List of shipwrecks in 1789

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The List of shipwrecks in 1789 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1789.

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1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1789
ShipStateDescription
Zee Nymph Bremen The ship was wrecked off Boulogne, France with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Bremen.[1]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1789
ShipStateDescription
La Patrie  France The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue to Nantes. Her crew were rescued.[2]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1789
ShipStateDescription
Friends  Great Britain The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Plymouth.[3]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1789
ShipStateDescription
Friends Endeavour  Great Britain The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Causand, Cornwall.[4]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1789
ShipStateDescription
La Cornelia  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Wyborg" to Seville, Spain.[5]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1789
ShipStateDescription
Nancy  Great Britain The whaler was driven ashore 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km) south east of Bassa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas.[6]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1789
ShipStateDescription
Princess Royal  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool.[7]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1789
ShipStateDescription
Biscayneer  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Barnstaple and Dartmouth, Devon.[4]
Christian & Peggy  Great Britain The ship was lost at Porto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Porto.[5]
Collins  Great Britain The ship sank near "Church Hole".[4]
Colonel Fullerton  Great Britain The ship foundered off St. Lucar, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[8] She was on a voyage from Newfoundland] to Cádiz, Spain.[9]
Daniel Stettin The ship was sunk by ice in the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux[10]
Concord  Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Helvoet, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[4]
Douglas  Ireland The ship was lost at Waterford with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Greenock.[11]
Duc de Chartres  France The ship was sunk by ice in the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bordeaux.[7]
Emaculada Conception  France The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dieppe. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[3]
Favourite  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hull, Yorkshire.[4]
Florentina  Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Memel.[4]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Cresswell, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Friends was later refloated.[11]
Henrietta  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France . She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Havre de Grâce, France.[12]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was lost in Dundalk Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Dublin.[11]
Joyce  Great Britain The ship was lost at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz to Dartmouth.[13]
Lancaster  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Lambay and Neath, Glamorgan.[4]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[4] Mary had been refloated by 14 January.[2]
London Packet  Great Britain The ship was lost near Coquet Island, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Perthshire.[11]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Cádiz.[4]
Mary and Eliza  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near St. Lucar.[8] She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British America to St. Lucar.[9]
Nelly  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. Nelly was later refloated.[4][7]
New Jersey United States The ship was lost near St. Ubes, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to New York.[13]
Nottington  Great Britain The ship struck rocks in the Isles of Scilly and was severely damaged with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[3]
Province  France The ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Havre de Grâce.[2]
Salisbury 1781 ship (2)  Great Britain The ship was lost near the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[3]
Sophia Fredrica Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near St. Lucar. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Seville, Spain.[9]
Snowden Hill  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Bristol Channel off Saint Tudwal's Islands. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Gibraltar.[3]
Swift  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to Pool, Dorset.[4]
Syren  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[7][14]
Vrow Martha Hamburg The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 70 leagues (210 nautical miles (390 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth and Ann ( Great Britain). Vrow Martha was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Hamburg.[3]
William  Great Britain The ship was lost on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Saint-Malo, France.[4]
William  Great Britain The ship was lost at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Bristol.[4]
William  Great Britain The ship was lost near Aberavon, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Bristol.[11]

February

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1789
ShipStateDescription
Juba  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[15]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1789
ShipStateDescription
London  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly with the loss of fifteen of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.[16]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1789
ShipStateDescription
Alexander  Great Britain The ship was lost off São Miguel Island, Azores.[17]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland.[18]
Christiana Septimus Denmark Danish Asiatic Company The East Indiaman was lost off Anholt. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the West Indies.[18]
Diligent  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Studwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Trapani, Sicily to Pool, Dorset.[19]
Expéditif  France The ship was lost on a voyage from L'Orient to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[17]
Flora  Great Britain The ship was abandoned off Marstrand, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg and Marstrand.[17]
Henry  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent.[17]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was lost near Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Rouen, France to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19]
La Diane  France The ship was lost at Guernsey, Channel Islands with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dieppe to Guernsey.[10]
London  Great Britain The ship was lost at Ostend.[19]
Margaret  Great Britain The ship was lost at Madeira.[19]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland.[20]
Minerva  France The ship ran aground on the Wicklow Banks, in the Irish Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Bordeaux.[15]
Nancy  Ireland The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[21]
Olive Branch  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin.[15]
Rainbow  Great Britain The ship was lost at Madeira. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the West Indies.[19]
Royal Tar  Great Britain The ship was lost near Trepani, Sicily. she was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Newfoundland, British America.[22]
Union  France The ship was lost near Brest, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Boulogne.[17]
William  Great Britain The ship was lost at Madeira.[19]

