List of shipwrecks in 1789

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The List of shipwrecks in 1789 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1789.


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January[edit]

1 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1789
Ship State Description
Zee Nymph Bremen The ship was wrecked off Boulogne, France with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Bremen.[1]

6 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1789
Ship State Description
La Patrie  France The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue to Nantz. Her crew were rescued.[2]

8 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1789
Ship State Description
Friends  Great Britain The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Plymouth.[3]

13 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1789
Ship State Description
Friends Endeavour  Great Britain The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Causand, Cornwall.[4]

17 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1789
Ship State Description
La Cornelia  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Wyborg" to Seville, Spain.[5]

18 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1789
Ship State Description
Nancy  Great Britain The whaler was driven ashore 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km) south east of Bassa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas.[6]

24 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1789
Ship State Description
Princess Royal  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool.[7]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Biscayneer  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Barnstaple and Dartmouth, Devon.[4]
Christian & Peggy  Great Britain The ship was lost at Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Oporto.[5]
Collins  Great Britain The ship sank near "Church Hole".[4]
Colonel Fullerton  Great Britain The ship foundered off St. Lucar, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[8] She was on a voyage from Newfoundland] to Cádiz, Spain.[9]
Daniel Stettin The ship was sunk by ice in the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bourdeaux[10]
Concord  Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Helvoet, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[4]
Douglas  Ireland The ship was lost at Waterford with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Greenock.[11]
Duc de Chartres  France The ship was sunk by ice in the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bourdeaux.[7]
Emaculada Conception  France The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dieppe. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[3]
Favourite  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hull, Yorkshire.[4]
Florentina  Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Memel.[4]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Cresswell, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Franceto Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Friends was later refloated.[11]
Henrietta  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France . She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Havre de Grâce, France.[12]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was lost in Dundalk Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Dublin.[11]
Joyce  Great Britain The ship was lost at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz to Dartmouth.[13]
Lancaster  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Lambay and Neath, Glamorgan.[4]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[4] Mary had been refloated by 14 January.[2]
London Packet  Great Britain The ship was lost near Coquet Island, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Perthshire.[11]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Cádiz.[4]
Mary and Eliza  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near St. Lucar.[8] She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British America to St. Lucar.[9]
Nelly  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. Nelly was later refloated.[4][7]
New Jersey  United States The ship was lost near St. Ubes, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to New York.[13]
Nottington  Great Britain The ship struck rocks in the Isles of Scilly and was severely damaged with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[3]
Province  France The ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Havre de Grâce.[2]
Salisbury  Great Britain The ship was lost near the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[3]
Sophia Fredrica Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near St. Lucar. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Seville, Spain.[9]
Snowden Hill  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Bristol Channel off Saint Tudwal's Islands. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Gibraltar.[3]
Swift  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to Pool, Dorset.[4]
Syren  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[7]
Vrow Martha Hamburg The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 70 leagues (210 nautical miles (390 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth and Ann ( Great Britain). Vrow Martha was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Hamburg.[3]
William  Great Britain The ship was lost on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Saint-Malo, France.[4]
William  Great Britain The ship was lost at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Bristol.[4]
William  Great Britain The ship was lost near Aberavon, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Bristol.[11]

February[edit]

4 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1789
Ship State Description
Juba  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[14]

24 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1789
Ship State Description
London  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly with the loss of fifteen of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.[15]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Alexander  Great Britain The ship was lost off São Miguel Island, Azores.[16]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland.[17]
Christiana Septimus Denmark Danish Asiatic Company The East Indiaman was lost off Anholt. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the West Indies.[17]
Diligent  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Studwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Trapani, Sicily to Pool, Dorset.[18]
Expéditif  France The ship was lost on a voyage from L'Orient to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[16]
Flora  Great Britain The ship was abandoned off Marstrand, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg and Marstrand.[16]
Henry  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent.[16]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was lost near Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Rouen, France to Liverpool, Lancashire.[18]
La Diane  France The ship was lost at Guernsey, Channel Islands with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dieppe to Guernsey.[10]
London  Great Britain The ship was lost at Ostend.[18]
Margaret  Great Britain The ship was lost at Madeira.[18]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland.[19]
Minerva  France The ship ran aground on the Wicklow Banks, in the Irish Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Bourdeaux.[14]
Nancy  Ireland The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[20]
Olive Branch  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin.[14]
Rainbow  Great Britain The ship was lost at Madeira. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the West Indies.[18]
Royal Tar  Great Britain The ship was lost near Trepani, Sicily. she was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Newfoundland, British America.[21]
Union  France The ship was lost near Brest, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Boulogne.[16]
William  Great Britain The ship was lost at Madeira.[18]

