The list of shipwrecks in October 1820 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during October 1820.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Andrews Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to London.[1] |
Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Penmon Point, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon.[1] |
Fly | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Penmon Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Caernarfon.[1] |
Sincerity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Penmon Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Caernarfon.[1] |
William | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands, She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana.[2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Policy | United Kingdom | The whaler was driven ashore at Margate, Kent.[1] She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas. Policy was refloated on 3 October and put back to the River Thames on 5 October.[3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Oreground, in the Gulf of Bothnia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire.[4] |
Leander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Odessa. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Liverpool, Lancashire. Leander was refloated on 6 October.[5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Charlotte | Sweden | The ship was lost near Varberg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[6] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth and Jean | Netherlands | The ship was lost near Port Mahon, Spain. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Genoa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[7] |
Idea | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the English Channel off Helford, Cornwall with the loss of three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by HMRC Hind ( Board of Customs). Idea was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Falmouth, Cornwall.[8] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ida | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Helford, Cornwall with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Padstow, Cornwall.[9] |
St. Pierre | France | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Calais. She was on a voyage from Calais to Cette, Hérault.[9] |
Trident | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated but found to have hogged.[9] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hillma | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore near "Leerham", Sweden.[10] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Oscar | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Haisborough Sands and consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Barcelona, Spain.[9] |
Wylam | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[11] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Henry Addington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. Her crew were rescued by the Pillau Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pillau.[12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Integrity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was refloated but was abandoned the next day in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by Friends ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to London.[13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Twins | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Neath, Glamorgan.[14] |
Union | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Cardigan Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth to Neath.[14] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Wohlfarth | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore on Gotaland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Wohlfarth was later refloated and taken in to Östergarn.[15] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Cork to Plymouth, Devon. Catherine was later refloated.[16] |
City of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London.[16][13] She was refloated on 19 October and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly for repairs.[12] |
Conjunction | Sweden | The ship was lost on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Calais, France.[15] |
Elizabeth and Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Bantry Bay.[17] She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18] |
Venus | France | The ship was driven ashore near the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member.[16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Acorn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Barrow of Ballyteague, County Galway. Her crew were rescued.[16] |
Amity | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Sandwich, Kent.[19] |
Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Littlehampton, Sussex.[17] |
Dadales | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was refloated the next day.[16] |
Lark | United Kingdom | The packet boat was driven ashore at Calais, France. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Calais. Lark was refloated on 21 October.[20] |
Ourang Outang | France | The ship was wrecked at Calais. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Calais.[19] |
Pollux | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Weymouth, Dorset with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[19] |
Unge Johannes | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Cattewater. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Terravecchia, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Drontheim.[18] |
William | United Kingdom | The brig foundered whilst on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[22] |
Josina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Ballina, County Mayo.[4] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bangor. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Londonderry.[22] |
Star | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank near Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Hull, Yorkshire.[19] |
St. Peter | Russia | The ship was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Loviisa, Grand Duchy of Finland.[16] |
Venus | Jersey | The brig was wrecked at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork with the loss of a crew member.[22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Halifax Packet | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Londonderry for New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23] |
John Crawford | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Black Rock, in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[16] John Crawford was later refloated and taken in to Greenock.[12] |
Lark | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais, France. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Calais.[10] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fame | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk for Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[24] |
Leicester | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Aveiro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[25] |
Messagere | France | The ship was driven ashore in the Seine. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[22] |
St. Peter | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Southport, Lancashire.[26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ellen or Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Selsey Bill, Sussex. Seven crew were rescued by Bonne Foi ( France).[20][27] |
Fly | United Kingdom | The cutter was driven ashore at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[5] |
Gipsey | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Livorno.[5] |
Helena | Russia | The ship was wrecked in the Aspö Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[7] |
John Crawford | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Black Rock Point, Renfrewshire She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[17] |
Laura | Prussia | The ship was lost near Frederikshavn, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[28][15] |
Messagère | France | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and beached in the Seine. Messagère was on a voyage from Louisiana to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure.[29] |
Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Southampton, Hampshire. Providence was refloated the next day and taken in to Lymington.[16] |
Young Lars | Denmark | The ship was lost on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Copenhagen.[15] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Abartouri | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom with some loss of life.[22] |
Alderney | Guernsey | The sloop was wrecked on Alderney, Channel Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Guernsey.[4] |
Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Felixstowe, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[22] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Maldon, Essex.[30] |
Arab | United Kingdom | The whaler was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was later refloated.[30] |
Borneo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire.[20] She was refloated on 25 October and put into Liverpool for repairs.[10] |
Boyne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued.[22] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[30] |
Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of all hands.[16][13] |
Christopher | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset.[16] |
Churchill | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Liverpool, Lancashire.[13] Churchill was refloated on 2 December.[2] |
