List of shipwrecks in 1791
The List of shipwrecks in 1791 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1791.
January
8 January
- Britannia (
Great Britain): The ship foundered in the River Thames during a gale.[1]
31 January
- Nancy (
United States): The schooner was wrecked on Bodie Island, North Carolina with the loss of at least nine lives.[2]
Unknown date
- Betsey ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km) from Quimper, Finistère, France and wrecked with the loss of her captain.[3]
- Britannia ( Great Britain): The ship capsized at Lisbon, Portugal and was declared beyond repair.[3]
- HMRC Bushe (
Great Britain): The Revenue cruiser foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Galway, Ireland with the loss of five of her crew.[4] - Ceres ( Great Britain: The ship was wrecked on the coast of Yorkshire while on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Leith, Lothian.[5]
- Choisey Whitosey ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at "Andeirne" while on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France to London.[5]
- Courier (
France): The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay in early January while on a voyage from Bordeaux, Loire-Atlantique to the Cape Colony.[3] - Deux Anges ( France): The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay in early January while on a voyage from Bordeaux to the Cape Colony.[3]
- Dispatch ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Aegean Sea off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.[6]
- Duc de Normandie ( France): The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay in early January while on a voyage from Bordeaux to Port-au-Prince, Hispaniola.[3]
- Elizabeth and Marguerite ( France): The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay in early January while on a voyage from Bordeaux to "Jeremiah".[3]
- Henderson ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland while on a voyage from Livorno to Belfast, County Down, Ireland.[3]
- Hereux Savage ( France): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near L'Orient while on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Dunquerque, Pas-de-Calais.[3]
- Juffrow Anna (
Dutch Republic): The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, East Sussex, Great Britain while on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Stettin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.[5] - L'Amiable Marianne ( France): The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay in early January while on a voyage from Bordeaux to Port-au-Prince.[3]
- La Nereede ( France): The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Valencia, Spain.[6]
- La Princesse de Asturias ( France): The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay in early January while on a voyage from Bordeaux to Louisiana, New Spain.[3]
- Lark (
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Ireland): The ship was wrecked in Quiberon Bay.[3] - L'Union ( France): The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay in early January while on a voyage from Bordeaux to Martinico, West Indies.[3]
- Ninety Rivers ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay in early January while on a voyage from Bordeaux to Martinico.[3]
- Peggy ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked off "Latiste" while on a voyage from Dundee, Perthshire to Setúbal, Portugal.[3]
- Nosta Señora del Carmen (
Spain): The ship was wrecked near Bordeaux while on a voyage from Bilbao to London.[3] - Peggy ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Penmarc'h, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued.[3]
- Thomas and Ann ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of all hands.[5]
- Tryphena ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore in Cadiz Bay, Spain and was wrecked.[5]
February
28 February
- De Valk ( Dutch Republic): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain with the loss of six of the 58 people on board.[7]
Unknown date
- Industry ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked near Ormes Head.[8]
- Jeune Henriette ( France): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais while on a voyage from L'Orient, Morbihan to Ostend, West Flanders.
- Jonge Cornelius ( Dutch Republic): The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Valencia, Spain while on a voyage from Amsterdam to a Mediterranean port.[9]
- Juliana (
Denmark: The ship was wrecked on Anholt.[10] - Lark ( Great Britain): The ship capsized in the English Channel. She was towed into Dover, Kent still in a capsized state.[7]
- Mary ( Great Britain): The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent.[9]
- Mary and Ann ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[9]
- Mercury ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.[9]
- Mould ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk.[9]
March
20 March
- Edgar ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Cape Fallo.[11]
Unknown date
- Catherine ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Dumfries while on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12]
- Duke of Sudermania (
Sweden): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Dunquerque, Nord, France while on a voyage from Norrköping to Havre de Grace, Seine-Maritime, France.[12] - Minerva ( Great Britain): The ship foundered while on a voyage from Cadiz, Spain to Havre de Grace, Seine Maritime, France.[13]
April
Unknown date
- Liberty ( Ireland): The ship struck the Tuskar Rock. She subsequently drove ashore on the coast of County Wexford and was wrecked.[14]
July
Unknown date
- Greenland ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Norwegian Sea 90 leagues (270 nautical miles (500 km)) north west of Nordkapp, Denmark-Norway. Her crew were rescued by Lady Jane ( Great Britain).[15]
August
24 August
- Foulis (
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British East India Company): The East Indiaman was lost whilst on a voyage from Madras to Bencoolen, India.[16]
29 August
HMS Pandora.
