List of shipwrecks in 1792
The List of shipwrecks in 1792 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1792.
January
Unknown date
- Daniel and Harriet (
Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland before 26 January with the loss of all hands.[1] - Douglas ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Cork, Ireland before 26 January.[1]
February
Unknown date
- Matilda ( Great Britain): The full-rigged ship, a whaler, was wrecked on a shoal in the Pacific Ocean. Twenty-two survivors were rescued by HMS Providence (
Royal Navy), Britannia and Jenny (both Great Britain).
March
17 March
- Hales Castle ( Great Britain): The ship was run into by the brig Paisley ( Great Britain) in the Firth of Forth and sank. Three of her six crew were rescued by Paisley, the other three by HMS Martin ( Royal Navy).[2]
Unknown date
- Betsy ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France.[2]
- Echo ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland, Denmark.[2]
May
2 May
- Juliana (
United States): The ship was wrecked at "Carne" whilst on a voyage from Maryland to Newry, County Down, Ireland.[3]
August
20 August
- Winterton (
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British East India Company): The East Indiaman was lost off Madagascar.[4]
Unknown date
- Ruby ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands whilst on a voyage from Memel, East Prussia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
September
Unknown date
- Rising Sun ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[6]
October
31 October
- Dolphin ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Atherfield, Isle of Wight and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[7]
November
Unknown date
- Courier (
France): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Saint-Valery-sur-Somme whilst on a voyage from L'Orient, Morbihan to Dunquerque, Nord.[8]
December
Unknown date
- Blessing ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland, Denmark.[9]
- Clyde ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Bornholm, Denmark.[9]
- Endeavour ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Dublin, Ireland whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend, West Flanders, France.[10]
- Favourite ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland.[9]
- Holbeach ( Great Britain): The sloop was wrecked on the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued.[9]
- Holtham ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland.[9]
- Hope ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on "Studenland".[9]
- Jenny ( Great Britain): The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea whilst on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her crew were rescued.[10]
- Jenny ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Bornholm.[9]
- Juffrouw Tabitha (
Dutch Republic): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Bremen.[9] - Kingston ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off the coast of Jutland whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[9]
- Kitty ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. Hr crew were rescued by Duke of York ( Great Britain).[10]
- Mary Ann ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Swansea Bay whilst on a voyage from Cork to Bristol.[10]
- Peggy ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland.[9]
- Perseverance ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Memel, East Prussia to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[9]
- Snell ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Ramsgate, Kent whilst on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[10]
- Tobago ( France): The ship was driven ashore at Ostend and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Dunquerque, Nord to Tobago.[10]
- Two Betseys ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Duthc coast. Her crew were rescued.[9]
- Unity ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland.[9]
Unknown date
- Buona Concordia (
Spain): The ship foundered in the Black Sea whilst on a voyage from "Cherson" to Barcelona.[9] - Conception ( Spain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Alicante.[8]
- Foulis ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman foundered whilst homeward bound.[11]
- Kitty ( Great Britain): The whaler was wrecked by ice in the Davis Strait. Her crew were rescued by John and Margaret( Great Britain).[12]
- Navarro ( Spain): The ship was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands before 12 August. She was on a voyage from St. Andero to Havana, Cuba.[13]
- Polly ( United States): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from New York to Saint Barthélemy.[2]
- Sion ( United States): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from New York to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Shipwreck List 18th Century". Cork Shipwrecks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 28 March 1792. (2266), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Monday, 7 May 1792. (2300), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815)". Ocean Treasures. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 22 August 1792. (2392), col D, p. 2.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 27 September 1792. (2343), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Friday, 3 November 1792. (2454), col C, p. 2.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 21 November 1792. (2470), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 5 January 1793. (2509), col B, p. 4.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 12 December 1792. (2488), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "News in Brief" The Times (London). Monday, 2 April 1792. (2270), col D, p. 2.
- ↑ "Newcastle, August 11." The Times (London). Wednesday, 15 August 1792. (2386), col C, 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.
- ↑ "News in Brief" The Times (London). Friday, 3 August 1792. (2376), col D, p. 3.
| Ship events in 1792 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 | 1797 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 | 1797 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 | 1797 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 | 1797 |