List of shipwrecks in 1789
The List of shipwrecks in 1789 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1789.
January
Unknown date
- Colonel Fullerton (
Great Britain): The ship foundered off Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[1] - Mary and Eliza ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked near St. Lucar.[1]
March
unknown date
- Adventure ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked off the coast of County Durham with the loss of all hands.[2]
April
30 April
- Duke of Richmond ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to a Baltic port.[3]
Unknown date
- Rainbow (
Denmark): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira, Portugal.[4]
August
24 August
- Vansittart (
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British East India Company): The East Indiaman was lost off Bangka, Netherlands East Indies.[5]
Unknown date
- 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.[6]
September
18 September
- Russell ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Bornholm, Denmark.[7]
24 September
- 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). Her crew were rescued by Robinson (
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Ireland). William was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to North Carolina, United States.[8]
30 September
- Enterprise ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Sable Bank whilst on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[9]
Unknown date
- Concordia ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Holland.[10]
- Hope ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore near Lydd, Kent and was wrecked with the loss of seven of her crew.[10]
- John ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden.
- Lancaster ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Kronstadt, Russia.[10]
- Liebling (
Sweden): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain whilst on a voyage from Stockholm to Nantes, France.[10] - Sisters ( Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Gothenburg, Sweden.[10]
October
1 October
- Susannah ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Ayr Bay with the loss of all hands.[7]
8 October
- Hector ( Ireland): The ship was lost at Cobh, County Cork.[11]
12 October
- 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.[12]
- Verow Tenderlens (
Dutch Republic): The galiot-hoy was driven ashore at Rottingdean, East Sussex, Great Britain whilst on a voyage from Havre de Grace, Seine Maritime, France to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Unknown date
- Caroline ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Cape Mount.[13]
- Hamburg ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Man whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, United States. Her crew were rescued.[7]
- Minerva ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man and was wrecked.[7]
- Peggy ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gefle, Sweden.[7]
November
Unknown date
- Active ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Lynn, Norfolk.[14]
- Appleby ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[14]
- Beg-Brook ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Borrowdale ( Great Britain) The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of all but one of her crew.[14]
- Catherine ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Catherine and Maria ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Lynn.[14]
- Constant ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Flora ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of two of her crew.[14]
- Fortune ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Friendship ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Friendship ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off King's Lynn.[14]
- Georges ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Hannibal ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[14]
- Harpooner ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, France.[15]
- Humber ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Dragoe Reef.[15]
- Ilis ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[14]
- James ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- James and Margaret ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- John ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth whilst on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to North Shields, Northumberland.[14]
- Joseph and Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Laurel ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Norfolk.[14]
- Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head, East Sussex.[15]
- Mediatore ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off King's Lynn.[14]
- Neptune ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Lynn.[14]
- Nightingale ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of six of her crew.[14]
- Oury ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Peggy ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off King's Lynn .[14]
- Perseverance ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Preston ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Providence ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Samuel ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Samuel and Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Trusty ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Turmel ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[14]
- Westmoreland ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[14]
December
15 December
- Anna Maria ( Isle of Man): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.[16]
- Elizabeth Fair ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued.[16]
- Fair Helen ( Ireland): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued.[16]
- Fair Helen of Rutland ( Great Britain): The brig was driven onto rocks near Turnberry, Ayrshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[17]
- Hopewell ( Great Britain): The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr.[16]
- Mary ( Great Britain): The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Turnberry with the loss of all hands.[17]
- Mary Ann ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued.[16]
- Nelson ( Great Britain): The brig was driven onto rocks near Turnberry and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[16][17]
- Neptune ( Great Britain): The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Turnberry with the loss of all hands.[17]
- Peggy ( Great Britain): The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued.[16]
- Sincerity ( Great Britain): The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Turnberry with the loss of five of her crew.[16][17]
- Sully ( Great Britain): The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued.[16]
Unknown date
- Fly ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on The Martyrs whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Africa.[9]
Unknown date
- Jonge ( Dutch Republic): The ship caught fire and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[18]
- Neptune ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Saint John, Virgin Islands before 26 May.[19]
- Snap Dragon ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Trettenburg whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her crew were rescued by a ship from Bremen.[18]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Monday, 19 January 1789. (1225), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ Howarth, Patrick (1981). Lifeboat In Danger's Hour. London, New York, Sydney, Toronto: Hamlyn. p. 10. ISBN 0 600 34959 4.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 14 May 1789. (1154), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Tuesday, 28 April 1789. (1139), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815)". Ocean Treasures. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Friday, 9 October 1789. (1278), col C-D, p. 3.
- ↑ "NEW YORK, November 17". Pennsylavania Gazette. 25 November 1789.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Saturday, 26 December 1789. (1346), col C, p. 2.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Saturday, 3 October 1789. (1273), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ "Shipwreck List 18th Century". Cork Shipwrecks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Tuesday, 20 October 1789. (1287), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 22 October 1789. (1289), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 14.18 14.19 14.20 14.21 14.22 14.23 14.24 14.25 14.26 14.27 14.28 14.29 14.30 14.31 14.32 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 4 November 1789. (1300), col C-D, p. 3.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Monday, 9 November 1789. (1304), col C-D, p. 3.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 "State of the Vessels wrecked near the harbour of Ayr on Tuesday night, Dec. 15, 1789." The Times (London). Tuesday, 29 December 1789. (1348), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 "Shipwrecks" The Times (London). Thursday, 24 December 1789. (1344), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "London." The Times (London). Tuesday, 18 August 1789. (1233), col A, p. 2.
- ↑ Towle, Edward L.; Marx, Robert F.; Albright, Alan B. (December 1976). "Shipwrecks of the Virgin Islands. An Inventory, 1523 - 1825". Virgin Islands: Island Resources Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
| Ship events in 1789 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 |