List of shipwrecks in 1805
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1 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caminha | The ship was wrecked near Barmouth, Caernarvonshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Porto to London, United Kingdom.[1] | |
| Eliza | The ship capsized while on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[2] | |
| Friendship | The ship departed from Newfoundland for an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[3] |
2 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Little Tom | The ship capsized at Madeira.[4] |
3 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wasa Oretena | The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Dublin, United Kingdom.[5] |
4 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph and Son | The sloop struck a rock off Dundee, Perthshire and was beached.[6] |
5 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Esther | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[7] |
7 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Johrl | The ship was wrecked at Cardigan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Kinsale, County Cork.[8] |
8 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John & Mary | The ship was wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[9] | |
| Mars | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (37°51′N 56°00′W / 37.850°N 56.000°W). Her crew were rescued by Guardian ( |
13 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Burton | The ship was driven ashore near South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[11] | |
| Expedition | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Isle of Man and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to an African port.[12][13] | |
| Heroine | The ship was driven ashore at "Liscamore Mal Bay". She was on a voyage from Cork to Limerick.[14] | |
| Industry | The ship was driven ashore in Sligo Bay. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[7] | |
| Leander | The ship was driven ashore near South Shields. Her crew were rescued.[11] | |
| Minerva | The ship was wrecked 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of Donaghadee, County Down, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, to Liverpool.[13] | |
| Perseverance | The ship was driven ashore near South Shields. Her crew were rescued.[11] | |
| Royal Sovereign | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near South Shields. Her crew were rescued.[11] | |
| Sally | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Parkgate, Cheshire.[13] |
15 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Portaferry | The coaster was driven ashore at Portaferry, County Down. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Portaferry.[15] |
16 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cato | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York City.[16] |
17 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HM Hired armed cutter Constance | The cutter was wrecked in Roundstone Bay with the loss of two of her crew.[17] | |
| William | The ship foundered with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[14] |
18 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stranger | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from British Honduras to a British port. HMS Sagesse ( |
19 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diana | The brig was wrecked on Lung Island while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to an African port. There were at least two survivors.[19] | |
| Union | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Southwold to London.[20] |
20 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dispatch | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, to Sunderland, County Durham,[21] or from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Alloa.[22] | |
| Margaret | The ship was driven ashore near New York. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to New York.[16] | |
| Providence Increase | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[23] | |
| Swift | The ship was wrecked on the Dudgeon Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Lydia ( |
21 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral Duncan | The ship was wrecked at Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. Her crew were rescued.[1] | |
| HMS Doris | ||
| Stadt Altona | The ship was wrecked at Naples. Her crew were rescued.[1] | |
| Supply | The ship was wrecked on the Maske Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[20][24] She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex, to Whitby, Yorkshire.[25] |
22 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harmony | The transport ship, a brig, was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[26] | |
| Mary | The brig was driven ashore at Craster, Northumberland, and was wrecked with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.[21] |
23 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | The collier, a brig, was driven ashore and wrecked at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland with the loss of two of her six crew.[21][23] | |
| John | The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to New York.[26] | |
| Mary | The brig was driven ashore at Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, while on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[15] |
25 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Liberty | The ship was wrecked at South Shields, County Durham.[23][27] Her crew were rescued.[28] | |
| Lycka Ock Welgang | The ship was lost near Trieste. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Trieste.[29] | |
| Spy | The brig was driven ashore at Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France.[30] | |
| Vrow Margaretta | The ship was driven ashore at Cherbourg.[30] |
26 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HM hired schooner Lord Nelson | The schooner sank at Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[22] |
28 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edgell | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lisbon, Portugal.[14] | |
| Goodridge | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lisbon.[14] | |
| Hibernia | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Trinidad.[4] | |
| Nancy | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lisbon.[14] | |
| Nostra Señora de Carno | The ship, which had been captured by HMS Uranie ( | |
| Two Brothers | The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Scarborough, Yorkshire and was wrecked with the loss of three of her crew.[23][27] |
29 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atalanta | The ship was lost at Torbay, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[31] | |
| George | The brig was lost at the mouth of the Garonne, France.[32] | |
| Hamilton | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Garonne.[32] | |
| Mary | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[4] |
30 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Raven | The Cruizer-class brig-sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Santa Catalina, Spain with the loss of two of her crew. | |
| Salsbury | The ship was wrecked off Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New Providence, New Jersey, United States and Liverpool, Lancashire.[16] |
