List of shipwrecks in 1808

The list of shipwrecks in 1808 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1808.

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## January[edit]

### 1 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1808  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]

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Marlborough |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbados.[6]

### 3 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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 / 27.167; -87.000). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[2]

### 11 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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John |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Broadhaven Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Galway.[15]

### 13 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Success |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire.[16]

### 14 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Little George |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Long Island, New York, United States.[36]

### 30 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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 / 27.167; -37.000. 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]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Rhine |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland.[66]

### 23 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Mentor |  United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by Berwick Merchant ( United Kingdom).[78]

### 7 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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General Moore |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wexford.[81]

### 8 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Hope |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Mevagissey, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[84]

### 14 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Diana |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Teignmouth, Devon.[83]

### 21 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Agatha |  Lübeck | The ship wrecked near Memel, Prussia, with the loss of eighteen of the 29 people on board.[100][101]

### 8 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Isabella |  United States | The ship was lost off Hellevoetsluis, Kingdom of Holland.[31]

### 15 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Chalmers |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Isla Margharita.[105]

### 19 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Margaret |  United Kingdom | The schooner was lost at Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[74]

### 13 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Nancy |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[85]

### 18 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Hope |  United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk with the loss of nine of her crew.[113]

### Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Ann |  Jamaica | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was driven ashore by a French privateer and wrecked.[87]

### 15 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Young John |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Red Island, in the Saint Lawrence River. Her crew were rescued.[125]

### 30 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Stag |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Roseau, Dominica.[127]

### 19 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Chiswick |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Aux Cayes, Hispaniola.[128]

### 21 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1808  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Pickle |  Royal Navy | The topsail schooner was wrecked off Cape Santa Maria, Spain. Her crew survived.

### 30 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1808  Ship | State | Description

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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]

## August[edit]

### 3 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Robert and Jane |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.[133] f

### 7 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1808  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Delphinen |  Royal Navy | The sloop of war Dolphio was wrecked on the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued but taken prisoner.[134]

### 8 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1808  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Jaseur |  Royal Navy | The ship-sloop departed Calcutta for Prince of Wales Island. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.

### 12 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Helena |  Sweden | The ship departed from Dalarö for Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[135]
Venture |  United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden.[136]

### 18 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Diana |  Imperial Russian Navy | The brig ran aground at the mouth of the Sulina branch of the Danube and was abandoned by her crew. She floated off and sank. Diana came ashore on 5 September and was wrecked.[137]
Hermione |  French Navy | The Hortense-class frigate was lost in the Iroise Sea.

### 22 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Tentacao |  United States | The ship was wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal, to Baltimore, Maryland.[129]

### 24 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Vsevolod |  Imperial Russian Navy | Vsevolod.

Anglo-Russian War: The 74-gun ship of the line ran aground in the Baltic Sea while in combat with the 74-gun third rate HMS Implacable ( Royal Navy). The frigate Poluks ( Imperial Russian Navy) towed her off, but Vsevolod ran aground again later the same day near Baltiski, about 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from Rager Vik. While still aground, she was captured on 25 August by HMS Implacable and the 74-gun third rate HMS Centaur ( Royal Navy). The British set the grounded Vsevolod afire and destroyed her on 26 August.

### 25 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1808  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Centaur |  Royal Navy | Anglo-Russian War: The 74-gun third rate ran aground in the Baltic Sea near Baltiski, about 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from Rager Vik, while in combat with the grounded 74-gun ship of the line Vsevolod ( Imperial Russian Navy). The 74-gun third rate HMS Implacable ( Royal Navy) hauled her off.
George |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from the Nore for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[138]

### 27 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Charlotte |  New South Wales | The sloop capsized in a squall 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia, with the loss of both members of her crew.

### Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Albion |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to London. Part of the crew arrived at Rio de Janeiro.[139]
Catherina |  United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached between Malmö and Ystad, Sweden.[140] She was on a voyage from London to Stockholm, Sweden.[141]
Dundee |  New South Wales | The ship foundered at the mouth of the Hunter River with the loss of two of her crew.
Nossa Senhora de Conceico |  Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, to Brazil.[124]
Richard and Sarah |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Weymouth, Dorset, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[128]
Sarah & Elizabeth |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Pelade ( France). She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Bermuda.[142]

## September[edit]

### 1 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Aurora |  United Kingdom | The ship was run ashore near Eastbourne, Sussex, to avoid three French privateers. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Chatham, Kent.[127] Aurora was refloated on 4 September.[143]

### 10 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Dove |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Swansea, Glamorgan.[144] Dove was later refloated and taken in to Wexford.[145]

