List of shipwrecks in 1799
The list of shipwrecks in 1799 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1799.
January
7 January
- HMS Apollo (
Royal Navy): The Artois-class frigate was wrecked on the Haak Sands, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by a Prussian hoy.[1]
11 January
- HMS Weazel ( Royal Navy): The brig-sloop was wrecked off Braunton, Devon with the loss of all but one of her 106 crew.[2][3]
12 January
- Patrick (
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Ireland): The ship was captured by the French whilst on a voyage from Dublin to Oporto, Portugal. She was set afire and sunk.[4]
20 January
- Princess Amelia (
Great Britain): The ship was captured by Spartiate (
France). She was set afire and sunk.[5]
Unknown date
- Fanny ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sweden whilst on a voyage from Memel, East Prussia to London. Her crew were rescued.[6]
- Hane ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands whilst on a voyage from Hambro' to New York, United States.[6]
February
1 February
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HMS Proserpine.
- HMS Proserpine ( Royal Navy): The Enterprise-class frigate was wrecked on Neuwerk, Hamburg with the loss of eighteen of the 187 people on board.
8 February
- HMS Nautilus ( Royal Navy): The sloop-of-war was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[7]
23 February
- Earl Fitzwillian (
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British East India Company): The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Sagar, India.[8]
Unknown date
- Beaver ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked near Cork, Ireland before 22 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to Hull, Yorkshire.[9][10]
- Dove ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was wrecked.[11]
- HMS Grampus ( Royal Navy): The 54-gun ship was lost in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent. Her crew were saved.[2]
- John ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Casquets, Channel Islands with the loss of all hands.[9]
- Kitty ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth and was wrecked.[11]
- HMS Musquito ( Royal Navy): The 6-gun schooner was captured off Cuba by two Spanish frigates.[2]
- Rose in June ( Ireland): The ship was wrecked off Youghal, County Cork with the loss of all but her captain. This was on 7 or 14 February. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to London, Great Britain.[10]
- Thetis ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[9]
- Three Brothers ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Tremore Bay whilst on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]
March
27 March
- Hope ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to London.[5]
31 March
- Betsey ( Great Britain): The sloop was run down and sunk by HMS Mars ( Royal Navy) in Cawsand Bay. Her six crew were rescued.[5]
Unknown date
- Alligator (
United States): The ship was driven ashore at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland before 6 March. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Cork.[10] - Amelia and Eleanor ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Waterford, Ireland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[5]
- Lydia ( United States): The ship was captured by the French. She was subsequently wrecked on The Olives rocks.[5]
- West Indian ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Antigua.[5]
April
5 April
- Catherine ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Firth of Forth off Inchcombe, Lothian whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hamburgh. All fourteen crew were lost.[12]
23 April
- Hired armed cutter Brave ( Royal Navy): The 12-gun cutter was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex by Eclipse ( Great Britain). Her crew were rescued.[2]
Unknown date
- Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea.[12]
- George and Mary ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea.[12]
- Hambro' Commerce (
Hamburg): The ship was wrecked on The Swin, in the Thames Estuary.[4] - Handelsluft ( Hamburg): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Batavian Republic whilst on a voyage from Smirna, Ottoman Empire to Hamburg.[4]
- Henrietta ( Great Britain): The ship struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and sank.[4]
- John ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea.[12]
- Lord Loughborough ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Haisboro' Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[4]
- Maria ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea.[12]
- Oromocto ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[4]
- Ranger ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea.[12]
- Swallow ( Great Britain): The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km) off Padstow, Cornwall whilst on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by London Packet ( Great Britain).[12]
- Vrouw Mesta (
Batavian Republic): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Holland whilst on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Emden, Lower Saxony.[4]
May
21 May
- Martha and Ann ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock Sands in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Emsworth, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued by Palladium ( Great Britain).[13]
22 May
- HMS Le Deux Amis ( Royal Navy): The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Unknown date
- Phoenix (
Russian America): The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Russian America around 21–23 May with the loss of at least three lives, including that of Joasaph Bolotov, Auxiliary Bishop of Kodiak. - Le Creseur (
French Navy): The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Toulon, Var. There were only 24 survivors.[14]
June
13 June
- Hoeffnang ( Batavian Republic): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. There were twenty survivors. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Malaga, Spain,[15]
July
Unknown date
- HMS Contest ( Royal Navy): The 14-gun gun-vessel foundered in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued.[2]
August
6 August
- Seaforth ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Barbuda.[16]
September
10 September
- Nymph ( Great Britain): The brig foundered with the loss of one of her sixteen crew. The survivors were rescued by HMS Penelope ( Royal Navy).[17]
22 September
- Concord ( Great Britain): The ship was lost in the English Channel off Abbotsbury, Dorset.[18]
- De Trende Sodikend (flag unknown): The ship was beached at Abbotsbury.[18]
- Rodney ( Great Britain): The ship was beached at Abbotsbury.[18]
26 September
- HMS Blanche ( Royal Navy): The Hermione-class frigate ran aground off Texel, Batavian Republic. She was declared a constructive total loss.