31 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fame | The privateer frigate was driven ashore and wrecked at Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her 150 crew were rescued.[33] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (51°30′N 16°20′W / 51.500°N 16.333°W). All seven crew were rescued by HMS Fisgard ( | |
| Charlton | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Dragør, Denmark.[20] | |
| Couriere | The ship was wrecked on Newfoundland, British North America.[36] | |
| Duke of Clarence | The privateer was driven ashore and severely damaged in the River Mersey at Seacombe, Cheshire.[13][37] | |
| Earl of Liverpool | The ship was captured by a French Navy frigate but subsequently foundered off the coast of Spain.[38] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[7] | |
| Earth | The sloop was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to London.[12] | |
| Edgell | The ship was wrecked in a storm at Lisbon, Portugal.[39] | |
| Eliza | The ship was driven ashore near Baltimore, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Batavian Republic, to Baltimore.[4] | |
| Equity | The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga to Hull. Equity was later refloated.[25] | |
| Fame | The privateer was lost at Guernsey, Channel Islands.[40] | |
| Fly | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from London to Bridport, Dorset.[41] | |
| Fortitude | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingør, Denmark.[21] | |
| Fortuna | The ship was driven ashore near Gravelines, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool.[28] | |
| Frederica Dorothea | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to London. HMS Aigle ( | |
| Gebruder | Unknown | The ship was driven ashore in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Dublin.[37] |
| George | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galway.[44] | |
| Goodridge | The ship was severely damaged in a storm at Lisbon.[39] | |
| Hafodlass | The ship was lost near Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London.[42] | |
| Hambro' Packet | The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[12] | |
| Hebe | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateers General Perignon and Sorcière (both | |
| Henry | The ship struck rocks off the Isles of Scilly and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to London.[45] | |
| Indefatigable | The ship was driven ashore at Biddeford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Norway to Biddeford.[45] | |
| Jane | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Scotland and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool.[15] | |
| Hanus | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived.[46] | |
| Jervis | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[20] | |
| Johanna | The ship was wrecked on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix, Virgin Islands.[12] | |
| John | The ship was driven ashore at Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Kinsale.[43] | |
| Lady Andover | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near King's Lynn. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to King's Lynn.[43] | |
| Loch Ryan | The ship was lost at Vila Franca do Campo, Azores.[37] | |
| Mary | The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[25] | |
| Mary | The ship was driven ashore at Brighton, Sussex.[20] | |
| Mary Ann | The ship was wrecked near Salcombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Exeter, Devon.[44] | |
| Mayflower | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off Ravenglass, Cumberland in late January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dumfries to Liverpool.[47] | |
| Mediator | The ship struck an anchor and sank at South Shields, County Durham.[7][12] | |
| Nabby | The ship sprang a leak while on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She put into Bantry Bay, where she sank.[42][45] | |
| Nancy | The ship was severely damaged in a storm at Lisbon.[39] | |
| Nancy | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateers General Perignon and Sorcière (both | |
| Nicholson | The slave ship was returning to Liverpool from Havana, when she had to put into Dublin in distress. She had been on shore and greatly damaged her cargo, which had to be unloaded to lighten her.[48] | |
| Norwich Packet | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.[12] | |
| Rose | The ship was wrecked near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Her crew were rescued.[4] | |
| Temple | War of the Third Coalition: The brig was captured and burnt by the privateers General Perignon and Sorcière (both | |
| Thetis | The ship was driven ashore and damaged. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to London. Thetis was later refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[44] | |
| Thetis | The ship was driven ashore near Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Riga to Leith, Lothian.[7] | |
| Two Brothers | The ship was wrecked on the Fairness Rock, off Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[49] | |
| Union | HMS Argus ran down and sank Union at Waterford; the crew was saved.[12][50] | |
| Venus | The ship ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Dublin.[20][25] | |
| Victory | The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[51] | |
| Weymouth | The ship foundered with the loss of all hands .[52] |
February
3 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured off Berbice by a French privateer. She was plundered and sunk. Hope was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Berbice.[53] | |
| Thetis | The ship was captured by the privateer Prosper ( |
4 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Acheron | War of the Third Coalition: The sloop-of-war was sunk off Cape Caxine, Algeria, in an engagement with Hortense and Incorruptible (both | |
| HMS Arrow | ||
| Duchess of Rutland | War of the Third Coalition: The transport ship was captured by Hortense and Incorruptible (both |
5 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Earl of Abergavenny | The East Indiaman was wrecked at Weymouth, Dorset, with the loss of 263 of the 402 people on board. | |
| Herione | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by Hortense ( | |
| Norwich Packet | The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Bridlington, Yorkshire.[30] |
7 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to London.[14] |
8 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blandford | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bishopstone, Sussex, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Poole, Dorset.[55][56] | |
| Endeavour | The West Indiaman was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[57] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[14] |
9 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Horatio | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.[30] | |
| Jamaica | The ship was wrecked near Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued, but made prisoners. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[58] |
10 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruger | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Charleston, South Carolina.[59] |
12 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | The prize ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Mull.[19] | |
| Emilia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Borkum, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Emden.[60] |
14 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colin | The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Saint Vincent. Colin was later refloated and put into Bristol for repairs.[61] |