### 12 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Baltimore, Maryland.[146]

### 24 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Mary Ann (or Maryann)  |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (42°14′N 41°35′W﻿ / ﻿42.233°N 41.583°W﻿ / 42.233; -41.583) while sailing from Jamaica to London. Brook Watson rescued her crew ( United Kingdom).[147]

### 20 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Geroi |  Imperial Russian Navy | The Speshnyi-class frigate was driven ashore at Cronstadt. She was abandoned the next day and subsequently became a wreck.[137]

### 25 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Sisters |  United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks and foundered 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Grand Manan Island with the loss of sixteen of her 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America.[148][149]

### 27 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Brothers |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[150]

### 29 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1808  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Maria |  Royal Navy | The gun-brig was captured by the corvette Départment des Landes ( French Navy) off Guadeloupe and was beached by her French prize crew to prevent her from sinking due to damage she sustained in combat with Départment des Landes.

### 30 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Providence |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by Jemima ( United Kingdom). Providence was on a voyage from Waterford to Swansea, Glamorgan.[151]
Virginia |  United States | The ship was lost near Drontheim, Norway, with the loss of all but two of her crew.[152]

### Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Alexander |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Belfast, County Down.[144]
Charlotte |  New South Wales | The ship was lost in late September with some loss of life.[153]
Fortuna |  Sweden | The ship departed from Gothenburg for Visby. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[75]
Juliana |  United States | The ship was captured by four French Navy warships and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to New York.[135] Juliana was later discovered at sea by a Royal Navy frigate and was taken in to Saint Kitts.[154]
Phœnix |  United Kingdom | The ship sank at Dover, Kent.[155] She was on a voyage from London to Dover.

## October[edit]

### 5 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Prosperous |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[151]

### 7 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Adventure |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork.[156]
Ann and Sarah |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bideford, Devon.[156][157]
Apollo |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Liverpool with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.[157]
Ardent |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[158]
Ariel |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was later refloated.[158]
Bee |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate.[158]
Catherine Brigetta | Unknown  | The ship was sighted in the Dogger Bank. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[159]
Defence |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Chester, Cheshire.[158]
Endeavour |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool.[160]
Experiment |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Chester.[158]
Fletcher |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at North Meols, Lancashire, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Heligoland.[151][160]
George |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was later refloated.[158]
Hannah |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica.[160] She refloated on 18 October, drifted upstream in a capsized state.[130]
Hibernia |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[161] She was on refloated in November 1809 and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire, where she arrived on the 11th of that month.[162]
Hopewell |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ayr. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America, to Ayr.[163][164]
Industry |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Spain. She was later refloated.[156][157]
Isabella |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[165]
Jolly Major |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Greenock.[163]
Juno |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.[158]
King George |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[158]
Mentor |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.[151]
Neptune |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Berbice or Demerara. Neptune was later refloated.[129][156][160]
Phillipsburg |  United States | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[158]
Pomona |  United Kingdom | The brig foundered in Liverpool Bay off Hoylake.[158]
Princess of Wales |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Battery, Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Brazil.[160] She refloated on 18 October and drifted out to sea.[130]
Princess Royal |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Chester.[158]
Sedulous |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate.[158]
Shannon |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Greenock.[163]
Three Brothers |  United Kingdom | The transport ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Portugal to France with the loss of 283 of the 293 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Alert ( United Kingdom).[129][157][166] Date also reported as 27 September.[167]
Tiger |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Portugal.[157]

### 8 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Active |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued.[168]
Alexander |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Brazil.[160]
Bee |  United Kingdom | The schooner caught fire in the North Sea off Tod Head, Berwickshire. She was beached at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. Bee was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, to Aberdeen.[164][169][170]
Catherine |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[157] Catherine was later refloated.[171]
Catherine Birgetta | flag unknown  | The ship was reported to be off the Dogger Bank, in the North Sea. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[135]
Ceres |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Aberdeen with the loss of eight of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Cygnet ( Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America, to London.[172][173][174]
Comet |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Ballycastle, County Antrim, with the loss of eight of her crew.[175]
Contest |  Sweden | The galiot foundered off Bighouse, County Antrim, United Kingdom, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to Gothenburg.[176]
Fielding |  United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore in Torrisdale Bay She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Gothenburg, Sweden.[146][171][177] She was later refloated and put into Burnt Island, Fife.[178]
Friendship |  United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Arbroath, Forfarshire.[177]
Freemason |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat.[177]
Hibernia |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lochendaal, Islay. Her 70 passengers, and the crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[179] She was refloated in November 1809.[180]
Jane |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Anglesey. Her crew were rescued.[158]
John |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[177]
Lizard |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Peterhead and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Newburgh, Forfarshire.[177]
Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, to Gothenburg, Swedem.[181]
Neptune |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Montrose, Forfarshire.[182]
Supply |  United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Bighouse. Her crew were rescued.[176]
Unity |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Bangor, County Down. Her crew were rescued.[169]
Supply |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Tongue, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued.[177]
Three Brothers |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barnstaple, Devon.[156]
Unity |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Workington, Cumberland.[130]

