List of shipwrecks in February 1820

The list of shipwrecks in February 1820 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1820.

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February 1820

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21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27
28 | 29 | Unknown date
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## 1 February

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List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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General Miranda |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Tobago.[1]

## 2 February

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List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Boldon |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham.[2]

## 3 February

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List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Theodosia |  United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was abandoned. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Table Bay to Algoa Bay.[3]

## 4 February

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List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Janson |  Netherlands | The ship was sunk by ice in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland. Her crew were rescued.[4]
Uranie |  French Navy | The corvette struck a rock in Berkley Sound, East Falkland, Falkland Islands. She was beached on 6 February in French Bay. Her 120 crew were later rescued by Mercury ( France). Uranie was on a voyage from New Holland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[5][6][7][8]

## 5 February

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List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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New Triton |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St. Bees Head, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Douglas, Isle of Man to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[9]

## 6 February

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List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Diana |  United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank near Loch Tarbert. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[10]
Louisa Elizabeth |  Netherlands | The ship was lost near Hellevoetsluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Rotterdam, South Holland.[9]
Mary & Betty |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at St. Bees Head, Cumberland.[9]
Moira |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Westport, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]

## 7 February

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List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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John & James |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St. Alban's Head, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[11]

## 9 February

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List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Cupido |  Sweden | The ship was wrecked in the Weser. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Weser to Gothenburg.[12]
Three Brothers |  United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.[13]

## 10 February

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List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Fox |  United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was subsequently taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire in a waterlogged condition.[9]
Harry Morris |  United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank off Whitby. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[14]

## 11 February

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List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Peggy |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the Isle of Rhum. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[15]

## 14 February

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List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon.[16]
Prince of Wales |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Brighton, Sussex. She was deemed beyond repair.[16]

## 16 February

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List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Helen |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ardgowan, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Jamaica.[10]

## 17 February

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List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Active |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Prince's Bay, New York City, United States. She was on a voyage from Martinique to New York.[10]
Helen |  France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southampton, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to New York.[10]
Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cold Spring Bar, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to New York.[10]
Midas |  United States | The ship was run down and sunk off Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Santo Domingo, Hispaniola to Boston.[10]
Ogland |  Norway | The sloop was wrecked at Burrafeith, Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom.[17]
Port of Sunderland |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Miramichi Bay to Maryport, Cumberland and Kirkcudbright.[18]

## 18 February

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List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Sans Souel |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered off "Point Galico de Zamba". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to India.[3]

## 19 February

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List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Fortuna |  Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The schooner was wrecked at Cape Carbonara, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Tunis to Naples.[13]
Mars |  France | The ship was wrecked at Cape St. Mary's, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Sète, Hérault.[19]

## 20 February

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List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Belle Adele |  France | The ship was wrecked at Wilmington, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Wilmington.[13]
Quebec Packet |  United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea. She was taken in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition the next day.[20]
William and Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ballyhack, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Ross to Youghal, County Cork.[12]

## 22 February

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List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Success |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat.[10] She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[2]

## 24 February

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List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Harbinger |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Scarborough, Yorkshire. Harbinger was refloated on 26 February.[21]
Perfect |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Aberdeen.[22]

## 25 February

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List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Dolphin |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Red Wharf Bay with the loss of five of the twenty people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Providence, Bahamas.[23][12]
Elizabeth & Sally |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to Liverpool.[21]
Friends |  United Kingdom | Captain Mearns's sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[23][2]
Friends |  United Kingdom | Captain Payne's ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued.[23]
San Fidel |  Spain | The ship struck rocks off Gibraltar and foundered. She was on a voyage from "Caril" to Algeciras.[19]

## 26 February

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List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Alexandrine |  France | The ship ran aground at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[24] She was refloated on 20 April and taken in to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[25]
Dolphin |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and capsized at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[21]
Flirt |  United Kingdom | The ship fouled her anchor and was beached in Swanage Bay. She later sank but was refloated and taken in to Poole, Dorset Flirt was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[26]
Neapolitan |  France | The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[15]
Star |  United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Rotherhithe, Surrey. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[27]

## 27 February

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List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Albion |  United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyteague, County Wexford, United Kingdom Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[13]
Star |  United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Rotherhithe, Surrey.[12]