16 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Susan | The ship was discovered at sea crewless 12 leagues (36 nautical miles (67 km)) south of Cork by HMS Argus ( |
20 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fortune | The ship foundered off Kirkcudbright with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Workington, Cumberland.[62][63] |
25 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eendragt | The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Basses-Pyrénées to Antwerp, Deux-Nèthes, France.[64] |
26 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Redbridge | The schooner sprang a leak and sank without loss of life in Pedro Bay off the coast of Jamaica. |
27 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fame | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Trinidad.[63] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bannister | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[61] | |
| Britannia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Holy Island, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16] | |
| Cassador de Lisboa | The ship foundered off Figueira da Foz while on a voyage from Figueira da Foz to Liverpool.[65] | |
| City of Edinburgh | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua.[65] | |
| Commerce | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cloughton, Yorkshire.[66] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, to London.[65] | |
| Craven | The sloop was wrecked off Cádiz, Spain. Her crew survived but were taken prisoner by the Spanish.[67] | |
| Diana | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[47] | |
| Duchess of York | The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Carron, Stirlingshire to London. She was later refloated and put into Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[61] | |
| Elizabeth | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland.[28] | |
| Elizabeth | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Leith, Lothian. Her crew were rescued.[30] | |
| Elizabeth | The ship was lost near Wexford with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Dublin.[30] | |
| Enterprize | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Bristol.[46] | |
| Gorgus | Unknown | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Anna Catha ( |
| Helena | The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham.[14] She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.Helena was later refloated and taken in to Hartlepool.[68] | |
| Industry | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by New Century ( | |
| Jane | The schooner was lost at Madeira.[14] | |
| John | The ship struck rocks at the Isle of Mull and sank. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[47] | |
| Mary | The ship was driven ashore in the River Severn or the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire to Liverpool.[10] | |
| Peggy | The ship was lost off the Mull of Galloway, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sligo.[46] | |
| Providence | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Margate.[30] | |
| Rochdale | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. Rochdale was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, for repairs.[47] | |
| HMS Seagull | The Diligence-class brig-sloop foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. | |
| Three Williams | The ship was driven ashore at Tynemouth. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Three Williams was later refloated.[28] | |
| Vigilance | The ship was lost near Wexford with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool.[30] | |
| Vrow Margaretha | Unknown | The ship was lost at Vigo, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cork, United Kingdom to Lisbon.[14] |
March
1 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bellona | The ship departed from New York City, United States for Galway. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[69] | |
| Caminhando | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Barmouth, Caernarvonshire, United Kingdom.[68] |
2 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey near the King's Dock Basin, Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool.[70] She was later refloated.[68] | |
| Britannia | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey.[70] She was later refloated.[68] | |
| George Washington | The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, to Liverpool.[70] | |
| Golden Age | The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liverpool.[70] | |
| Hardware | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool.[70] She was later refloated.[68] | |
| Orwell | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the River Mersey.[70] She was later refloated.[68] | |
| Susannah | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey near the King's Dock, Liverpool. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana District, to Liverpool.[70] |
5 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flora | The ship was wrecked on Heligoland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Hamburg.[71] |
6 March
7 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Jane Halliday | War of the Third Coalition: The brig was burnt at Nevis in an attack by Actæon, Armede, Gloire, Infatigable, Jemmapes, Lion, Lynx and Magnanime (all | |
| Nelly | War of the Third Coalition: The brig was burnt at Nevis in an attack by Actæon, Armede, Gloire, Infatigable, Jemmapes, Lion, Lynx and Magnanime (all | |
| Themis | War of the Third Coalition: The brig was burnt at Nevis in an attack by Actæon, Armede, Gloire, Infatigable, Jemmapes, Lion, Lynx and Magnanime (all | |
| Twins | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was burnt at Nevis by a French squadron.[73] |
8 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Concord | The ship was wrecked in the Florida Keys.[74] | |
| HMS Fly | The sloop-of-war was wrecked in the Florida Keys.[74] | |
| Rattler | The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef, Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[74][75] |
9 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was burnt at Montserrat by a French squadron.[76] | |
| Liberty | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was burnt at Montserrat by a French squadron.[76] | |
| Sarah | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was burnt at Montserrat by a French squadron.[76] |
12 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Imogen | The sloop-of-war sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Outer Hebrides while escorting a convoy from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued by Lord Forbes ( |
16 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blanche | The ship departed from the Clyde for Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[80] |
19 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dreadnought | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from London to São Miguel Island, Azores.[60] |
21 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Francis | The schooner was wrecked off the mouth of the Hunter River, New South Wales. |
23 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Good Design | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Isle of Man and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[81] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Riga, Russia.[79] |