### 9 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Atlas |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland.[173]
Ephron |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Benion Strand, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[165]
Nelly |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland.[173]

### 12 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Diana |  United Kingdom | The ship was sighted by Doncaster whilst on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[183]

### 13 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Vrow Albertina |  Heligoland | The crewless ship was driven out to sea from Heligoland and subsequently foundered.[146]

### 14 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Gage |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex.[164]
Nile |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven. She was on a voyage from London to Poole, Dorset.[164]

### 15 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Hyena |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[129]
John |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[176]
John and Isabella |  United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on Lindisfarne, Northumberland Her crew were rescued.[176]
Lizard |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead. Her crew were rescued.[176]

### 16 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Joseph & Lois |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Little Islands. She was on a voyage from Hayti to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[184]
Lovely |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Sydney, Nova Scotia, for Quebec City, Lower Canada. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[185]

### 17 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Lark |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Great Orme, Caernarfonshire, with the loss off all hands.[173]

### 18 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Peggy |  United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk, by Neptune ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Neptune.[172]

### 20 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Brothers |  United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked near the Ross of Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Ulverston, Lancashire.[186]
Concordia |  Kingdom of Holland | The brig was wrecked on the Saltees Rocks with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Kingdom of Etruria, to Dublin.[187]
Friendship |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Docking, Norfolk Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[172]
John |  United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[168]
Nelly and Peggy |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Leith, Lothian. Her crew were rescued by the Leith Lifeboat.[188][189]
Majestic |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was destroyed by fire at Barbadoes.[190]
William |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sunk at Dungeness. She was refloated two days later and taken in to Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Carmarthen.[168]

### 21 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Amphitrite |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bedec, Prince Edward Island, to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Amphitrite was refloated on 6 November was later driven ashore at Bedec.[135][159]
John |  United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[174]
Neath Castle |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire.[168]

### 22 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Argus |  Imperial Russian Navy | Finnish War: The frigate ran aground and was wrecked off Sveaborg, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sveaborg to Reval.[137]
Friendship |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[173]

### 23 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Admecus |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Dymchurch, Kent.[172]
Cicero |  United Kingdom | The collier foundered in The Downs.[174]
Fanny |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Fairness Rock, off the Kent coast. She was refloated on 24 October and taken in to Margate, Kent. Fanny was on a voyage from Wexford to London.[174]
George and Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Bigbury Bay.[171]
Unity |  United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the English Channel east of Dungeness, Kent.[172]
HMS Volador |  Royal Navy | The brig-sloop wrecked on a reef in Gulf of Cora in the Caribbean. She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued.[185]
York |  United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire, to Hull, Yorkshire.[191]

### 24 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Admetis |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wreckwed at Hythe, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Exeter, Devon.[168]
Balsamao |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent.[168]
Canada |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal.[168]
Cicero |  United Kingdom | The collier foundered in The Downs.[168]
Helen |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal.[168]
Principe Atalanta |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal.[168]
St. Marcus |  Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent.[168]
Unity |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent.[171]

### 25 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Ceres |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto rocks at South Shields, County Durham, and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[173]
Good Intent |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven onto rocks at South Shields and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[173]
John |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[189]
Lizard |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Peterhead.[189]
Sir Sidney Smith |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked inn Widewal Bay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Swedish port to Liverpool, Lancashire.[189]
Sarah |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto rocks at South Shields and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[173]

### 26 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Crane |  Royal Navy | The Cuckoo-class schooner was driven ashore at Plymouth Hoe, Devon. She refloated but subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued.
Mathew |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued but made prisoner. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden.[192]
Ruby |  United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, with the loss of all five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[188][193]
Vedra |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lytham, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool, Lancashire.[173]

### 29 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Banterer |  Royal Navy | The Banterer-class post ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River.