- HMS Pandora (
Royal Navy): The Porcupine-class sixth rate post ship was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef with the loss of 35 of the 134 people on board.
Unknown date
- De Friede ( Sweden): The ship foundered in the Kattegat off Gothenburg while on a voyage from Stockholm to Maldon, Essex, Great Britain.[15]
September
3 September
- Albany ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Memel, East Prussia.[17]
- Betsy ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Memel.[17]
30 September
- Thomas and Helen ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Valencia Bay, Spain.[18]
October
4 OCtober
- Neptune ( Great Britain): The brig sprang a leakd and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores (longitude 26° W) while on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Dart ( France).[18][19]
Unknown date
- Charles ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire while on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Exeter, Devon.[20]
- Elizabeth and Kitty ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford Haven while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[21]
- Emily ( Great Britain): The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Aegean Sea off Delos, Greece. Her crew were rescued.[18]
- Hannah ( Great Britain): The sloop caught fire and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of two of her crew. She was carrying a cargo of quicklime.[22]
- Marquis de la Fayette ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[19]
- Thames ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk.[23]
November
27 November
- Charlotte and Maria ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Carsaig, Isle of Mull with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[24]
- Jessie ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Lunga, Slate Islands with the loss of all hands.[24]
Unknown date
- Sodermanland ( Sweden): The ship was wrecked on the Lemon and Ore, in the North Sea while on a voyage from Stockholm to London, Great Britain. Eighteen of her crew were rescued by Swanland ( Great Britain).[25]
- Thetis ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent and was wrecked.[19]
December
4 December
- Fanny ( Great Britain): The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by an unidentified vessel, which was reported to have probably sunk too.[24]
6 December
- Grampus ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, East Prussia.[26]
12 December
- Pelham ( Great Britain): The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.[24]
Unknown date
- Antonetta ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon.[27]
- Endeavour ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ulverston, Lancashire.[27]
- Flora ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norfolk.[27]
- Isabella ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire.[24]
- London ( Great Britain: The ship was wrecked on the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man while on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Liverpool, Lancashire.[28]
- Rebecca ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km) west of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Marseille.[24]
- William ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all but two of her crew while on a voyagefrom Waterford, Ireland to London.[27]
Unknown date
- Ann and Bridget ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Caribbean Sea off Grenada.[13]
- Arab ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Portuguese coast while on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to an African port.[12]
- Dove ( Nevis): The schooner was lost at St. Kitts.[29]
- Eliza ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off the coast of Africa.[23]
- Free Briton The ship foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Venice while on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Venice.[13]
- Friendship ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Bône, Algeria.[13]
- Hazard ( Great Britain): The schooner was lost at St. Kitts.[29]
References
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Tuesday, 11 January 1791. (1887), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "PHILADELPHIA, March 16". Pennsylvania Gazette. 16 March 1791.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 26 January 1791. (1910), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "Ireland" The Times (London). Saturday, 22 January 1791. (1907), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 19 January 1791. (1904), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "News in Brief" The Times (London). Wednesday, 9 February 1791. (1923), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Friday, 4 March 1791. (1943), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Monday, 28 February 1791. (1939), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 2 March 1791. (1941), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 24 February 1791. (1936), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 7 July 1791. (2069), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Friday, 25 March 1791. (1691), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Portsmouth" The Times (London). Wednesday, 30 March 1791. (1965), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 28 April 1791. (2008), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Friday, 26 August 1791. (2112), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815)". Ocean Treasures. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Elsinore" The Times (London). Wednesday, 3 October 1791. (2145), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 27 October 1791. (2165), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 3 November 1791. (2171), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 2 November 1791. (2170), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Saturday, 22 October 1791. (2161), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 6 October 1791. (2146), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Plymouth Dock" The Times (London). Saturday, 29 October 1791. (2167), col B, p. 4.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 14 December 1791. (2206), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 17 December 1791. (2209), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "Elsineur" The Times (London). Thursday, 15 December 1791. (2207), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 "Ship News" The Times (London). Friday, 30 December 1791. (2220), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 29 December 1791. (2219), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Friday, 23 December 1791. (2214), col C, p. 3.
| Ship events in 1791 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 |