March

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1789
ShipStateDescription
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on St Martin's, Isles of Scilly.[23]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1789
ShipStateDescription
Hercules  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Esther ( Great Britain). Hercules was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.[24]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1789
ShipStateDescription
Anna  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was driven on to the Stanislav Spit, in the Dnieper, by ice and capsized.[25]
Esperants  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was driven onto the Stanislav Spit by ice and capsized.[25]
Fedot Muchenik  Imperial Russian Navy The frigate was driven on to the Sarkyat Shoal, in the Dnieper, by ice. She was refloated on 4 April and taken in to Kherson. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[25]
Nasha Ledi Turleni  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was capsized by ice in the Dnieper.[25]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1789
ShipStateDescription
Alexander  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Charleston, South Carolina and New York, United States.[26]
Chance  Great Britain A tornado at Dixcove, Africa pushed the schooner on her side. Her crew survived.[27] Twenty-two of the 33 slaves onboard did not.

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1789
ShipStateDescription
Vryheid Dutch Republic The ship was run down and sank in the English Channel 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) off Beachy Head, Sussex, Great Britain by Lascelles ( British East India Company). Nine crew (of 11) survived. Vryheid was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Amsterdam.[28]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1789
ShipStateDescription
Adventure  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near South Shields, County Durham with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.[22][29]
Ann  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Vigo, Spain and Dartmouth, Devon.[30]
Batchelor  Great Britain The ship was lost off Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Sligo, Ireland to Liverpool.[31]
Bona Fortuna Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall, Great Britain.[32]
Betsey  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore in Wood-Bridge-Bay. Dominica.[33]
Charles  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Liverpool.[34]
Elizabeth Dutch Republic The ship was lost near Fayal, Azores. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Amsterdam.[35]
Expedition  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to San Sebastián, Spain.[34]
Johanna Sophia Sweden The ship was lost near Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Guernsey, Channel Islands and Gothenburg.[35]
John and Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland to Dartmouth.[36]
Lydia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Ireland to Lancaster, Lancashire.[30]
Mary  Ireland The ship was wrecked in Croisic Bay. She was on a voyage from Cork to Nantes, France.[35]
Modesty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim, Ireland to Chester, Cheshire.[34]
North Britton  Great Britain The ship struck rocks in the Isles of Scilly and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to London.[22]
Resolution  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Cádiz, Spain.[16]
Sally  Ireland The ship was lost near Brest, France. She was on a voyage from Cork to Nantes.[35]
Sarah  Ireland The ship was lost at the mouth of the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bordeaux.[28]
St. George  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada.[16]
Ste Françoise  France The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from La Rochelle to Boulogne.[31]
St. Joseph y Animas Spain The ship was lost near San Sebastián with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Bristol.[37]
Vrise Boor  Great Britain The ship was wrecked off Mallorca, Spain. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Ancona, Papal States.[38]
Vrow Gessina Dutch Republic The ship was lost near Fayal. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Amsterdam.[35]

April

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1789
ShipStateDescription
John  Great Britain The ship was lost at Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to London.[39]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1789
ShipStateDescription
Four Sisters  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Elsinore, Denmark.[40]
Humber  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Elsinore. She was refloated.[40]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Elsinore.[40] She was refloated on 26 April.[41]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore behind the "Kohl of Toreko", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stettin.[40] She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[41]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1789
ShipStateDescription
Duke of Richmond  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to a Baltic port.[42] Her crew were rescued.[41]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1789
ShipStateDescription
Charlotte  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Memlmore", Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Echo  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at La Tremblade, France. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bordeaux, France. She was later refloated.[43][44]
Godfrey  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Kinmare River. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland.[43]
Jane  Great Britain The light collier was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Nass Point, Glamorgan.[43]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Thames Estuary 16 nautical miles (30 km) downstream of Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.[45]
North Britol  Great Britain The ship struck a sunken rock in the Isles of Scilly and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Wales to London.[46]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to London.[43]
Rainbow Denmark The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira, Portugal.[47]
Vine  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Lübeck.[45] She was later refloated and taken in to Boulogne.[39]