### 30 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Acorn |  United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from the United States to Stockton-on-Tees, Yorkshire.[139]

### 31 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Hope |  Sweden | The ship was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Gothenburg.[194]

### Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Alexander |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from the Bay of Fundy for Aberdeen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[195]
Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Kitty ( United Kingdom).[189]
Comet |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Belfast, County Antrim.[165]
Eliza |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pictou, British North America. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Pictou.[139]
Endeavour |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was later refloated.[174]
Fame |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all hands.[129]
Freemason |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat.[165]
Industry |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[171]
Industry |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Longhope Orkney Islands for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[196]
Myrtle |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cornish coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire, to London.[197]
Pallas |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at St. Asaph, Denbighshire.[129] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Cork.[130]
Ruby |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America, to Liverpool.[129]
St. Nicholas |  Imperial Russian Navy | The ship of the line ran aground near Malmö, Sweden, during an engagement with Dano-Norwegian Navy gunboats. She was set afire and destroyed by her crew.[189]

## November[edit]

### 1 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Nancy |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Galicia, Spain, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Malta to London.[198]

### 2 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Delphinen |  Royal Navy | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast.[199]

### 4 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Friendship |  United Kingdom | The transport ship departed from A Coruña, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.[200]

### 7 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Travers |  British East India Company | The wreck of TraversThe East Indiaman struck a rock off Sunken Island (15°38′N 94°20′E﻿ / ﻿15.633°N 94.333°E﻿ / 15.633; 94.333), near Diamond Island (Myanmar), and foundered with the loss of sixteen lives. Earl Spencer and Monarch (both  British East India Company), rescued the survivors.[201]

### 10 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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George |  United Kingdom | The collier was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the Thames Estuary off Sheerness, Kent. Her crew were rescued[202]
Jane |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Banff, Aberdeenshire.[203]
Pomona |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Banff. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Leith, Lothian.[203][204]
Sarah |  United Kingdom | The collier was wrecked on the Mouse Sand. Her crew were rescued.[202]

### 11 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Cato |  United States | The ship was wrecked on Sandy Hook, New Jersey.[135]

### 12 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Hiram |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by Vénus ( French Navy) whilst on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal, to Cork. She was set afire and sunk.[205]
Thames |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Surveillante ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Surinam to London.[184]

### 13 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Albion |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by Vénus ( French Navy) whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Poole, Dorset. She was set afire and sunk.[205]
Nikolai |  Russian-American Company | The schooner ran aground on the Olympic Peninsula in the Oregon Country on a beach north of the Quillayute River and James Island during a gale and was abandoned by her crew.

### 15 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Auckland |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Cadiz Bay. All on board were rescued.[206]
Barbara |  United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[207]
Brothers |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Plymouth, Devon. She was later refloated and put into Newlyn, Cornwall.[208]
Courier |  United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and subsequently drove onto the Stoney Binns, in the Humber. Her crew were rescued.[204]
Favourite |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured off Ouessant, Finistère, France, whilst on a voyage from Gijón, Spain, to London. She was subsequently lost near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France.[209]

### 16 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Apollo |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven ashore at Millbay, Plymouth, Devon.[142]
Elizabeth |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight with the loss of eleven of her twenty crew.[142]
Nemisis |  Portugal | The ship was in collision with Allegria Constant ( Portugal) at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, and was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked.[204]
Peggy |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newry, County Antrim and Harrington, Cumberland.[194]
Pomona |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Banff, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Leith, Lothian.[208]
Recovery |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Gothenburg, Sweden.[142]
Rosina |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent.[142] She was refloated on 21 November.[194]

### 17 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Ariel |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British North America, to Hull, Yorkshire.[198]
Friendship |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The transport ship was captured by three French privateers off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, and was destroyed.[75]
Jane |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kamouraska, Quebec, British North America.[210]
Lady Borrington |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Quebec, British North America.[210][211]
Margaret |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kamouraska.[210]
Neva |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Kamouraska.[210]
Zephyr |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was severely damaged at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[204]

### 18 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Cruizer |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Rio de Janeiro.[208]
Enterprize |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven ashore at Mawgan Porth, Cornwall.[212]
Maria |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Lancashire.[213]
Neutrality |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[208]
Olive Branch |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (50°05′N 31°15′W﻿ / ﻿50.083°N 31.250°W﻿ / 50.083; -31.250). Her crew were rescued by Margaret ( United Kingdom). Olive Branch was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Newfoundland, British North America.[214]
Triton |  United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Hoylake with the loss of a crew member.[204]
Two Brothers |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Plymouth, Devon.[194]

### 19 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Henry |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cork for Portsmouth, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[215]
Providence |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was wrecked at Bolt Head, Devon, with the loss of all but her captain.[208]
Roebuck |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Ilfracombe, Devon, with the loss of all but one of her crew.[194]

### 20 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Integrity |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her crew had been rescued by Speedwell ( United Kingdom) before she came ashore.[212]

