List of shipwrecks in 1790
The List of shipwrecks in 1790 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1790.
January
23 January
- HMS Bounty (
Royal Navy): Mutiny on the Bounty: The 4-gun full-rigged ship was burnt in Bounty Bay, off Pitcairn Island.
24 January
- Julie (
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France: The ship was wrecked on Faial Island, Azores.[1]
27 January
- Endeavour (
Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Outer Hebrides whilst on a voyage from New York, United States to Belfast, County Down, Ireland.[2]
Unknown date
- Commercial Treaty ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France.[3]
- Peggy ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea whilst of a voyage from Ulverston, Lancashire to Preston, Lancashire.[3]
March
19 March
HMS Sirius.
- HMS Sirius ( Royal Navy): The 10-gun ship-of-the-line was driven onto a reef off Norfolk Island and was wrecked.
31 March
- Minerva ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Wexford, Ireland whilst on a voyage from London to Greenock, Ayrshire.[4]
April
12 April
- HMS Guardian ( Royal Navy): The Roebuck-class fifth-rate ship-of-the-line was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of the Cape Colony between Table Bay and Saldanha Bay.
Unknown date
- Dispatch ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Dutch Republic.[4]
- William and Amy ( Great Britain): The sloop foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire and Guernsey, Channel Islands.[5]
May
Unknown date
- Active ( Isle of Man): The ship was wrecked on the "Isle of Ache" whilst on a voyage from Douglas to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.[6]
- Benediction ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[6]
- Viper The ship was lost in the British Cameroons.[7]
July
9 July
- Maria (
Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90: Battle of Svenskund: The 38-gun frigate was sunk in the Gulf of Finland.[8] - Sankt Nikolai ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90: Battle of Svenskund: The 38-gun frigate was sunk in the Gulf of Finland off Kotka, Sweden-Finland.
20 July
- Orange Field ( Great Britain): The brig was wrecked at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire whilst on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Greenock, Ayrshire. Her five crew survived.[9]
Unknown date
- Fox ( Great Britain): The sloop was wrecked near Kilkadrane Point towards the end of July. Her crew were rescued.[10]
August
Unknown date
- Economy ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Margate, Kent at the end of August.[11]
September
1 September
- Peerless ( Great Britain): The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by a Danish brig. Her crew were rescued.[11]
13 September
- Dispatch ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Fogo, Newfoundland, British North America to Oporto, Portugal.[7]
19 September
- Carlisle ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.[7]
Unknown date
- HMS Robust ( Royal Navy): The third rate ship-of-the-line ran aground on the Horse of Wilmington sandbank, in the English Channel 2 leagues (6 nautical miles (11 km)) south east by south of Beachy Head, East Sussex.[12] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
October
12 October
- William and Margaret ( Great Britain): The brigantine was wrecked on Oronsay with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Strangford Lough, Ireland.[13]
14 October
- Nostra Señora de la Conception (
Spain): The ship was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico (24°30′N 84°00′W / 24.500°N 84.000°W) whilst on a voyage from Truxillo to Trinidad.[14]
16 October
- Hunter ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Temple Bay.[15]
Unknown date
- Rosariode Maria ( Spain): The ship was wrecked at Reval, Estonia whilst on a voyage from Setúbal to Saint Petersburgh, Russia.[7]
- Neutrality ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk and was wrecked.[16]
November
13 November
- Prudence ( Great Britain): The brig foundered in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Howth, County Dublin, Ireland whilst on a voyage from Whitehaven, Lancashire to Dublin. All but one of her crew were lost.[17]
26 November
- Mary (
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Ireland): The Galway hooker was lost off "Robert's Cove" with the loss of all five people on board.[18]
Unknown date
- Prince Gustaff Adolph (
Sweden): The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[13] - Robert and Mary ( Great Britain): The ship ran aground and sank in the Irish Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued.[19]
- Robert and Susannah ( Great Britain): The ship was run down by another vessel and sank in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham.[13]
- Wallfish ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea whilst on a voyage from Rugenwalde, Farther Pomerania to Copenhagen, Denmark.[19]
December
1 December
- Sacre Famille (
France): The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Pevensey, East Sussex, Great Britain.[20] - St. George ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off County Wicklow, Ireland.[19]
10 December
- Juno ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cork.[18]
14 December
- Fame ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked near Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of all hands.[21]
22 December
- Lucy ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Holyhead, Anglesey whilst on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Holyhead. Her crew were rescued.[22]
24 December
- Malahide ( Ireland): The sailing barge foundered in Dublin Bay with the loss of all eight of her crew.[22]
Unknown date
- Alert ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall with the loss of all hands whilst on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Africa.[15]
- Aurora ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea.[23]
- Basquin ( Great Britain): The ship was destroyed by fire at Blackwall, Middlesex.[15]
- Deuz Felicites ( France): The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Nantes, Loire Atlantique whilst on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Nantes.[24]