Commodore | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay. Her crew were rescued.[10][22] |
Curlew | United Kingdom | The Collier was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich. Her crew survived.[13] |
Duke of York | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off Margate. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to South Shields, County Durham.[13] |
Edward Hendrick | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Barth to Lisbon, Portugal.[31] |
Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Selsey Bill, Sussex with the loss of all hands.[16] |
Esperance | France | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime to Calais. Esperance was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[31] |
George | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, suffolk Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat.[13] |
Herald | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Deal, Kent.[32] |
Kite | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent.[13] She was on a voyage from South Shields to Dover.[31] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The collier was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich. Her crew survived.[13] |
Nantaise | France | The ship was driven ashore near Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[5] |
Ocean | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Ramsgate.[22] |
Providence | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand. She was on a voyage from Ceylon to Mauritius and London. Providence was later refloated.[30] |
Recovery | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Dymchurch and New Romney, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[13] She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London.[16] |
Robert | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Tongue Sand, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent.[22] Her crew survived.[30] |
Royal Oak | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Harwich. She had been refloated by 24 October.[10] |
Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Smerwick, County Kerry with the loss of eleven of the twelve people on board. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Hull, Yorkshire.[33] She was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Margate.[28] |
Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued.[22] Sally was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Margate.[5] |
Sarah and Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat.[13][30] |
Trim | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Galway Bay.[4] |
Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Faial Island, Azores. Unity was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[31] |
Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of the twenty people on board. The survivors were rescued on 29 October by Merchant ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool.[34] |
Xania | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Ramsgate.[20] She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to London. Xania was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[31] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Fowey, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey to Plymouth, Devon.[12] |
John | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[13] |
Kendal | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10] |
Providenza | Spain | The ship was wrecked at Le Conquet, Finistère, France with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from "Molda" to the Île de Ré, Finistère.[28] |
Seaforth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, Lancashire.[26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Sophia | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg.[4] |
Plover | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of twelve of her fifteen crew. The survivors were rescued on 13 November by the packet Blucher United Kingdom.[35] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Clara | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to San Sebastián, Spain.[28][5] |
Cushenden | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Cushenden Bay. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Ballycastle, County Antrim.[12] |
Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached in Davis's Cove, Saint Lucia. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana, Cuba.[36] |
Mary and Betty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire with the loss of eight of the eleven people on board. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Liverpool.[28][12][37] |
Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Tönningen, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Husum, Duchy of Holstein to an English port.[4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cornborough | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Kattegat whilst on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Riga, Russia, No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[2] |
Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[15] |
Friend's Increase | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Ailsa Craig. Her crew were rescued.[4] |
Resolution | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Abererch, Caernarvonshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[12] She was refloated on 22 November and taken in to Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire.[38] |
William | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Ayr with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow.[12] |
William Pitt | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[15] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dumfries.[28] |
Josephine | France | The ship was lost near Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord.[39] |
Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Figueira da Foz, Portugal.[40] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Prut | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the Tarkhankut Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sevastopol to Nicholaieff.[41] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Cape de Gatt, Spain. She was on a voyage from Dénia, Spain to London.[42] |
Charles Henry | United Kingdom | The ship brig sprang a leak and capsized in the Irish Sea off St. Anns Head, Pembrokeshire. Two crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wexford to London. Charles Henry later came ashore and was wrecked.[4] |
Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Dover.[12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lloyd | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Jersey.[43] |
Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk and abandoned by her crew.[28] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Experiment | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Exeter to Plymouth, Devon.[4][44] |
Henry | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire; where she was wrecked with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Wexford to London.[44] |
Race Horse | Guernsey | The ship was abandoned by her crew whilst on a voyage from Trinidad, Cuba to Havana, Cuba. Her crew were rescued by an American schooner. Race Horse subsequently foundered.[45] |
Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Merchant ( United States). Waterloo was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[39] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River between 14 and 21 October. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[46] |
Columbus | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[14] |
Diana | India | The ship was lost in the Khuriya Muriya Islands, off Muscat with the loss of more than fourteen lives.[47] |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River between 14 and 21 October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City. Eliza had been refloated by 26 October and resumed her voyage.[46] |
Eliza Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith Lothian.[48] |
Emily | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Brunswick, British North America.[26] |
Happy Return | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Knoch John, in the White Sea in late October. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Liverpool.[2] |
James Berridge | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Garonne before 24 October. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal.[4] |
Jenny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Lossiemouth, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Hamburg.[18] |
Kendal | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool.[26] |
Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Bay of Fundy off Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, British North America.[7] |
Princess Royal | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in the Saint Lawrence River in early October.[38] |
Release | United Kingdom | The ship is presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Netherlands.[14] |
Sarah & Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Boyne. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick to Drogheda, County Louth.[6] |
Sophia | Jamaica | The ship was wrecked on Mayaguana, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Antonio to Saint John, New Brunswick.[49] |
Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[50] |
Tobago | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. Tobago was later refloated.[4] |
Vrow Eliza | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Antwerp. Her crew were rescued.[51] |
William & Catherine | Sweden | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Three of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Norway.[19] |