List of shipwrecks in 1798
The list of shipwrecks in 1798 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1798.
February
Unknown date
- Ceres (
Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst bound for Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[1]
April
3 April
- HMS Pallas (
Royal Navy): The fifth rate frigate was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon with the loss of a crew member.[2]
5 April
- Princess Amelia (
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British East India Company): The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Pigeon Island, India.[3]
11 April
- Penryn ( Great Britain): The ship departed St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]
12 April
- HMS Lively ( Royal Navy): The fifth rate frigate ran aground at Rota, Cadiz, Spain. She was fired on by shore based artillery and was abandoned and set afire by her crew. HMS Seahorse rescued all but one of her crew.
Unknown date
- Duchess of York ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland Bill, Dorset with the loss of all hands.[2]
- Oporto ( Great Britain): The ship sprang a leak and foundered whilst on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[5]
- Quatorze Juillet (
French Navy): Battle of the Nile: The Téméraire-class ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Lorient, Morbihan.
May
23 May
- HMS Braak ( Royal Navy): The brig-sloop capsized in Delaware Bay with the loss of 48 lives.
June
23 June
- HMS Rover ( Royal Navy): The sloop-of-war was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew survived.
29 June
- HMS Pique ( Royal Navy): The fifth rate frigate was scuttled off Brest, Finistère, France following damage sustained in a battle with Seine ( French Navy).
July
18 July
- HMS Aigle ( Royal Navy): The frigate was wrecked on Plane Island, Cape Farina, Beylik of Tunis.[6]
26 July
- HMS Sibyl ( Royal Navy): The Enterprise-class frigate) struck a rock and foundered in the Indian Ocean off Port Dauphiné, Madagascar. Her crew survived.
August
1 August
- Mercure ( French Navy): Battle of the Nile: The Séduisant-class ship of the line ran aground and was captured by HMS Alexander ( Royal Navy. She was set afire and burnt.
Orient.
- Orient ( French Navy): Battle of the Nile: The Océan-class ship of the line was set afire during the battle. She was destroyed by the explosion of her magazine with the loss of most of her crew.
2 August
- Artémise ( French Navy): Battle of the Nile: The Magicienne-class frigate was set afire and scuttled to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.
- Timoléon ( French Navy): Battle of the Nile: The Téméraire-class ship of the line ran aground. She was set afire by her crew and was destroyed.
- Guerrier ( French Navy): Battle of the Nile: The Magnifique-class ship of the line was captured by the Royal Navy. She was so severely damaged in the battle that she was set afire and destroyed.
- Heureux ( French Navy): Battle of the Nile: The Centaure-class ship of the line was captured by the Royal Navy. She was so severely damaged in the battle that she was set afire and destroyed.
- Timoléon ( French Navy): Battle of the Nile: The Téméraire-class ship of the line ran aground during the battle. She was set afire and exploded.
Unknown date
- L'Etrusce (
Great Britain): The armed stores ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London. Her crew were rescued.[7]
September
20 September
- Esther ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to Montrose.[7]
Unknown date
- George ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Estonia whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to London.[7]
- Goede Hoop (
Batavian Republic): The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland whilst on a voyage from London to Embden, Lower Saxony.[7]
October
13 October
- HMS Jason ( Royal Navy): The Artois-class frigate struck a rock in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France and foundered.
31 October
- William and Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in Tramore Bay.[8]
Unknown date
- Active ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cork, Ireland before 19 October.[9]
November
3 November
- HSwMS Dragon (
Swedish Navy): The sloop-of-war was wrecked in Bigbury Bay with the loss of six of her 106 crew.[10]
24 November
- Alert ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Black Rock, County Dublin, Ireland.[11]
Unknown date
- Bee (
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Ireland): The ship was driven ashore at Cork before 17 November.[9] - Castor ( Ireland): The ship was driven ashore at Cork before 17 November.[9]
- Christiana Maria (
Denmark): The ship was wrecked on Anholt.[8] - Eliza ( Ireland): The ship was driven ashore at Cork before 17 November.[9]
December
10 December
- HMS Colossus ( Royal Navy): The third rate ship-of-the-line was driven ashore on Samson, Isles of Scilly and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member.
11 December
- Henry Addington ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman was wrecked at Bembridge, Isle of Wight.[12]
- Thames ( Great Britain): The West Indiaman was wrecked at Portsmouth, Hampshire.[12]
15 December
- HMS Coquille ( Royal Navy): The Coquille-class frigate caught fire, exploded and sank at Plymouth, Devon with the loss of thirteen of her crew and two civilians.[13]
- Endeavour ( Great Britain): The brig was destroyed by fire following the loss of HMS Coquille ( Royal Navy). Her crew were rescued.[13]
Unknown date
- Charlotte ( Ireland): The ship was lost off Cork before 29 December. There was one survivor.[9]
- Dispatch ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore near Kinsale County Cork, Ireland before 6 December. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Cork.[9]
- Matlam ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from the West Indies to London. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth ( Great Britain).[14]
- Nova Aurora (
Portugal: The ship foundered off Oporto whilst on a voyage from Oporto to Rio de Janeiro, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.[12] - Phillippina ( Denmark): The ship foundered off Cleve, Norway with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Croix to Copenhagen.[12]
- Silver Eel ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked aton the Saltfleet, Lincolnshire whilst on a voyage from Riga, Latvia to Deptford, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[12]
- Tarleton ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Cape Palmas, Pepper Coast.[14]
- Two Friends ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Lisbon, Portugal whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to London with the loss of four of her crew.[12]
Unknown date
- Adventure ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa with the loss of all hands.[15]
- Ark ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland, British North America.[4]
- Bonetta ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa with the loss of all hands.[15]
- Britannia ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[4]
- Brothers ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Tusker Rock. Her ten crew were rescued.[16]
- Flora ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Florida Keys whilst on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Havana, Cuba.[2]
- Friends ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the White Sea whilst on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London with the loss of all but two of her crew.[8]
- Harmony ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Newfoundland.[4]
- John ( Tobago): The schooner foundered.[7]
- Lively ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Quebec.[2]
- Mable ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Collorades whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States.[2]
- Sally ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French and taken in to Puerto Rico. She was later burnt.[5]
- Spooner ( Tobago): The schooner foundered.[7]
- Tarantuhe ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked west of Martinico, West Indies.[17]
References
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Friday, 16 February 1798. (4121), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 7 April 1798. (4164), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815)". Ocean Treasures. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 14 July 1798. (4230), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 18 April 1798. (4173), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ Lettens, Jan. "HMS Aigle (+1798)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Ship News" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 September 1798. (4287), col D, p. 2.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 14 November 1798. (4332), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "Shipwreck List 18th Century". Cork Shipwrecks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Tuesday, 6 November 1798. (4325), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "Ireland" The Times (London). Thursday, 29 November 1798. (4345), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 "Ship News" The Times (London). Friday, 14 December 1798. (4357), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Tuesday, 18 December 1798. (4360), col C-D, p. 3.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 16 January 1799. (4384), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 1 September 1798. (4271), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 9 May 1798. (4191), col D, p. 3.
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