28 September
- Wilhelmina Catherina ( Hamburg): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cayenne, French Guiana.[19]
October
3 October
- Grange ( Great Britain): The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued by Sunflower ( Great Britain).[20]
9 October
HMS Lutine.
- HMS Lutine ( Royal Navy): The Magicienne-class frigate was wrecked off Vlieland, Friesland, Batavian Republic with the loss of about 240 lives. There was one survivor.
14 October
- HMS Nassau ( Royal Navy): The troopship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of 42 of her crew.[2]
17 October
- Frances ( Great Britain): The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[21]
18 October
- HMS Impregnable ( Royal Navy): The second rate ship-of-the-line was wrecked off Langstone, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued.[2]
31 October
- Capricieuse ( French Navy): The Capricieuse-class frigate ran aground at the mouth of the Blavet and was wrecked.
Unknown date
- Ann ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Humber whilst on a voyage from Hambro' to Lisbon, Portugal.[22]
- Ceres ( United States): The ship was wrecked on Anguna Island.[23]
- Conqueror ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Lisbon, Portugal.[16]
- Happy Chance ( Great Britain): The ship foundered.[16]
- Hope ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber.[22]
- Jonge Zeeluit ( Batavian Republic): The ship sank off Texel, North Holland whilst on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Den Helder.[16]
- Polly ( Ireland): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Coleraine, County Antrim whilst on a voyage from Belfast to the United States.[22]
November
5 November
- HMS Sceptre ( Royal Navy): The third rate ship-of-the-line was driven ashore at Cape Town, Cape Colony and was wrecked with the loss of about 350 lives. There were 42 survivors.
17 November
- HMS Espion ( Royal Navy): The 38-gun frigate was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. All on board were rescued.[2][15]
21 November
- Lovely Mary ( Great Britain): The ship departed Burin, Newfoundland, British North America for Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[24]
- Otter ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[25]
Unknown date
- Belfast ( Ireland): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Belfast, County Antrim.[26]
- Enside ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blackpool, County Cork, Ireland whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Newry, County Armagh, Ireland.[26]
- Fanny ( Ireland): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pwllheli, Cardiganshire whilst on a voyage from Martinico, West Indies to Liverpool.[26]
- Minerva ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland whilst on a voyage from Chester to Newry, County Down, Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[26]
- HMS Orestes ( Royal Navy): The brig-sloop foundered in the Indian Ocean on or about 5 November with the loss of all hands.
- Otter ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Cardigan whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to London. Her crew were rescued.[26]
December
2 December
- Flora ( Great Britain): The brig was wrecked on Butt of Lewis with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to Dublin, Ireland.[27]
10 December
- Alexander ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Livorno.[28]
- Friendship ( Great Britain): The ship was lost off Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Livorno.[28]
- Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily[28]
- Paragon ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Gibraltar whilst on a voyage from London to Gibraltar.[28]
- Rikhes (
Portugal): The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar and wrecked.[28] - Robert ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from London to Livorno.[28]
14 December
- Robina ( Great Britain): The ship was departed Leith, Lothian for the Orkney Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[29]
16 December
- Minerva ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar and wrecked.[28]
- Rachel ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar and wrecked.[28]
23 December
- Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 52°N 27°W / 52°N 27°W) whilst on a voyage from Tortola to London. Her crew were rescued by General Washington ( United States).[20][30]
26 December
- Collins ( Great Britain): The collier was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[31]
- HMS Ethalion ( Royal Navy): The Artois-class frigate ran aground off the Penmarks, Finistère, France and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by HMS Danae, HMS Sylph and the hired armed cutter Nimrod (all Royal Navy).