29 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leviamento Falcao | The ship was driven ashore near Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[82] | |
| Queen Charlotte | The ship was destroyed by fire in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Surinam to London.[78] |
30 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Helsingør, Denmark.[83] |
31 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| British Queen | The ship struck a rock at South Shields, County Durham, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[78] | |
| Northumberland | The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[78] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adventure | The ship lost her rudder while on a voyage from Malta to London. She was set afire and abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea.[84][85] | |
| Alexander | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bordeaux, Basses-Pyrénées.[86] | |
| Anna | The ship was wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham.[86] | |
| Arbuckle | The ship was wrecked in Rocky Cove, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Cork and the West Indies.[87] | |
| Arno | The ship was wrecked near Hartlepool.[88] | |
| Aurora | The ship was lost at Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued.[89] | |
| Aurora | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was burnt at Dominica by the French.[73] | |
| Bridget | The ship was captured in the Mediterranean Sea while on a voyage from Zant, Septinsular Republic to London. She was set afire and sunk.[64][90] | |
| Cupid | The ship was wrecked on the Pan Sand, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent.[86][88] | |
| Dublin | The brig was wrecked on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[88] | |
| Ebenezer | The ship was driven ashore near Ballyshannon, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway to Ballyshannon.[79] | |
| Harmony | The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to London.[63] Harmony was later refloated and put into Cowes, Isle of Wight for repairs.[68] | |
| John Morgan | The ship was driven ashore at the Red Noses, Liverpool, Lancashire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States. John Morgan was later refloated.[29] | |
| Kent | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[4] | |
| Laurel | The ship was wrecked on the Mull of Galloway, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[89] | |
| Martha | The sloop was damaged at sea and was beached in the Isles of Scilly.[63] | |
| New Kerrison | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. Her crew were rescued, but made prisoners. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[4] | |
| Newland | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the North Sea by the privateer Le Sylphe ( | |
| North Star | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Berbice.[89] North Star was later refloated and taken in to Holyhead.[91] | |
| Patrick and John | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued .[77] | |
| Ruby | The ship capsized in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Biddeford, Devon to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[4] | |
| Stranger | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, to Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire.[4] | |
| Tentacao | The ship was driven ashore near Dublin, United Kingdom.[63] | |
| Tweed | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of all hands.[92] | |
| Union | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily to Jersey, Channel Islands.[84] | |
| William & Jane | The ship was wrecked at The Rosses, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from New York to Belfast, County Antrim.[79] |
April
1 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Queen Charlotte | The ship was destroyed by fire off Dungeness, Kent.[93] | |
| Unity | The ship was driven ashore at Jack-in-the-Basket, Blyth, Northumberland.[78] |
5 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HM Hired armed brig Lord Melville | The brig capsized at Leith, Lothian. Her crew were rescued.[94] |
6 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | The trading brig, Captain Richard Law,[95] hit an iceberg at midnight off the southeast coast of Newfoundland, after getting trapped in an icefield, and sank in half an hour. Twenty-seven of the total of 73 persons on board the trading ship went down with the ship and drowned. The 15 crew and 31 other passengers survived by taking to a long boat and yawl. During the next several days, they were rescued and divided among several fishing ships. In some cases, because of the fishing ships' schedules, the survivors did not reach Marblehead and Salem, Massachusetts for weeks. Based in New York City, Jupiter was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to New York.[96][97] |
14 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jane | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer Sylphe ( |
18 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy | The sloop foundered in Jervis Bay with the loss of a crew member. |
23 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sally | The ship was sunk by ice with the loss of all but six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[98] |
24 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer L'Hirondelle ( |
25 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nymph | The brigantine was crushed by ice off the Domesness Reef in the Baltic Sea and foundered with the loss of all hands.[100][101] |
27 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Egyptienne | The ship ran aground on The Shingles, Isle of Wight.[72] | |
| Favourite | The ship was driven ashore on Fair Isle and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[102] |
29 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Draper | The ship was driven ashore on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Waterford.[73] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betsey | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Waterford to Hull, Yorkshire.[59] | |
| HMS Bouncer | The gun-brig ran aground in the English Channel off Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France and was wrecked. Her crew survived but were taken prisoner by the French .[103] | |
| Britannia | The collier, a brig, collided with another ship in the North Sea 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire and foundered with the loss of two of her crew.[92] | |
| Calpe | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[104] | |
| Esther | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from New York, United States to London/ Her crew were rescued.[100] | |
| Expedition | The ship foundered off South Shields, County Durham.[91] | |
| Guardian | The ship was lost near Cork. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin.[105] | |
| Howe | The ship struck the Runnel Stone and was severely damaged. She subsequently put into Penzance, Cornwall.[3] | |
| Little Sisters | The ship was wrecked on the Wicklow Banks, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Newfoundland, British North America.[3] | |
| Minerva | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia, to London.[106] | |
| Nancy & Peggy | The ship was driven ashore near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[82] | |
| Neptune | The ship sank off Fife Ness.[107] | |
| Realisation | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Brightlingsea, Essex. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Galway.[108] | |