### 21 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Elizabeth |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Trevose Head, Cornwall, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[212]
Integrity |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[194]
Lord Nelson |  British East India Company | The East Indiaman was last seen at 8°30′S 80°00′E﻿ / ﻿8.500°S 80.000°E﻿ / -8.500; 80.000. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Madras, India, to London.
Lovely Dorcas |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal, to Limerick.[207]
Selina |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Cork to Portsmouth, Hampshire[194]
Speedy |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Trevose Head with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Malta to London.[212]

### 22 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Barbara |  United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.[216]
Olive Branch |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (50°05′N 51°15′W﻿ / ﻿50.083°N 51.250°W﻿ / 50.083; -51.250) whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Margaret ( United Kingdom).[217][218]

### 25 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Polly |  United Kingdom | The ship sailed from Malta on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[219]

### 26 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Britannia |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Port Antonia and Port Maria, Jamaica.[220]
Goede Verwagting |  Kingdom of Holland | The galiot was captured by an English privateer. She subsequently foundered on the Brown Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel.[135]
John |  United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Heligoland and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Heligoland.[138]

### 28 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Atlas |  United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore near Brighton, Sussex. She was later refloated and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex.[218]
Dee Vigilante |  Kingdom of Holland | The ship ran aground near Dordrecht.[135]
Delight |  United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore near Brighton.[218]
Harlequin |  United Kingdom | The ship was sunk at Madeira, Portugal, by cannon fire from a land-based fort.[211] She was on a voyage from London to Berbice.[221]
Hercules |  United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore near Brighton. She was later refloated and taken in to Newhaven.[218]
John and Jane |  United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore near Brighton.[218]
Maria Charlotta |  Sweden | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[222] She was subsequently beached at Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[223] Maria Charlotta was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Gibraltar.[224]
Mary |  United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore near Brighton.[218]
Summer |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Plymouth, Devon.[224]

### 29 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Spero |  United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the River Don. Her crew were rescued.[225]

### 30 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1808  Ship | State | Description

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John and Thomas |  United Kingdom | The sloop struck the quay at Whitehaven, Cumberland, and sank with the loss of all hands, which numbered at least four.[218][226]
Nelly & Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[227]
Phœnix |  United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked near Pittenweem, Forfarshire, with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Aberdeen.[225]

### Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Admiral Dacres |  Jamaica | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was driven ashore by French privateers.[228]
Alert |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Thames. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.[204]
Amphitrite |  United Kingdom | After being refloated at Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America, on 6 November, the ship later was driven ashore at Bedec, New Brunswick, British North America.[135][159]
Annan |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for Waterford. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[229]
Doris |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[202]
Duncombe |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. She was later refloated.[230]
Experiment |  British East India Company | The East Indiaman foundered with the loss of all hands while returning to England from Bengal.
Freden |  Sweden | The ship foundered off Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Westerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, to Gothenburg.[231]
Gardiner and Joseph |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River.[230] She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London.[232]
Glory |  United Kingdom | The East Indiaman foundered with the loss of all hands while returning to England from Bengal.
Grindet |  Jamaica | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was driven ashore by French privateers.[228]
Henry |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (47°07′N 8°28′W﻿ / ﻿47.117°N 8.467°W﻿ / 47.117; -8.467). Her crew were rescued by Summer ( United Kingdom). Henry was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Seville, Spain.[194]
Hoppet |  United Kingdom | Gunboat War: The ship was captured and burnt by the Danes. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London.[142]
James |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cross Haven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal, to Limerick.[233]
Jane |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River.[230]
Laura |  United Kingdom | The ship sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[194]
Margaretta |  Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued but taken prisoner.[192] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to a Spanish port.[234]
Maria |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex.[142]
Mars |  United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France. Her crew were rescued.[138]
Mary and Margaret |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Pembroke with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Ayr.[204][235]
Susannah |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River.[230]
Trusty |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Bideford, Devon, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[207]
Union |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Wargorne Island". She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent, to Gothenburg.[202]
Vrow Catharina |  Heligoland | The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent, for Heligoland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[236]

## December[edit]

### 1 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Euphrates |  United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores.[185]
Waterman |  United Kingdom | The ship was last sighted on this date. She was on a voyage from the Nore to Gothenburg, Sweden. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[237]

### 3 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Friends Goodwill |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to St. Mawes, Cornwall.[138]
Vrouw Catherina |  Heligoland | The ship departed from London for Heligoland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[219]

### 4 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Charlotte |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Dublin for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[237]
Mary Hellen Elizabeth |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores.[238]
Wilhelmina |  Sweden | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[239]

### 5 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Fanny |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Milford, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[240]
John |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Loviisa, Sweden, to London.[241]
Joseph and Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[242]
Polly |  United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank whilst on a voyage from Limerick to the Clyde.[135]
HMS Proselyte |  Royal Navy | The bomb was crushed by ice in the Baltic Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off Anholt, Denmark, and was abandoned.
Victim |  Spain | The schooner, which had been captured the previous day by Vénus ( French Navy), foundered. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Cadiz.[205]