- Favourite ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Kattegat off Marstrand, Sweden with the loss of all but one of her crew.[20]
- Friendship ( Great Britain): The ship capsized in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Riga, Latvia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[20]
- Hazard ( Great Britain): The ship struck the pier at Ramsgate and sank.[23]
- Hope ( Great Britain): The ship ran aground in the Kattegat. She was refloated but was found to be so severely damaged that she was condemned.[23]
- Levant (
United States): The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain and wrecked.[25] - Mary ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 53 leagues (159 nautical miles (294 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France.[24]
- Mary and Harriot ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked near Arbroath, Ayrshire.[25]
- Molly ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea whilst on a voyage form Waterford, Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[23]
- Molly ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire.[20]
- Newbury ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hoylake.[20]
- Three Brothers ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall whilst on a voyage from Waterford to London.
- Tigris ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta.[20]
Unknown date
- Ann and Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Jamaica.[23]
- HMS Arethusa ( Royal Navy): The Minerva-class fifth-rate frigate ran aground on rocks off Brest, Finistère, France. She was refloated but found to be severely damaged.[26] Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
- Charlotte () Guernsey: The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Bass Island, Newfoundland whilst on a voyage to Virginia, United States.[25]
- Delaware ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the White Sea.[27]
- Despatch ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked near Livorno whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to Livorno.[14]
- Diligence ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to London.[16]
- Dogger Bank (
Dutch Republic: The East Indiaman foundered in the Pacific Ocean between the Cape of Good Hope and Java whilst on a voyage from Holland to China.[5][28] - El Rayo ( Spain): The ship was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Puerto Rico.[29]
- Flora ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Virginia, United States to a European port.[28]
- General Washington ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[14]
- Humber ( Great Britain): The ship ran aground off Reval, Estonia and was wrecked.[13]
- Jenny ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst bound for the West Indies.[19]
- Jeune Antoine ( France): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Belfast, County Down, Ireland.[13]
- Kenton ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued by a French ship.[30]
- La Grace ( France): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders whilst on a voyage from Cadiz, Spain to Ostend.[13]
- Les Tout de Santes ( France): The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Heraklion, Crete whilst on a voyage from Livorno to Alexandria, Egypt.[7]
- Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the "Shoals of Grandie".[30]
- Mary Ann ( Great Britain): The ship foundered ikn the Baltic Sea off Skagen, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Danzig, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.[23]
- Resolution ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Worms Head, Glamorgan with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Barnstaple, Devon.[31]
References
- ↑ "Azores's Shipwrecks". Texas A & M University. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Monday, 12 April 1790. (1652), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Friday, 15 January 1790. (1578), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 21 April 1790. (1660), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 April1790. (1665), col C,
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 27 May 1790. (1962), col D, p. 2.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Saturday, 23 October 1790. (1708), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "News in Brief" The Times (London). Thursday, 5 August 1790. (1882), col C, p. 2.
- ↑ "Ireland" The Times (London). Thursday, 12 August 1790. (1659), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Saturday, 31 July 1790. (1878), col B, p. 2.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Tuesday, 31 August 1790. (1662), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Friday, 1 October 1790. (1689), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 17 November 1790. (1729), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 19 January 1791. (1904), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Portsmouth" The Times (London). Wednesday, 8 December 1790. (1747), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 3 November 1790. (1717), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 24 November 1790. (1735), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Shipwreck List 18th Century". Cork Shipwrecks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Friday, 3 December 1790. (1743), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 23 December 1790. (1760), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Tuesday, 11 January 1791. (1887), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 29 December 1790. (1760), col B, p. 4.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 15 December 1790. (1753), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 6 January 1791. (1883), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Saturday, 18 December 1790. (1756), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 23 September 1790. (1682), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 23 November 1790. (1735), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 28 April 1790. (1666), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Monday, 20 September 1790. (1679), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
| Ship events in 1790 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 |