May

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1789
ShipStateDescription
Ann  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at "Uld Nun". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Guinea.[48]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1789
ShipStateDescription
Batavier Dutch Republic The ship was sunk by ice near Elsinore, Denmark.[38]
Dorothy  Great Britain The ship was wrecked by ice near the Kohl of Toreko, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Karlskrona, Sweden.[38]
Eagle  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the Isles of Scilly. She was refloated.[49]
Endeavour  Great Britain The ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn, Norfolk.[50]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was sunk by ice off Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Air to Memel, Prussia.[38]
Sommer Stettin The ship foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall, Great Britain with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Stettin.[44]

June

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1789
ShipStateDescription
Friendship  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Cádiz, Spain.[51]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1789
ShipStateDescription
Alexander Denmark The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[52]
Carrolus Stettin The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Stettin.[26]
Drie Gebroeders Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked near Ostend with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Dunkirk, France.[53]
Frère Jean Jacques Ore  France The ship was wrecked on the Île d'Oléron. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bordeaux.[54]
Helespont Prussia The ship was lost near Danzig. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to the Strait of Gibraltar.[53]
Little William  Great Britain The ship was lost at L'Orient, France with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Nantes, France.[55]
Vreyheid Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore at "Zexhar". She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[56]

July

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1789
ShipStateDescription
Shah Byram Gore Kingdom of Great Britain India The ship was wrecked at Bombay.[57]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1789
ShipStateDescription
Prince of Piedmont Kingdom of Sardinia The ship caught fire, exploded and sank at Ostend, Dutch Republic with the loss of two lives. She was carrying a cargo of Saltpetre.[58]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1789
ShipStateDescription
Delfin  Imperial Russian Navy The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[25]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1789
ShipStateDescription
Bombay British East India Company The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at Bombay.[59]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1789
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[60]
Jonge Everts  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire, Great Britain to Amsterdam.[56]
Minerva  Great Britain The ship was drovem ashore at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Dunkirk, France.[60] Minerva was refloated on 3 August.[61]
Orford  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stettin.[62]
Solo Dade Portugal The ship was lost at Viana do Castelo. She was on a voyage from Viana do Castelo to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[63]
13 unnamed vessels Sweden The ships were wrecked near Norrköping.[64]

August

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1789
ShipStateDescription
Johannes Sweden The ship was driven ashore near "Tiswelde", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Fredrikshall to Aalborg, Denmark.[65][66]
St. Blas Spain The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg, Sweden. she was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Málaga. St. Blas was later refloated.[65][66]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1789
ShipStateDescription
Vansittart British East India Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Bangka, Dutch East Indies, where she was burnt by the Malays. Vansittart was on a voyage from London to China.[67][68]
William and Thomas  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Currituck Sound. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar and Maryland, United States.[69]
Five unnamed vessels  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Swedish War, Battle of Svenskund: Three galleys, a galiot and a xebec were sunk in the battle.[70]
Five unnmed vessels  Swedish Navy Russo-Swedish War, Battle of Svenskund: Three galleys and two frigates were sunk in the battle.[70]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1789
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth  Great Britain The sloop foundered.[71]
Endeavour  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Bridport, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sidmouth, Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[72]
Jane  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Domesnes Reef. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic.[73]
John  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.[74]
John and Margaret  Great Britain The ship was lost on North Sand Head with the loss of her captain.[65]
Jonge Lübeck The ship caught fire and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Lübeck.[73]
Snap Dragon  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea between Bornholm, Denmark and Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew were rescued by a Bremen ship. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[74][73]
Unnamed Portugal The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea.[73]
Unnamed Hamburg The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea.[73]
Three unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships ran aground in the Swine Bottom.[73]
Unnamed Spain The ship was driven ashore at Rade. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Saint Petersburgh.[73]
Unnamed Flag unknown The galiot was driven ashore at Rade.[73]

