorgan.[54] |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon.[6] She was later refloated.[56] |
| Atalanta | Unknown | The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea.[67] |
| Enterprize | United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt on or about 18 March by Hermione and Hortense (both French Navy). Enterprize was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31] |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Uist. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America, to Liverpool.[93] |
| Joseph and Janet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the North Sea off Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[83] |
| King George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bridlington, Yorkshire.[8] |
| Mentor | United States | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both French Navy). Mentor was on a voyage from Catalonia, Spain, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her crew were taken prisoner.[31] |
| Sappho | United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was on a voyage from London to Madeira, Portugal, when the French Navy frigates Italienne and Sirène ( French Navy) captured her. They set her on fire and sank her.[83] |
| Sarah King | United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by Italienne andSirène (both French Navy) whilst on a voyage from London to Saint Domingue. She was set afire and sunk.[83] |
| Windham | United States | Napoleonic Wars: The schooner was captured by Sirène (both French Navy). She was set afire and sunk.[83] |
April[edit]
1 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Governor Hunter | New South Wales | The schooner was driven ashore on Badger Island in a hurricane. She was subsequently repaired and arrived at Sydney on 3 April 1810[94][95] |
3 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Merchant | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham, with the loss of seven of her ten crew.[57] |
4 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann | United Kingdom | The sloop was capthred in the English Channel by the privateer Actif ( France): She subsequently came ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight.[68] |
| Lovely Cruiser | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rame Head, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cork to Plymouth, Devon.[96] |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Whithorn, Wigtownshire.[97] |
| Mercury | United States | The ship was in collision with a Royal Navy warship in the English Channel. She was subsequently driven onto the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom, and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, to London, United Kingdom.[96] |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rame Head. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[96] |
5 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day.[68] |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon.[96] |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth.[68] |
| Hamlet | United States | The ship was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay, Kent, United Kingdom. She later refloated and consequently sank off Ramsgate, Kent.[68] |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth. She was refloated the next day.[68] |
| Lovely Cruizer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ram Head, Devon. She was on a voyage from Cork to Plymouth, Devon.[98] |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ram Head, Devon. she was on a voyage from Cork to London.[98] |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Seaford, Sussex, with the loss of all hands.[68] She was on a voyage from Surinam to London.[99] |
| Thomas and Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, norfolk. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Jersey, Channel Islands.[68] |
7 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agatha |  Lübeck | The ship wrecked near Memel, Prussia, with the loss of eighteen of the 29 people on board.[100][101] |
8 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked west of Sker Point, Glamorgan. All 83 [people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her cargo of whiskey was plundered by the local inhabitants, two of whom drank themselves to death.[68][102] |
9 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isabella | United States | The ship was lost off Hellevoetsluis, Kingdom of Holland.[31] |
15 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dryade | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Marichoneal, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[103] |
| Four Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued.[97] |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to a Baltic Port.[104] |
17 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chalmers | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Isla Margharita.[105] |
19 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Four Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk off the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued.[106] |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Bervie, Aberdeenshire.[107] |
20 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Widgeon | Royal Navy | The Cuckoo-class schooner was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north west of Banff, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. |
21 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Ilfracombe, Devon, to Plymouth, Devon.[108] |
22 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Bermuda | Royal Navy | The Bermuda sloop was wrecked on Memory Rock, Little Bermuda. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk by another vessel with the loss of nine of her crew.[105] |
23 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth & Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Grand Caicos. She was on a voyage from Hayti to Jamaica and London.[109] |
| Fancy | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Galway to Newry, County Down.[108] |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Penzance, Cornwall.[110] |
27 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship sank on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Carron, Stirlingshire, to London.[108] |
28 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adventure | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas[108][110] She was later beached near Margate, Kent.[111] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex, to Sunderland, County Durham.[38] |