### 6 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Crescent |  Royal Navy | The fifth-rate was wrecked on the coast of Jutland with the loss of over 200 lives.[243][244]
Friends |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Minehead Bay and sank. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[240]
Johanna Margaretta |  Sweden | The ship was sighted in the Dogger Bank whilst on a voyage from Stockholm to Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[245]
Pomona |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Seville, Spain, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[215]

### 7 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Anna Maria |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the "Great Island", near Heligoland.[246]
Anna Margaretta |  Heligoland | The ship was wrecked at Heligoland with the loss of all hands.[246][247]
Bertius |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark.[222]
Eliza |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[222]
Elizabeth |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne, Heligoland.[247]
Enigheden |  Heligoland | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark.[247]
Freden |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[222][224][248]
George |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Harbor Island, New Providence, New Jersey, United States.[219]
Haabe |  Heligoland | The ship was driven ashore on the "Great Island", Heligoland.[246]
Haabet |  Heligoland | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark.[222]
Hope |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[248]
Jonge Hendrick | flag unknown  | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[222][248]
Jong-Jacob |  Heligoland | The ship was wrecked on Düne with the loss of all hands.[247]
Lively |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[248]
Minerva |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[248]
New Success |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[248]
New Versuck |  Heligoland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[222][224][247][248]
New Vorwick |  Heligoland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne.[246]
Norden Star |  Heligoland | The ship was driven ashore on "Great Island", Heligoland.[246]
Paulinea |  Heligoland | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland with the loss of all hands.[246][247]
Perseverance |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark.[222]
Providentia |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the "Great Island", Heligoland.[246]
Richard |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Belfast, County Antrim.[222]
Roberts |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[222][248]
Sophia |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne.[247]
Swan |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne.[247]
Twee Gebroeders |  Heligoland | Captain Vasser's ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne.[247]
Twee Gebroeders |  Heligoland | Captain Derecks's ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne.[247]

### 8 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Betsey |  Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on the coast of East Friesland, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Guernsey.[249]
Charlotte |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Plymouth, Devon.[250]
Experiment |  United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier and sank at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to London[251]
Richard |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Tusker Rock, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to the Ogmore River.[102]

### 10 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Jupiter |  Royal Navy | The Portland-class frigate was wrecked in Vigo Bay. Her crew were rescued.
Molly |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[252]
Phœnix |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Dungarvan, County Waterford, for Portsmouth, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[253]

### 11 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Active |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Madeira for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[215]
Pomona |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by a French ship operating under a Letter of Marque. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London.[254]

### 15 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Ersahnung | Unknown  | The ship ran aground on the Fairness Rock, off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom, and was severely damaged. She was refloated in January 1809 and taken in to Margate.[230][255]
HMS Flying Fish |  Royal Navy | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Hispaniola. Her crew were rescued.

### 17 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Albion |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[178]
Beaver |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the French coast and was taken possession of by the French. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira.[256]
Chrononotonthologos |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to Dublin.[135]
Clio |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued.[242]
Peggy |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead. Her crew were rescued.[242]
Providence |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Rye, Sussex.[241]
Surprize |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Conwy, Denbighshire.[178][241]
Walpole |  British East India Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal to London.[242][257][258]
William |  Sweden | The brigantine was lost near Cape Wrath, Sutherland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Alicante, Spain.[259][260]

### 18 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Berwick |  United Kingdom | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[195]
Brighton Packet |  United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak in the English Channel. Achilles rescued the crew, who abandoned their vessel, and took them into Torbay.( United Kingdom).[241]
Commerce |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk, to Leeds, Yorkshire.[241]
Francis |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Kingsdown, Kent.[242] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to London.[246]
Friendship |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[192][234]
Lord Duncan |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Gijón, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Gijón.[232]
Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship sank near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland, to Dundalk.[178]
Weatbell |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kirkley, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Lincolnshire.[241]

### 19 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to London.[241]
Catharina |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Stora Reef. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Jacmel, Haiti.[261]
Dash |  Jersey | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was subsequently wrecked on the French coast. Her crew were rescued but made prisoners. Dash was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Jersey.[236]
Neptune |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Walberswick, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Whitby, Yorkshire.[223]
Twee Oenstur |  Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom Her crew survived.[262]

### 20 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Integrity |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Birling Gap and Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to London.[241][263]
Perseverance |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Belize. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to British Honduras.[264]
Spanish Junta |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Stoney Points Reef, off Guazava Island, Cuba. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Cuba.[184]
Wilson |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the east coast of the United States. She was on a voyage from Nevis to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[232]