| Robert | The ship was wrecked in Crabbs Bay while on a voyage from Cork to Galway.[106] | |
| Sarah | The ship was lost in the Humber. Her crew were rescued.[105] | |
| Scarborough | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Port Royal, Jamaica.[109][110] | |
| Swan | The ship was driven ashore near Sheerness, Kent.[111] |
May
1 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Emden.[112] |
4 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minerva | The transport ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Kronstadt.[113] |
9 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Hamilton | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tönning.[114] | |
| Lord Duncan | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tönning.[114] |
10 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | The ship foundered off the Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Galway.[53] |
14 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minerva | The ship capsized at Falmouth, Jamaica.[115] |
17 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | The ship was driven ashore in the Eyder.[116] She was later refloated.[117] |
21 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Providence | The ship ran aground on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Libava, Courland Governorate.[118] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active | The brig was driven ashore at Deal, Kent, and was wrecked.[119] | |
| Active | The ship sprang a leak in the English Channel and was beached at Portland, Dorset.[75] She was later refloated and taken in to Weymouth, Dorset.[53] | |
| Betsey | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. Barratry by either the captain or the mate was the cause.[120] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dublin.[76] | |
| Betsey | The ship was lost near Broadstairs, Kent.[116] | |
| Elizabeth | The ship caught fire at Gibraltar and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Malta to Leith, Lothian.[121] | |
| Emilia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ameland, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Ferrol, Spain.[76] | |
| Esther | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[118] | |
| Fame | The ship was lost at St Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Batavian Republic to St Lucar.[53] | |
| Favourite | The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham.[75] | |
| Standhastigkeit | The ship was driven ashore at Dragø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to Dublin.[122] | |
| Susan & Polly | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Tenerife, Spain to London.[123] |
June
5 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duke of Clarence | The whaler foundered in the River Plate with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the South Seas.[124][125] |
22 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fanny | The ship ran aground on Skysea and was wrecked. Her cew survived. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Cork.[126] |
24 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 5 | Russo-Persian War: The galiot ran aground and was wrecked at Bandar-e Anzali, Persia.[113] |
30 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | The ship was wrecked at John's Point, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[127] | |
| Mercury | The ship departed Jamaica to join a convoy bound for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[128] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Gunboat No. 7 | The gunboat disappeared after departing New York City, on 20 June 1805 bound for the Mediterranean Sea.[129] | |
| HMCS Integrity | The cutter departed Sydney, New South Wales for Valparaiso. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. | |
| Ontario | The ship was wrecked at Liverpool, Lancashire while bound for New York, United States.[109] |
July
7 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy | The ship was captured off Cape Corantes by a French privateer. She was driven ashore and burnt. Nancy was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[130] |
11 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Orestes | War of the Third Coalition: The brig-sloop was wrecked on the Splitter Sands in the North Sea off Gravelines, France. Her burned her to prevent her capture by the French. | |
| Sarah | War of the Third Coalition: The captain deliberately wrecked the ship north off Point de Galle, Ceylon, to avoid capture.[131] |
12 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Edward | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ameland, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Plymouth, Devon.[132] |
31 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| St. John Sebastianẹ | The ship was lost at Timor.[133] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atlas | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Orkney Islands.[134] | |
| HMS Blanche | War of the Third Coalition: The fifth-rate was captured after an engagement with Départment des Landes, Faune, Topaze and Torche (all | |
| Carl August | The ship was driven ashore near Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Tönningen.[134] | |
| Conceicao | The ship was wrecked near Ayamonte. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Cádiz.[136] | |
| Fanny | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork.[83] | |
| Julia | The ship sank at the King's Dock, Liverpool.[137] |
August
1 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harmony | The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[138] |
6 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Génois | The Téméraire-class ship of the line was damaged in an accident on being launched at Genoa, Ligurian Republic and became hogged. She was repaired and successfully launched on 16 August. |
7 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prince of Wales | The ship capsized and was wrecked at Hull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull.[139] |
10 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Pigmy | The Mutin-class cutter was wrecked in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued by HMS Albacore, HMS Alcmene, HMS Conquest and HMS Eclipse (all |
15 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by French and Spanish Navy ships. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to Leith, Lothian.[143] | |
| Gravina | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by French and Spanish Navy ships. She was on a voyage from Malta to London.[144] |
16 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Successful Nancy | The ship was wrecked on Sandy Island, Antigua. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool, Lancashire.[145] |
17 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fama de Sur | The ship was captured off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal by French and Spanish Navy vessels while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Lisbon, Portugal. She was set afire and sunk.[146][147] | |
| Maria Cornelia | The ship was captured off Cape St. Vincent by French and Spanish Navy vessels while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Lisbon. She was set afire and sunk.[146][147] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Two Friends | The ship was destroyed by fire at Surinam.[148] |