| Belfast | United Kingdom | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Her crew were rescued by an American vessel.[108] |
| Brooke | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Point Corsel, Loch Ryan. She was on a voyage from Montevideo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[57][112] |
| Chalmers | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Margherita Island.[113] |
| Fox | United Kingdom | The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer whilst on a voyage from Malta to London. She subsequently foundered.[105] |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Luce Bay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Liverpool.[38] |
| Hermanest August | Unknown | The ship foundered off Marazion, Cornwall, United Kingdom, with the loss of all but two of her crew.[114] |
| Lauriana | Portugal | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool.[2][115] |
| Lochend | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire, with the loss of all hands.[57] |
| Paramatta |  New South Wales | The ship was wrecked at Cape Brett, New Zealand, after making a hasty departure from the Bay of Islands. The crew survived the wreck but were captured and killed after a violent exchange with local Māori.[116] |
| Speculation | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilnsea, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to South Shields, County Durham.[117] |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[68] |
May[edit]
5 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fairless | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Corton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London. Fairless was later refloated.[118] |
9 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner was lost at Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[74] |
13 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank on Schooner Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Berry" to Alnwick, Northumberland.[119] |
15 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[85] |
18 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Rapid | Royal Navy | Napoleonic Wars: The gun-brig was sunk without loss of life by coastal artillery fire in the Tagus off southern Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the brig-sloop HMS Primrose ( Royal Navy).[120] |
19 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Great Saltee Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[121] |
22 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk with the loss of nine of her crew.[113] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7] Amelia was later refloated and taken in to Holyhead.[113] |
| Fox | United Kingdom | The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer but subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Malta to London.[113] |
| Vengeance | France | The privateer was sunk off Guadeloupe by a Royal Navy ship with the loss of all 180 crew.[122] |
| Young Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was dismasted in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was later towed in to Appledore, Devon, by HMRC Shark ( Board of Customs).[113] |
June[edit]
14 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann | Jamaica | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was driven ashore by a French privateer and wrecked.[87] |
15 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship struck a reef off Port Dalrymple, Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales, with the loss of a crew member. |
16 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HM hired armed ship Harelequin | Royal Navy | The ship was driven ashore between Cowes and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.[123] |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked off Marichoneal Harbour, Jamaica.[124] |
18 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Young John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Red Island, in the Saint Lawrence River. Her crew were rescued.[125] |
30 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Capelin | Royal Navy | The Ballahoo-class schooner struck the Parquette Rock, in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France, and consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by HM Hired armed cutter Adrian, HMS Champion, HMS Entreprenante, HMS Sybille and HMS Whiting (all Royal Navy). |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire, when her crew spotted a vessel they supposed to be a privateer. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Leith, Lothian.[126] |
| Eliza | United States | The brig was wrecked south-southwest of Narai Island in Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. One of her crew was lost. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and scuttled by Milan ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Jersey, Channel Islands.[123] |
| St. Thomas's | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Aldeburgh, Suffolk.[74] |
July[edit]
10 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Netley | Royal Navy | The brig capsized off Barbados with the loss of all but nine of her crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Julia ( Royal Navy). |
14 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stag | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Roseau, Dominica.[127] |
19 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chiswick | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Aux Cayes, Hispaniola.[128] |
21 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hiram | United States | The ship was wrecked on Abaco. She was on a voyage from New York to Havana, Cuba.[129][130] |
27 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Pickle | Royal Navy | The topsail schooner was wrecked off Cape Santa Maria, Spain. Her crew survived. |
30 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Meleager | Royal Navy | The Perseverance-class frigate was wrecked on the Barr Bush Keys, off Port Royal, Jamaica, with the loss of three of her crew. |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bayley | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Langness Point, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Gothenburg, Sweden.[109] |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak and put into Whitby, Yorkshire, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Sandwich, Kent.[131] |
| Juno | United Kingdom | Gunboat War: The ship was captured and burnt off Dragør, Denmark, by the Danes.[132] |