List of shipwrecks in 1797
The list of shipwrecks in 1797 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1797.
HMS Amazon (left) and Droits de l'Homme (right)
January
14 January
- HMS Amazon (
Royal Navy): Action of 13 January 1797: The frigate ran aground at Audierne, Finistère, France and was wrecked with the loss of six of her crew. - Droits de l'Homme (
French Navy): Action of 13 January 1797: The Temeraire-class ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked at Plozévet, Finisterre with the loss of between 250 and 390 lives.
Unknown date
- Albion (
Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly whilst on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[1] - Betsey (
Great Britain): The ship was sunk by cannon fire from a privateer whilst on a voyage from Bristol to Faro, Portugal.[1] - Calypso ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French frigate, set afire and sunk. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London.[2]
- Charlestown (
United States): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Maryland to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic. Her crew were rescued.[2] - Dorothea Catherina ( United States): The ship was wrecked on Heligoland whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Bremen.[1]
- Draper ( Great Britain): The ship was captured and sunk by the French. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Dublin, Ireland.[2]
- Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Spain to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[2]
- Fame ( United States): The ship was wrecked on the coast of "Holland". She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic.[2]
- Juno ( Great Britain): The transport ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.[1]
- Maria Christina (
Stettin): The galiot was driven ashore at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland in late January. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain.[3] - Nancy ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Celtic Sea off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[4]
- Sovereign ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland whilst on a voyage from Quebec to London. Her crew were rescued by Hebe ( United States).[1]
- Speedy Packet ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyager from Jersey, Channel Islands to Southampton, Hampshire.[4]
- Surveillante ( French Navy: Expédition d'Irlande: The Iphigénie-class frigate was scuttled in Bantry Bay.
- Thetis ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham whilst on a voyage from Memel, East Prussia to London.[4]
- William ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore on the Irish coast and was plundered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to London.[1]
- Wye ( Great Britain): The brig was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Chepstow, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon.[1]
February
1 February
- Ocean (
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British East India Company): The East Indiaman ran aground on a reef off Kalatea (7°09′S 121°00′E / 7.150°S 121.000°E. She was scuttled on 5 August with the loss of two of her crew.
7 February
- Sydney Cove (
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New South Wales). The ship was beached on Preservation Island, Van Diemen's Land. All on board survived.
25 February
- Wyndham ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Watchet, Somerset.[5]
March
Unknown date
- Commerce ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick, Ireland.[6]
- London Packet ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Dublin Bay whilst on a voyage from Newry, County Down, Ireland to London.[6]
- Queen of Naples ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Youghal Bay before 10 March. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lisbon, Portugal.[3][6]
- William Henry ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Long Island, County Cork, Ireland.[6]
April
Unknown date
- HMS Albion ( Royal Navy: The Albion-class ship of the line ran aground in the Thames Estuary. She broke her back two days later and was a total loss.
- Cremorne ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Sound of Beaumaris.[7]
- Happy Return ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at St. Agnes, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall.[7]
- Winskabet ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel, Morocco whilst on a voyage from a Cornish port to Venice. Her crew were rescued.[7]
June
Unknown dae
- HMS Pandora ( Royal Navy: The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.
August
10 August
- Martha ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman was lost in the Bengal River, India.[8]
31 August
- Peggy ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to a British port.[9]
Unknown date
- HMS Artois ( Royal Navy: The frigate struck a rock off the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[10]
September
1 September
- Chasseur (
France): The privateer was sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norway by HMS Brilliant ( Royal Navy).[9] - L'Intrepid ( France): The privateer was sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norway by HMS Brilliant ( Royal Navy).[9]
6 September
- Betsey ( United States: The sloop was wrecked in the Currituck Inlet.[11]
Unknown date
- Carl Pieter (
Sweden): The ship was driven ashore at Eastbourne, East Sussex, Great Britain whilst on a voyage from Stockholm to Waterford, Ireland.[9] - Lethe ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.[12]
- Triumph ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Newton, Gloucestershire whilst on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[9]
October
15 October
- Delft (
United Netherlands Navy): The fourth rate ship-of-the-line foundered 0.5 nautical miles (930 m) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain,[13] following damage sustained in the Battle of Camperdown.
Unknown date
- Monnikendam ( United Netherlands Navy): The frigate was beached at Westkapelle, Zeeland and was wrecked.[14]
November
3 November
- North Carolina ( United States): The ship was wrecked on "Albicoa Island", West Indies with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal to Washington.[15]
10 November
- Princess Amelia ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America Her crew were rescued.[16]
16 November
- HMS Tribune ( Royal Navy: The fifth rate frigate ran aground off Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of over 240 lives. There were twelve survivors.
December
17 December
- Marquis of Worcester ( Great Britain): The West Indiaman was wrecked on Chesil Beach, Dorset with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[17]
Unknown date
- Bartholomew ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Seaford, East Sussex with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18]
- Cadiz ( Great Britain): The brig was driven ashore in Stokes Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Lisbon, Portugal.[18]
- Egremont ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[18]
- HMS Hamadryad ( Royal Navy): The fifth rate frigate was wrecked on the Barbary Coast.[19][20]
- Happy ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18]
- Success ( Batavian Republic): The brig was driven ashore in Stokes Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal.[18]
Unknown date
- Britannia ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from the West Indies to a British port.[21]
- Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to the Teignmouth, Devon.[18]
- General Marian ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa whilst on a voyage to the West Indies.[18]
- Hall Packet ( Great Britain): The ship foundered before 12 December. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, United States to an English port.[22]
- Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Saint Croix, Virgin Islands before 2 June.[23]
- Roebuck ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French off the coast of Africa and subsequently sank.[6]
- Sisters ( 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 St Ives, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan.[5]
- Stag ( Great Britain): The ship capsized at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[18]
- Three Friends ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked off Charleston, South Carolina, United States whilst on a voyage from Charleston to London.[6]
- York ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Jamaica whilst on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 11 January 1797. (3790), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Ship News" The Times (London). Friday, 13 January 1797. (3792), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Shipwreck List 18th Century". Cork Shipwrecks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 4 January 1797. (3784), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 "Ship News" The Times (London). Monday, 13 March 1797. (3841), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 12 April 1797. (3867), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815)". Ocean Treasures. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 4 October 1797. (4015), col D, p. 2.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Saturday, 2 August 1797. (3871), col C, p. 2.
- ↑ "SHIPS LOST 1526 TO 1825". OBX History. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Friday, 20 October 1797. (4019), col D,
- ↑ "LONDON, October 19." The Times (London). Thursday, 2 October 1797. (4018), col B, p. 2.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 2 November 1797. (4030), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ "NEW ORK, December 15.". Pennsylvania Gazette. 20 December 1797.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 7 April 1798. (4164), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 20 December 1797. (4071), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Friday, 2 March 1798. (4133), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "Hamadryad". P Benyon. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Friday, 22 September 1797. (4005), col D, p. 2.
- ↑ "LLOYD's LIST, December 12.". Caledonian Mercury. 16 December 1797.
- ↑ 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 3 January 2015.
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| Ship commissionings: | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 | 1797 | 1798 | 1799 | 1800 | 1801 | 1802 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 | 1797 | 1798 | 1799 | 1800 | 1801 | 1802 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1792 | 1793 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 | 1797 | 1798 | 1799 | 1800 | 1801 | 1802 |