29 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leopard | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 32°N 51°W / 32°N 51°W). Her crew were rescued by Royal Charlotte ( |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bolina | The ship was lost in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[150] | |
| Euphan | The ship was lost in the Eyder.[151] | |
| Fame | The ship was driven ashore at Londonderry and was wrecked.[152] | |
| Ganges | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Tortola to the United Kingdom.[153] | |
| John | The ship ran aground off Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated and put into Falmouth, Cornwall. John was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Truro, Cornwall.[127] | |
| Minerva | The ship was taken off Lima after her crew had mutinied in mid-August; the crew became prisoners in Peru. When the crew mutinied they had put two officers in a boat who were rescued after seven days by Maria ( | |
| Richard | The ship was driven ashore near Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar.[127] Richarrd was later refloated.[151] | |
| Rose | The ship was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[152] |
September
3 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catharine | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to the United Kingdom.[154] | |
| Montreal | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to the United Kingdom.[154] |
5 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Surinam to London. Her crew were rescued.[155] | |
| Magdelina | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Surinam to London. Her crew were rescued .[155] | |
| Union | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Grenada to the Clyde. Her crew were rescued.[155] |
7 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adventure | The ship was wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Virginia.[36] | |
| HMS Diligentia | The ship was wrecked in Mill Bay, Plymouth, Devon with the loss of all hands.[156] |
8 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Octavia | The ship caught fire at Madeira and was scuttled.[143] |
10 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Nelson | The brig was abandoned off the Orkney Islands.[157] |
12 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boddington | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex and was wrecked.[158] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[159] |
16 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Countess of Darlington | The ship departed from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[160] | |
| Fame | The ship was driven ashore in Swin Bottoms, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. Fame was later refloated.[147][161] | |
| Lucy & Nancy | The ship was wrecked on the Wicklow Bank in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Virginia, United States.[157] |
17 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Providence | The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana Territory, to Bordeaux, Basses-Pyrénées, France.[162] |
18 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brunswick | War of the Third Coalition: The East Indiaman, which had been captured by Marengo and Belle Poule (both |
19 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betsey | The ship was driven ashore in Dunworldly Bay, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Liverpool, Lancashire. Betsey was refloated on 23 September and put into Kinsale, County Cork.[161] |
21 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brothers | The ship was lost at Arkhangelsk, Russia. She was on a voyage from Arhchangelsk to London.[164] |
23 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria | The ship was lost in Swindemünde Bay. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[165] |
25 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bloom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Delaware, United States to Bilbao, Spain.[166] | |
| Diana | The ship was wrecked at Riga, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[145] | |
| Harbinger | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Riga.[167] | |
| HMS Papillon | The brig separated from a convoy in the Atlantic Ocean on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. | |
| Sedulous | The ship was wrecked at Riga. Her crew were rescued.[145] | |
| Wemys | The ship was wrecked at Riga. Her crew were rescued.[145] |
26 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to the United Kingdom.[168] | |
| Goldfinch | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to the United Kingdom.[168] | |
| Providence | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to the United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[168] | |
| Union | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to the United Kingdom.[168] |
30 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anne | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued on 3 October by Diana ( | |
| The Brothers | The brig ran aground and was wrecked in the Queen's Channel, 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[169][170] | |
| HMS Seaforth | The ship foundered off Antigua with the loss of 84 of her 86 crew. |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral Nelson | The ship foundered in the North Sea while on a voyage from Danzig, to Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by HM Hired armed ship Blessing ( | |
| Albertina | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[161] | |
| Almira | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was damaged. She was refloated and put into Liverpool.[171] | |
| Association | The ship was wrecked on the African coast while on a voyage from Gibraltar to the Cape Verde Islands. Two of her crew were killed by natives.[172] | |
| Betsey | The ship was driven ashore in Courtmasherry Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[147] | |
| Braderne Erntz and Lorentz | Unknown | The ship was lost near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[161] |
| Diana | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[173] | |
| Drie Gebroeders | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hiddensee, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Londonderry, United Kingdom.[146] | |
| Eliza | The ship departed from Liverpool for Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[174] | |
| Hamlet | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool.[159] | |
| Isabella | The ship was wrecked on Newfoundland.[175] | |
| Juno | The ship departed Tortola for the United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[176] | |
| Speculator | The ship was severely damaged at St. George's Dock, Liverpool.[171] | |
| Success | The ship was wrecked at sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by HMS Rattler ( | |
| Thomas | The ship lost her rudder while on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. She was abandoned and set afire.[154] | |
| William | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from London to Newfoundland.[144] | |
| Zeelust | The ship was lost in the Eyder. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands, to Tönningen.[171] |
October
1 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | The ship foundered off "Neuvork" while on a voyage from London to Tönning, Duchy of Holstein.[168] |
3 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Barracouta | The Ballahoo-class schooner ran aground and was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Padro Kay, Bahamas. Her crew survived. | |