27 December
- Ajax ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham and wrecked with the loss of a crew member. She was on her maiden voyage.[32]
- Brothers ( Great Britain): The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Clyde.[33]
Unknown date
- HMS Amaranthe ( Royal Navy): The brig-sloop foundered in the Gulf of Florida.[34]
- HMS Fox ( Royal Navy)): The schooner foundered in the Gulf of Mexico.[34]
- Guernsey Lily (
United Kingdom): The transport ship struck the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and consequently foundered.[35] - Henrietta ( Great Britain): The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew in the Atlantic Ocean off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.[36]
- La Banal ( French Navy): The ship of the line was wrecked on the coast of Africa. Her crew were murdered by Bedouins.[37]
- Mondona Calamiota (
Ottoman Empire): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Constantinople to "Tagamock".[13] - Norfolk ( Great Britain): The ship struk the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and sank. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Bridport, Dorset.[15]
- Regulator (
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British North America): The ship was wrecked on Langley Island whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[16] - Richard ( United States): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to London, Great Britain.[38]
- Success ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Portugal. Her crew were rescued by HMS Brilliant Royal Navy.[36]
- Trident ( Great Britain) : The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Bermuda.[22]
References
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Monday, 14 January 1799. (4382), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Naval Journal". Portsmouth Telegraph or Mottley's Naval and Military Journal (13). 6 January 1800.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 27 April 1799. (4470), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Ship News" The Times (London). Thursday, 4 April 1799. (4450), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 16 January 1799. (4384), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Tuesday, 12 February 1799. (4407), col C, p. 4.
- ↑ "Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815)". Ocean Treasures. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Ship News" The Times (London). Monday, 4 March 1799. (4424), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Shipwreck List 18th Century". Cork Shipwrecks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Monday, 11 February 1799. (4406), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 10 April 1799. (4455), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 25 May 1799. (4492), col D, p. 2.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Thursday, 6 June 1799. (4502), col D, p. 2.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbott: David and Charles. pp. 65–66. ISBN 0 7153 7202 5.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 "Ship News" The Times (London). Thursday, 17 October 1799. (4615), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "(untitled)" The Times (London). Wednesday, 16 October 1799. (4614), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ↑ "LLOYD'S MARINE LIST - January 21.". Caledonian Mercury (12224). 22 January 1800.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Intelligence from Lloyd's List, JANUARY 17.". Aberdeen Journal (2716). 27 January 1800.
- ↑ "Halifax, May 25." The Times (London). Thursday, 26 June 1800. (4831), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 26 October 1799. (4623), col D, p. 2.
- ↑ "London - August 11.". Caledonian Mercury (12309). 14 August 1800.
- ↑ "LLOYD's MARINE LIST - April 1.". Caledonian Mercury (12253). 5 April 1800.
- ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 "Ship News" The Times (London). Thursday, 21 November 1799. (4645), col B, p. 4.
- ↑ "A Wreck.". Caledonian Mercury (12217). 9 January 1800.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.7 "Extract from a letter from Gibraltar dated Dec. 28.". Caledonian Mercury (12221). 18 January 1800.
- ↑ "Aberdeen". Aberdeen Journal (2718). 10 February 1800.
- ↑ "LLOYD'S MARINE LIST - January 18". Caledonian Mercury (12227). 1 February 1800.
- ↑ "Ship News". Hull Packet (661). 7 January 1800.
- ↑ "Shipwrecks". Caledonian Mercury (12216). 6 January 1800.
- ↑ "Edinburgh, February 10.". Aberdeen Journal (2719). 17 February 1800.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 "LLOYD'S MARINE LIST, February 25.". Caledonian Mercury (12239). 1 March 1800.
- ↑ "DIVING". The Morning Post (19246). 15 August 1832.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 "LLOYD'S MARINE LIST, January 14.". Caledonian Mercury (12221). 14 January 1800.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (1191). 28 February 1834.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 21 August 1799. (4567), col C, p. 2.
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