### 21 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Dolphin |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire.[241]
Eleanor |  United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to London.[258]
Jane |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[135][258]
Jenny |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlingdon.[241]
Neptune |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Whitby, Yorkshire.[241]
Sarah |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southwold. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.[241]
Two Brothers |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[241]
Urania |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hook Sand, in the English Channel off Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal, to Hull, Yorkshire.[135]

### 22 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Eleanor |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Dover, Kent, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to London.[159]
Inteprity |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to London.[178]
Jane |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Dover with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[159]
Mayflower |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Cardiff, Glamorgan Mayflower was later refloated and brought in to Padstow.[241]

### 23 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Fama |  Royal Navy | The brig was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark, with the loss of eight lives. Survivors were taken prisoner by the Danes.
Percy |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Benacre, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to North Shields, County Durham.[241]
Twilight |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Walberswick, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[223]

### 25 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Pensamenta Felix |  Portugal | The ship sailed from Pernambuco, Brazil, for Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[265][266]

### 28 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Hope |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[192]

### 29 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Magdalena |  Sweden | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees. Her crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal, to Gothenburg.[211][221]

### 31 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Ocean |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[230] Ocean was refloated in January 1809 and taken in to Newcastle upon Tyne.[267]

### Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Alexander |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blakeney, Norfolk.[260]
Anna |  Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London, United Kingdom.[222][224]
Ayles |  United Kingdom | The ship departed Ramsgate, Kent, for Liverpool, Lancashire, on or after 8 December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[252]
Bona Speranza & Margaritta |  Malta | The ship was driven ashore near Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Malta to London.[222][224]
Boreas |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[222]
Brilliant |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hamoaze, Devon. She was on a voyage from Gosport, Hampshire, to Plymouth, Devon.[192]
HMS Bustler |  Royal Navy | The gun-brig was wrecked on the French coast. Her crew were rescued by HMS Nymphe ( Royal Navy).[192]
Caroline |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Cork. Caroline was later refloated and taken in to port.[192][222]
Caroline Frederica |  Kingdom of Holland | The galiot was wrecked near Riga, Russia Her crew were rescued.[135]
Cartharina Haak |  Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near Ystad. She was on a voyage from Karlshamn to London.[198]
Commerce |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[247]
Conception |  Spain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Málaga to A Coruña with the loss of all but her captain.[211][268]
Cupid |  United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Whitby, Yorkshire.[198] She was later refloated and taken in to Whitby.[154]
Eliza |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to Bristol.[222]
Eliza |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden.[242]
Eliza |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hornsea, Yorkshire.[241]
Fanta |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia.[192]
Favourite |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Liverpool.[265]
Felicidade |  Portugal | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Oporto.[232]
Forrester |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Kelsoy". Her crew were rescued.[198]
Friends |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Heligoland for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[269]
Hannibal |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and sunk by La Colebre ( French Navy). Hannibal was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to London.[270]
Harriet |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Carlscrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Stockholm.[255]
Hundrig |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Specton, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[241]
James's |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian.[222]
Johan Adriana | flag unknown  | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to a Baltic port. There were six survivors.[135]
Johns |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith to Gothenburg.[198]
Junius |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.[260]
Jupiter |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Gothenburg, Sweden.[192]
Lady Borrington |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[211]
Love and Unity |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Rudland Sands, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Flintshire. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Liverpool.[192]
Margaritta |  Malta | The ship was driven ashore near Gravesend. She was on a voyage from Malta to London.[222]
Maria |  Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore on the Dutch coast with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to London. Maria later floated off and was found at sea by HMS Mariner ( Royal Navy). She was towed in to Dover, Kent.[222][255]
Maria |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Frederikshamn. Her crew were rescued.[271]
Mayflower |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Limerick to A Coruña, Spain[271]
Myrmidon |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blakeney.[260]
Nadezhda |  Russia | The ship foundered off Malmö, Sweden.
Nancy |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[242]
Neptune |  Sweden | The brig was wrecked on Benbecula, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to Stockholm.[225]
Neptune |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stockholm, Sweden.[224]
Neptune |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire.[260]
Nerina |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London.[192]
Nymph |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hornsea.[241]
Old Friends |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Gibraltar.[218]
Phœnix |  United Kingdom | The ship was captured by Topaze ( French Navy) whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Brazil. She was set afire and sunk.[205]
Polly |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[242]
Priscilla |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and sunk by La Colebre ( French Navy). Priscilla was on a voyage from Newfoundland to London.[270]
Providence |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Lisbon.[192]
Ranger |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Guernsey.[222]
Rebecca |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Malmö.[260]
Reliance |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Home Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft.[242]
Rose |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire.[242]
Rose in June |  United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned by her crew in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. She was later towed in to Ramsgate, Kent, by HMS Thrasher ( Royal Navy). Rose in June was on a voyage from Cork to London.[159]
Speculation |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Karlskrona, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[192]
Tartar |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey at Seacombe, Cheshire.[242] She was later refloated.[135]
Teutonia | Unknown  | The ship was lost in the Baltic.[272]
Triton |  United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk by HMS Orion ( Royal Navy) with the loss of about half of her crew.[260]
Twey Broeders | flag unknown  | The ship was wrecked at Marstrand, Sweden.[222]
Union |  British East India Company | The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent.[273]
Wheatnell |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kirkley, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Lincolnshire.[247]
Wilhelmina |  Sweden | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[222]
Woodman |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Suffolk coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[260]

## Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808  Ship | State | Description

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Adventure |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from the Davis Straits to the United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[87]
Alfred |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Placentia, Newfoundland, British North America.[158]
Argonaut | Unknown  | The ship was wrecked on Glover's Reef. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Jamaica.[71]
Aurora |  United Kingdom | The ship went ashore during a voyage from the United Kingdom to Greenland. She put into Kingston upon Hull in March after the incident and returned to service later in 1808[274]
Avos |  Russian Empire | During a voyage in Russian America from Kodiak to Sitka, the Russian-American Company tender was lost in "Bay of Islands," most likely a reference to Bay of Isles (60°24′N 147°37′W﻿ / ﻿60.400°N 147.617°W﻿ / 60.400; -147.617﻿ (Bay of Isles)) on the coast of Knight Island in Prince William Sound.[275]
Batavia |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Liverpool, Lancashire.[276]
Bellisarius |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America], to New Brunswick, British North America and Liverpool.[72]
Brothers |  British North America | The coaster was wrecked on the north coast of Newfoundland.[222]
Byam |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The snow was captured, driven ashore on Guadeloupe, and burnt sometime prior to 12 April.[57]
Charles William |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, to London.[277]
Consolation |  French Navy | The corvette was sunk in a battle with HMS Foudroyant and HMS Marlborough (both  Royal Navy) sometime between June and September.[212]
Cygnet |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Cayman Islands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[87]
Ephron |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City.[278]
Flora |  United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at New York, United States.[86]
Forsicate |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) from Valencia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Valenica.[170]
Frede |  Kingdom of Holland | The ship ran aground in the River Plate.[211]
Frederica |  Sweden | The ship departed from Gothenburg for Malmö at the end of August or beginning of September. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[241]
Hamilton |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City.[71]
Harp |  United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland, British North America.[85]
Highlander |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost at New Brunswick.[279]
Industry |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost at British Honduras. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[280]
Jannett |  India | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and sunk between 9 June and 9 October by Jena ( French Navy).[281]
Kate |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Newfoundland.[171]
Lively |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in early 1808, probably while sailing from whaling grounds in the vicinity of the Molucca Islands and Timor to the United Kingdom.[282] A wreck discovered in the Indian Ocean at 16°20′S 119°35′E﻿ / ﻿16.333°S 119.583°E﻿ / -16.333; 119.583﻿ (Lively) at Mermaid Reef in the Rowley Shoals is believed to be that of Lively.[283][284]
Lord Duncan |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Demerara. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Barbadoes.[7]
Maria |  United States | The brig was wrecked on the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cuba to New York.[277]
Minerva |  United Kingdom | The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[123]
HMS Muros |  Royal Navy | The frigate was wrecked at Havana, Cuba, whilst attacking a battery.[285] Her crew were rescued.[121]
Nettley |  United Kingdom | The schooner capsized off Barbadoes in a squall. Nine of her crew survived.[133]
Olive Branch |  British North America | The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River.[232]
Select |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London.[232]
Speedwell |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Quebec City.[286]
Surinam |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Grenada. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[123]
Three Brothers |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of about 300 lives. Fifteen survivors were rescued by Alert ( United Kingdom).[287]
Three Brothers |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Goose Island, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London.[232] Three Brothers was refloated in February 1809.[236]
Triton |  United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Savannah, Georgia. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Kingdom of Holland to Baltimore, Maryland.[39]
Union |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Halifax.[194]
Watt |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City.[278] Watt was later refloated and taken in to Quebec City.[154]
William |  United States | Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by two French Navy frigates. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia.[79]
William |  United Kingdom | Napoleonic Wars: The schooner was captured and burnt by Palinure ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Halifax to Montego Bay, Jamaica.[158]
Young John |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Goose Island, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool.[232] She was subsequently declared a total loss.[288]

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