| Grace & Ann | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Nevis to New York, United States. Thirteen of her crew were rescued.[177] | |
| Lady Sinclair | The ship sprang a leak while on a voyage from Jamaica to Leith, Lothian. She was set afire and abandoned by her crew.[128] |
4 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Providence | The ship was driven ashore at Weymouth, Dorset.[178] |
6 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Goldfinch | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London.[143] |
11 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Squib | The fire ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[179] |
14 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Northumberland | The ship was wrecked at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[166][180] |
15 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dorothea | The Brig was blown in two and sunk by an experimental Torpedo in a demonstration in Walmer Road, a mile off Walmer Castle, near Deal, England.[181] | |
| Nestor | The ship was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by HMS Heron ( |
17 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | The ship was driven ashore on Texel, Batavian Republic.[183] | |
| Eleanor | The ship ran aground near Porto, Portugal and was wrecked.[149] |
18 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dispatch | The brig-sloop was wrecked without loss of life off Rügen in the Baltic Sea during a storm. | |
| Friends | The troopship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. All on board were rescued.[148] | |
| Kodiak | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bear Island. Her crew were rescued.[113] |
20 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Good Intent | The brig was run down and sunk by another vessel. Five of her crew were rescued.[184] |
21 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Achille | War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Trafalgar: The Téméraire-class ship of the line caught fire, exploded and sank with the loss of 480 of her 638 crew. | |
| Argonauta | War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Trafalgar: The ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz.[185] |
22 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aigle | The ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked on the Spanish coast. | |
| Berwick | The Elizabeth-class ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked near Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain with the loss of over 200 lives. | |
| Fougueux | The Téméraire-class ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked near Torre Bermeja, Spain. There were 25 survivors. | |
| Indomptable | The Tonnant-class ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked near Rota, Spain. There were around 150 survivors of the 1,200 people on board. | |
| Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad | The first-rate ship of the line foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain. | |
| Redoutable | The Téméraire-class ship of the line foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain. | |
| San Agustin | The ship of the line was wrecked on the Spanish coast. | |
| Two Friends | The troopship was driven ashore on Cape Breton Island, British North America and was wrecked with the loss of three of the 150 people on board.[186][172][187] |
23 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aeneas | The troopship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Ray, Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of 340 of the 347 people on board. | |
| Bucentaure | The Bucentaure-class ship of the line was wrecked on the Spanish coast. | |
| Intrépide | The third-rate ship of the line was scuttled on the orders of Admiral Collingwood. | |
| Nais | The transport ship was wrecked on a reef off Port aux Basques, Newfoundland with the loss of 240 of the 247 people on board.[188] | |
| Neptuno | The Montañes-class ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked near Cádiz. | |
| San Francisco de Asis | The ship of the line was wrecked near Puerto de Santa Maria.[185] |
24 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Endeavour | The ship was driven ashore near Londonderry.[164] | |
| Lark | The ship was wrecked on the Swine Bottoms.[189] | |
| Unity | The ship was driven ashore in Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to the Clyde.[145] |
26 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles | The ship was lost at Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[164] | |
| Deborah | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Goose Island, Lake Ontario, British North America.[190] | |
| Duke of York | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Charles River, Lower Canada, British North America.[190] | |
| Glory | The ship ran aground on the White Bank, in the Irish Sea off County Dublin.[164] | |
| Monarca | The ship of the line was wrecked off Sanlúcar de Barrameda.[185] | |
| Rayo | With a British prize crew aboard, the ship of the line was wrecked on the coast of Spain. The prize crew burned her wreck on 31 October. |
28 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adventure | The ship, which was under tow by Mary & Hannah ( | |
| Victory | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Barbados to Cork.[192] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ostend, Lys, France. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to A Coruña, Spain.[193] | |
| Betsey | The sloop was lost near Wexford.[145] | |
| Brothers | The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands while on a voyage from London to Tönning, Duchy of Holstein.[168] | |
| Clyde | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by Phaeton and Voltigeur (both | |
| Cosmo | The ship was lost at Riga, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Riga.[164] | |
| Dover | The ship was wrecked at Riga.[145] | |
| Friends | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. All on board were rescued.[189] | |
| Friends | The ship was wrecked on Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Cork.[195] | |
| Haddock | The ship was driven ashore on Götaland, Sweden while on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh to London.[168] | |
| Happy Return | The ship was driven ashore near Drogheda, County Louth.[196] | |
| Holm | The ship was driven ashore near Danzig.[143] | |
| Hope | The ship departed from Pillau, Prussia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[197] | |
| Hope | The ship departed from British Honduras for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[198] | |
| John & William | The ship was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire.[128] | |
| Lion | The ship was driven ashore near Drogheda.[196] | |
| Mary Hall | The ship was wrecked on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[183] | |
| Mermaid | The ship was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries.[143] | |
| Oneida Chief | The ship was wrecked on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Tönningen, Duchy of Holstein to New York.[199] | |
| Pallas | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Liverpool to London.[193] | |
| Ptolomeas | The ship was driven ashore near Danzig.[143] | |
| Seaflower | The ship was lost in Fishguard Bay. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to an Irish port.[178] | |