September

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1789
ShipStateDescription
Northern Eagle  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Swedish War: The battleship ran aground in the Baresund. Her crew were rescued. She had become a wreck by 13 September.[25]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1789
ShipStateDescription
Nostra Señora Del Rosario Spain The ship was driven ashore in Cádiz Bay.[75]
Port Packet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Cádiz Bay. She was later refloated.[75]
Sacra Familia Spain The ship was driven ashore in Cádiz Bay.[75]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1789
ShipStateDescription
Oka  Imperial Russian Navy The galley was wrecked on "Pukionsari".[25]
Veselaya  Imperial Russian Navy The galley was wrecked on "Pukionsari".[25]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1789
ShipStateDescription
Russell  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Bornholm, Denmark.[76]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1789
ShipStateDescription
Lowther  Great Britain The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Jamaica.[77]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1789
ShipStateDescription
William  Great Britain The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (35°04′N 66°00′W / 35.067°N 66.000°W / 35.067; -66.000). Her crew were rescued by Robinson ( Ireland). William was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to North Carolina, United States.[78]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1789
ShipStateDescription
Bombay India The grab was destroyed by fire at Bombay.[79]
Enterprize  Great Britain The ship was abandoned off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British America. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.[77]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1789
ShipStateDescription
Enterprise  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Sable Bank whilst on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.[80]
Hope  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Rye, Sussex and Lydd, Kent with the loss of seven of her crew and a rescuer.[81]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1789
ShipStateDescription
Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from London to Seville, Spain.[82] She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[69]
Benjamin  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was later refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[83][84]
Concordia Hamburg The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from Nantes, France to Hamburg.[82][85]
Espoir  France The ship was driven ashore in the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bordeaux.[86]
Fly  Great Britain The ship sank in the New Passage with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Ulverston, Lancashire to Newnham, Gloucestershire.[87]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Lydd, Kent and was wrecked with the loss of seven of her crew.[85] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[82]
John  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Marseille, France.[82]
Lancaster  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Kronstadt, Russia.[85] She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lancaster, Lancashire.[82]
Liebling Sweden The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain whilst on a voyage from Stockholm to Nantes, France.[82][85]
Mary Ann  Great Britain The ship was lost off The Rosses, County Donegal, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galway.[48]
Nereus  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Thames Estuary downstream of Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[51]
Pellican  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[86]
Sisters  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Gothenburg, Sweden.[85] She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg.[82]
Young William  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[82]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1789
ShipStateDescription
Susannah  Great Britain The ship foundered in Ayr Bay with the loss of all hands.[76]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1789
ShipStateDescription
Hector  Ireland The ship was lost at Cobh, County Cork.[88] She was on a voyage from Cobh to Antigua.[75]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1789
ShipStateDescription
Darling  Great Britain The brigantine foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of two of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by a herring boat. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to London.[89]
Enterprize  Great Britain The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for Southampton, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[90]
Verow Tenderlena Dutch Republic The galiot-hoy was driven ashore at Rottingdean, Sussex, Great Britain whilst on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Bordeaux, France. Her crew were rescued.[89]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1789
ShipStateDescription
Count de Jumilhae  France The ship foundered off Cádiz, Spain.[91]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1789
ShipStateDescription
Rodislav  Imperial Russian Navy The battleship ran aground at Naissaar. Her crew were rescued. She sank on 24 October.[25]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1789
ShipStateDescription
Vysheslav  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Swedish War: The battleship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rodshkher. She was on a voyage from Reval to Kronstadt. Her crew were rescued by merchant ships on 23 October and she was set afire to prevent capture by the Swedes[25]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1789
ShipStateDescription
Unnamed  Great Britain The sloop was wrecked at Atherfield, Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Rouen to Brest.[92]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1789
ShipStateDescription
Active  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Lynn, Norfolk.[93][94]
Beg-Brook or Log-Book  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[93][94]
Borrowdale  Great Britain The full-rigged ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of all but one of her crew.[93][94]
Catherine  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Great Yarmouth.[93]
Catherine and Maria  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Lynn.[93][94]
Constant Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[94][95]
Dispatch  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and scuttled at King's Lynn. She was later refloated and taken in to King's Lynn.[96]
Dixon  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn.[94]
Flora  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of three of her crew.[93][94][95]
Fortune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[93][94]
Friendship  Great Britain Captain Lowther's ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all but one of her crew.[94][93][95]
Friendship  Great Britain Captain Garland's ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn,[93][94] or was driven ashore at King's Lynn.[95]
Friendship  Great Britain Captain Waldon's ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn,[94] or was driven ashore at King's Lynn.[95]
Georges  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all hands.[93][95]
Generous Friend  Great Britain The ship was reported missing after the storm.[95]
Hannibal  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[93] Her crew were rescued.[95]
Isis  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[93][94] Her crew were rescued.[95]
James  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94]
James  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn.[95]
James & George  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94]
James and Margaret  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[93][95]
Jane & Sarah  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94]
John  Great Britain Captain Shepherd's ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to North Shields, Northumberland.[93][94][95]
John  Great Britain Captain Bell's ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all hands.[95]
John & Catherine  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all hands. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[97][95]
Joseph and Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[93][94] There were eight survivors.[95]
Joseph and George  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[95]
Kitty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[95]
Lark  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94] Her crew were rescued.[95]
Laurel  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94]
Margaret  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Walmer Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from Veere, Dutch Republic to Maryland, United States.[96] Margaret was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent for repairs.[98]
Maria  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[94] Maria was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[97]
Maria  Great Britain The ship was reported missing after the storm.[95]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the coast of Norfolk. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[93][96][99]
Mediator  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn.[94]
Neptune  Great Britain Captain Breame's ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94]
Neptune  Great Britain Captain Taylor's ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94]
Neptune  Great Britain Captain Mearsey's ship was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Lynn, or foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn.[93][94]
New Moon  Great Britain The ship struck the pier and sank at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Nantes, France to Stettin.[94][96]
Nightingale  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of six of her crew.[93][94]
Northumberland  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[95]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were either lost, or rescued.[94][95]
Perseverance  Great Britain The ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn.[93][96] Her crew were rescued.[95]
Polly  Great Britain The ship was lost off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[95]
Pomona  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Delaware River.[57]
Preston  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94]
Prior  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[97]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all hands.[94][95]
Prudence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[95]
Ranger  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[95]
Robert's Adventure  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all hands.[94][95]
Samuel  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94] She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[99]
Samuel & Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94]
Samuel and Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth off Great Yarmouth.[93]
Success  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[95]
Sudis  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all hands.[94][95]
Teasdale  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94]
Thornhill  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[93][94] Her crew were rescued.[95]
Trusty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94] She subsequently became a wreck.[95]
Van  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[97]
Windsor  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. There were seven survivors.[95]
Westmoreland  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[93][94]
William & James  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[94][97]
William & Francis  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She subsequently became a wreck.[95]
Windsor  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[94]
Unnamed  Great Britain The pilot boat was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of all three crew.[100][95]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1789
ShipStateDescription
Felicity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent.[94]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1789
ShipStateDescription
Active  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[101]
Alteration  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire off Texel, Dutch Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Bordeaux, France.[102]
Caroline  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Cape Mount, Africa.[103]
Castle  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Kioge, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[101]
Darling  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[104][89]
Diana  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[98]
Experiment  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen, France.[102]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Algiers.[105]
Hamburg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Man whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Her crew were rescued.[76]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Castrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[101]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Joanna Maria Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rouen.[101]
Jufrow Gezina Dutch Republic The ship departed from Königsberg, Prussia for Amsterdam. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[107]
Marechal de Mailly  France The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from Cette to Saint Petersburg.[106]
Maria Dorothea Stettin The ship was driven ashore at Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin.[101]
Minerva  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[76] or a port in Georgia, United States.[75]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey.[106]
Norwich  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Libava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia to a Dutch port.[102]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Bornholm, Denmark.[76]

