List of shipwrecks in 1793

The list of shipwrecks in 1793 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1793.

January

Unknown date

• Friendship ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all 36 people on board whilst on a voyage from London to Whitby, Yorkshire.^[1]

February

Unknown date

• Active ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Cork, Ireland before 18 February. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cork.^[2]
• Ganges ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman was wrecked on the coast of Brittany, France. Her crew were rescued.^[3]
• Experience ( Dutch Republic): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea whilst on a voyage from Vaasa Sweden-Finland to Dordrecht, South Holland.^[4]
• Nancy and Betsey ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island whilst on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan.^[4]

March

20 March

• Pelican ( Great Britain): The brig, a privateer, foundered in the River Mersey with the loss of 102 of the 134 people on board.

28 March

• Norval ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (40°30′N 12°20′W / 40.500°N 12.333°W / 40.500; -12.333). Her crew were rescued by Tavistock ( Great Britain).^[5]

Unknown date

• Ann ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from New York, United States to Greenock, Ayrshire.^[6]

May

13 May

• Three Brothers ( United States): The schooner was wrecked on the Melasses Reef, Caicos Islands.^[7]

June

1 June

• HMS Advice ( Royal Navy): The 10-gun cutter was wrecked on the Turneffe Atoll, British Honduras.

August

6 August

• Albion ( Great Britain): The ship collided with Amity ( Great Britain) and consequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her crew were rescued by Amity.^[8][9]

Unknown date

• Three Friends ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to North Carolina, United States.^[10]

September

3 September

• Commune ( Great Britain): The brig foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by an American vessel.^[11]

20 September

• Hermione ( French Navy): The Concorde-class frigate ran aground off Le Croisic, Loire-Atlantique and was wrecked.

October

12 October

• Imperieuse ( French Navy): The Minerve-class frigate was scuttled in the Gulf of Spezia. She was subsequently salvaged by the British, repaired and entered Royal Navy service as HMS Imperieuse.

20 October

• Palliser ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Great River, Jamaica during a hurricane.^[12]

Unknown date

• Capelin ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at St. Lucar, Spain.^[13]
• Commerce ( Great Britain): The schooner foundered in Montego Bay during a hurricane.^[12][14]
• Fanny ( Great Britain): The schooner foundered in Montego Bay during a hurricane.^[12][14]
• Jupiter' ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the privateer La Reunion ( France) and ordered in to Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime; However, she foundered before she reached port.^[15]
• Kirkham ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland.^[14]
• Lord Stanley ( Great Britain): The schooner foundered in Montego Bay during a hurricane.^[12][14]
• Mary-Ann ( Great Britain): The schooner foundered in Montego Bay, Jamaica during a hurricane.^[12][14]
• Mary Ann ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Montego Bay during a hurricane.^[12][14]
• Minerva ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off the north coast of Scotland.^[15]
• Polly ( Great Britain): The brig foundered in Montego Bay during a hurricane.^[12][14]
• Prince of Orange ( Great Britain): The brig foundered in Montego Bay during a hurricane.^[12][14]
• Prudence ( Great Britain): The sloop foundered in Montego Bay during a hurricane.^[12][14]
• Ranger ( Great Britain): The sloop foundered in Montego Bay during a hurricane.^[12][14]
• Wilhelmina ( Sweden): The ship was wrecked near the "Kole" whilst on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Norrköping. Her crew were rescued.^[15]

November

9 November

• Madona ( Great Britain): The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was wrecked. There were some survivors.^[16]

21 November

• Adventure ( Great Britain): The ship departed Saint Croix for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.^[17]

23 November

• Fanny ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Quebec, British North America to Cadiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued.^[18]

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• Amity ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.^[19]
• Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship foundered at Memel, East Prussia.^[20]
• Hayle Trader ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Glamorgan to Hayle, Cornwall.^[21]
• Liberty ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sardinia.^[19]
• London Packet ( Great Britain): The ship foundered at Oporto, Portugal.^[20]
• Maria ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire.^[13]
• Mary ( Great Britain): The ship sprang a leak. She put in to the Londonderry River, where she capsized.^[20]
• Selby ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off the coast of Norway whilst on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hull.^[19]
• Susannah ( Great Britain): The ship foundered at Kristiansand, Norway.^[19]
• Travellor ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Gotland whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to North Shields, Northumberland.^[19]
• Waterford Packet ( Ireland) The ship struck a rock at Trepassey, Newfoundland, British North America and foundered.^[19]

December

2 December

• Eliza ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Phillips Reef. Her crew were rescued.^[22]

10 December

• Thomas ( Great Britain) The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Madeira to Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.^[22]

18 December

• Iris ( French Navy): Siege of Toulon: The frigate was burnt at Toulon, Var.
• Le Triomphant ( French Navy): Siege of Toulon: The ship-of-the-line was burnt at Toulon.
• Montréal ( French Navy): Siege of Toulon: The Niger-class frigate was burnt at Toulon.

Unknown date

• Britannia ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Liverpool, Lancashire.^[14]
• Charlotte ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Legus Bar.^[14]
• Clarendon ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast with the loss of fourteen of her crew.^[14]
• Tricolore ( French Navy): Siege of Toulon: The Téméraire-class ship of the line was burnt at Toulon, Var.
• Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked near Aberdeen.^[14]
• Héros ( French Navy: Siege of Toulon: The ship-of-the-line was burn at Toulon by the Royal Navy.
• Mary-Ann ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast.^[14]
• Oporto ( Portugal): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Wicklow, Ireland whilst o a voyage from Oporto to Dublin, Ireland.^[23]
• Soli Deo Gloria ( Danzig): The ship was wrecked off Bornholm, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Danzig to London, Great Britain.^[23]
• Unity ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Padstow, Cornwall whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Teignmouth, Devon.^[14]
• Wilhelmina ( Prussia): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) off Köningsberg whilst on a voyage from London, Great Britain.^[14]

Unknown date

• Britannia ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Caribbean Sea off Saint Kitts during a hurricane.^[20]
• Christopher ( France): The ship struck an anchor and sank at Saint Croix, Virgin Islands.^[24]
• Commerce ( United States): The ship was wrecked on the Arabian coast at "Chancelly".^[25]
• Greyhound ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Spain to Virginia, United States.^[26]
• Harriot ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.^[23]
• Nancy ( United States): The ship was lost on the Banks of Curritock. Her crew were rescued.^[27]
• Polly ( United States): The sloop was driven ashore crewless at Beaufort, North Carolina before 16 July.^[28]
• Recovery ( Great Britain): The slave ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Tortola before 8 October.^[24]
• Two Brothers ( Ireland): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Waterford to Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Fortitude ( Great Britain)^[29]

References

Ship events in 1793
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Ship decommissionings:	1788	1789	1790	1791	1792	1793	1794	1795	1796	1797	1798
Shipwrecks:	1788	1789	1790	1791	1792	1793	1794	1795	1796	1797	1798