| Sturdy Beggar | The ship was driven ashore at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Dublin.[193] | |
| Swartel Alt | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands to Copenhagen. Her crew were rescued by Maria Jane ( | |
| Union | The ship was wrecked on the Stoney Binks. Her crew were rescued.[183] |
November
1 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Britannia | The East Indiaman was lost at Rocas Atoll. She was carrying troops and stores under contract from London for the British attack on the Dutch Cape Colony.[201] (The report in Lloyd's List,[202] is in error.) | |
| Harland | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel.[203][204] | |
| King George | The ship was lost at Rocas Atoll. She was carrying troops and stores from London for the British attack on the Dutch Cape Colony.[201] (The report in Lloyd's List,[202] is in error.) |
3 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atalante | The Virginie-class frigate was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. She was later refloated. |
4 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. Her crew were rescued by HMS Pallas ( | |
| Peggy | The ship was wrecked at Ballantrae, Ayrshire. All four crew were rescued.[205] |
10 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Biter | War of the Third Coalition: The gun-brig was sunk by enemy action at Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew survived.[206] |
12 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diligence | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by all but one of her crew. She was subsequently towed in to Kinsale, County Cork, in a waterlogged condition. Diligence was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford, to London.[207] |
13 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hampden | The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London.[191] | |
| HMS Woodlark | War of the Third Coalition: During a voyage from Lowestoft to Plymouth, the gun-brig was wrecked at Calais on the coast of France. Her pilot and crew surrendered to the French and remained prisoners-of-war until 1814. |
14 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Johan Ferdinand | The ship was driven ashore near Swinemünde, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[208] | |
| Perseverance | The brig bound from Dublin to London struck the Seven Stones Reef during fog. Her crew rowed to St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.[209] |
15 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antelope | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Wangerooge, Batavian Republic. All 207 people on board survived.[210] |
16 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betsey | The ship was wrecked on Götaland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[189][211] | |
| Caroline | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark.[165] |
17 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ceres | The ship was in collision with HMS Fisgard ( | |
| Themis | The ship was lost near Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Memel to London.[208] |
18 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bonne Resolution or Labonn Resolution | The ship was wrecked in Vaila Sound, Shetland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Danzig.[165][213] | |
| Hampden | The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Liverpool, Lancashire.[36] |
21 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betsey | The schooner was wrecked off Balambangan Island. She was on a voyage from Macau to Sydney, New South Wales. Only two of her twelve crew were to survive. | |
| Time & Chance | The ship foundered off Cape Breton Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Bay Chaleur, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts.[214] |
24 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope | The ship was wrecked on Scotstown Head. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Wick, Caithness.[215] |
25 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Estheer | The ship was driven ashore at Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool, Lancashire.[216] | |
| Mary | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig.[172] |
27 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Packet | The ship departed from São Miguel, Azores for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[217] |
30 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton Planter | The ship ran aground off Den Helder, Batavian Republic.[208] | |
| Hunter | The ship foundered off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Martinique.[218] | |
| John | The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[125] John was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[219] | |
| HMS Pigeon | The cutter was wrecked off Texel, Batavian Republic. Her crew were rescued but were taken prisoner by the Dutch. |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander | The ship was driven ashore at Viana do Castelo, Portugal and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to an African port.[149] | |
| Almeria | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. Her crew were rescued.[167][189][211] | |
| Atlas | The ship was wrecked at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Memel.[149] | |
| Blandford | The ship was driven ashore on the Essex coast and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Tönning, Duchy of Holstein to London.[220] | |
| Cancer | The "double-boat" foundered off the French coast.[221] | |
| Cesurewitz Paulovna Constantia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Riga to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[175] | |
| Coyme | The ship was wrecked near Riga, Russia.[189] | |
| Diana | The ship was driven ashore near Portsmouth, Hampshire.[148] | |
| Diana | The ship was wrecked near Riga.[189] | |
| Duteous | The ship was wrecked near Danzig. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Plymouth, Devon.[145] | |
| Gemini | The "double-boat" foundered off the Kent coast.[221] | |
| Hector | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Chepstow, Monmouthshire.[148] | |
| Hero | The brig was destroyed by fire at Portsmouth, Hampshire.[148] | |
| Hoffnung | Unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Villaviciosa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom to Bilbao, Spain.[222] |
| Hope | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Toolse, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Liverpool.[149] | |
| John & Richard | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London. Her crew were rescued.[184] | |
| Lark | The ship was wrecked near Hogeness, Sweden.[211] | |
| Liberty | The ship was driven ashore near Dragør, Denmark.[167] | |
| Manchester | The ship was wrecked near Riga.[189] | |
| Mary | The ship foundered off Donaghadee, County Down, while on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire, to Carrickfergus, County Antrim.[145] | |
| Providence | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[36] | |
| Sophia | The ship was captured and burnt by Minerve ( | |
| St. Michael | The ship was wrecked on the Swine Bottoms. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Barthélemy to Stockholm.[224] | |
| Themis | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Memel, Prussia.[225] | |
| Thomas and Mary | The ship was driven ashore at Wexford.[220] | |
| Zeepard | The frigate was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel.[226] |