November

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1789
ShipStateDescription
Countess of Galloway  Great Britain The ship was lost near Guernsey, Channel Islands.[108]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1789
ShipStateDescription
Dundee  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dundee, Perthshire.[109]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1789
ShipStateDescription
Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Texel, Dutch Republic.[110] She was later refloated.[111]
Aurora  France The ship was lost off Barmouth, Caernarfonshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Havre de Grâce.[98]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, Dutch Republic.[110]
Bon Harmonie  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool, Lancashire.[98]
Christina Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near Ostend.[111]
Dublin  Ireland The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain.[99]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Barnstaple, Devon.[108]
Hanibal  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[112]
Harpooner  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cherbourg, France.[113]
Humber  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dragør Reef.[113]
Indian Chief  Great Britain The ship capsized in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[114]
Isis  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the Gulf of Finland off Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Reval for repairs.[115]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Cardigan Bay with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[110]
Juno  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[97][116][95]
Levant  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool.[99] She was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[97]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in St. Ives Bay. She was on a voyage from Tingmouth, Devon to Liverpool.[108]
Louisa  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, Ireland to Liverpool.[98]
Lowther  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Waterford, Ireland with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by John and Joseph ( Great Britain). Lowther was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Dublin.[97][115]
Madona del Rosario e St. Giovanni Battista Republic of Venice The ship was destroyed by fire in the Corfu Channel. She was on a voyage from Salonica to Trieste.[91]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex.[113] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dunkerque, France.[112]
Nymph  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barnegat, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to New York, United States.[117]
Septimo  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at St. Lucar, Spain.[112]
Staphorst  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Texel.[110]
Vreede & Endraght Dutch Republic The ship lost at Bilbao, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Amsterdam.[110]

December

Unknown date

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