## 28 February

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List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Armavilla |  United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (38°N 17°W﻿ / ﻿38°N 17°W﻿ / 38; -17). Six crew were rescued by John Bulkley ( United Kingdom). Armavilla was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Saint Vincent.[28]
Little Belt |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape Palos, Spain. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to London.[13]
Prince Regent |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India and China.[21] Prince Regent was later refloated.[29]
Respect |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Randers, Denmark.[30]

## Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1820  Ship | State | Description

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Alert |  United Kingdom | The brig was struck by lightning off Cape St. Mary's, Portugal and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Hamburg.[31]
Amie |  Grenada | The drogher was wrecked at Saint Lucia.[32]
Duke of Wellington |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies in early February.[33]
Friends |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Carrickfergus, County Antrim.[34]
Endeavour |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Carrickfergus.[34]
Fame |  United Kingdom | The ship was run aground on a sandbank 18 nautical miles (33 km) off mouth of the Demerara River. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Demerara.[28] Fame was later refloated but ran aground again in the Demerara River and was subsequently sold. She was refloated in June.[33][35]
Fanny |  United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Lambay Island, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Dublin.[36]
Heroine |  United States | The ship was lost at Bermuda.[10]
Isabella |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between "Abavy" and "Mahacooy" in early February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Essequibo, British Guiana.[28]
Jeanne |  France | The brig was wrecked near Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[37]
Jubilee |  United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Coleraine, County Antrim.[9]
Kitty |  United Kingdom | The ship sank at Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Killala, County Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[26]
Lord Wellington |  Tortola | The schooner was wrecked on the north coast of St. John, Virgin Islands in mid-February. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Tortola.[13][32]
Mariner |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Castletown, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport.[16]
Mary |  Grenada | The sloop was wrecked near Levers, Grenada before 9 February.[32]
May |  British North America | The ship was wrecked on "Bridger's Island", New York, United States with the loss of all hands.[13]
Onderneming |  Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Amsterdam, North Holland.[4]
Santa Croce |  Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship departed from Gibraltar for Genoa. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[38]
Sophie |  France | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Honfleur, Calvados. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to London, United Kingdom.[39]
Vine |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Islay in mid-February.[14]

## References

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1. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5498). 9 June 1820.
2. ^ a b c "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 7482\. 4 March 1820.
3. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5487). 2 May 1820.
4. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5464). 11 February 1820.
5. ^ "FRENCH VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY". The Times. No. 11001\. London. 2 August 1820. col A, p. 3.
6. ^ "The Uranie Voyage". Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
7. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – July 11". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15425\. 14 July 1820.
8. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5508). 14 July 1820.
9. ^ a b c d e f "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5465). 15 February 1820.
10. ^ a b c d e f g h "Lloyd's Marine List – February 22". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15366\. 2 March 1820.
11. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5464). 11 February 1820.
12. ^ a b c d "Lloyd's Marine List – February 29". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15367\. 4 March 1820.
13. ^ a b c d e f g "Lloyd's Marine List – March 28". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15380\. 3 April 1820.
14. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5466). 15 February 1820.
15. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5471). 7 March 1820.
16. ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5466). 15 February 1820.
17. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – April 7". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15383\. 10 April 1820.
18. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 15857\. 24 February 1820.
19. ^ a b "Lloyd's Marine List – March 21". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15376\. 25 March 1820.
20. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5467). 22 February 1820.
21. ^ a b c d "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5469). 29 February 1820.
22. ^ "Aberdeen, March 4". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15368\. 6 March 1820.
23. ^ a b c "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 15323\. 29 February 1820.
24. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – March 7". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15370\. 11 March 1820.
25. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5485). 25 April 1820.
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28. ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5479). 4 April 1820.
29. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5470). 3 March 1820.
30. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – March 14". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15373\. 18 March 1820.
31. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5486). 28 April 1820.
32. ^ a b c "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5478). 31 March 1820.
33. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5516). 11 August 1820.
34. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5462). 4 February 1820.
35. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5489). 9 May 1820.
36. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5463). 8 February 1820.
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38. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5500). 16 June 1820.
39. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5468). 25 February 1820.

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