March[edit]

3 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1789
Ship State Description
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on St Martin's, Isles of Scilly.[22]

7 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1789
Ship State Description
Hercules  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Esther ( Great Britain). Hercules was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.[23]

22 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1789
Ship State Description
Anna  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was driven on to the Stanislav Spit, in the Dnieper, by ice and capsized.[24]
Esperants  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was driven onto the Stanislav Spit by ice and capsized.[24]
Fedot Muchenik  Imperial Russian Navy The frigate was driven on to the Sarkyat Shoal, in the Dnieper, by ice. She was refloated on 4 April and taken in to Kherson. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[24]
Nasha Ledi Turleni  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was capsized by ice in the Dnieper.[24]

28 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1789
Ship State Description
Alexander  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Charleston, South Carolina and New York, United States.[25]
Chance  Great Britain A tornado at Dixcove, Africa pushed the schooner on her side. Her crew survived.[26] Twenty-two of the 33 slaves onboard did not.

30 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1789
Ship State Description
Vryheid  Dutch Republic The ship was run down and sank in the English Channel 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) off Beachy Head, Sussex, Great Britain by Lascelles ( British East India Company). Nine crew (of 11) survived. Vryheid was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Amsterdam.[27]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Adventure  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near South Shields, County Durham with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.[21][28]
Ann  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Vigo, Spain and Dartmouth, Devon.[29]
Batchelor  Great Britain The ship was lost off Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Sligo, Ireland to Liverpool.[30]
Betsey  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore in Wood-Bridge-Bay. Dominica.[31]
Charles  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Liverpool.[32]
Elizabeth  Dutch Republic The ship was lost near Fayal, Azores. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Amsterdam.[33]
Expedition  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to San Sebastián, Spain.[32]
Johanna Sophia  Sweden The ship was lost near Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Guernsey, Channel Islands and Gothenburg.[33]
John and Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland to Dartmouth.[34]
Lydia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Ireland to Lancaster, Lancashire.[29]
Mary  Ireland The ship was wrecked in Croisic Bay. She was on a voyage from Cork to Nantz, France.[33]
Modesty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim, Ireland to Chester, Cheshire.[32]
North Britton  Great Britain The ship struck rocks in the Isles of Scilly and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to London.[21]
Resolution  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Cádiz, Spain.[15]
Sally  Ireland The ship was lost near Brest, France. She was on a voyage from Cork to Nantz.[33]
Sarah  Ireland The ship was lost at the mouth of the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bourdeaux.[27]
St. George  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada.[15]
Ste Françoise  France The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from La Rochelle to Boulogne.[30]
St Joseph y Animas  Spain The ship was lost near San Sebastián with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Bristol.[35]
Vrise Boor  Great Britain The ship was wrecked off Majorca, Spain. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Ancona, Papal States.[36]
Vrow Gessina  Dutch Republic The ship was lost near Fayal. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Amsterdam.[33]

April[edit]

11 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1789
Ship State Description
John  Great Britain The ship was lost at Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to London.[37]

24 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1789
Ship State Description
Four Sisters  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Elsinore, Denmark.[38]
Humber  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Elsinore. She was refloated.[38]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Elsinore.[38] She was refloated on 26 April.[39]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore behind the "Kohl of Toreko", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stettin.[38] She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[39]

30 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1789
Ship State Description
Duke of Richmond  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to a Baltic port.[40] Her crew were rescued.[39]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Charlotte  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Memlmore", Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[38]
Echo  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at La Tremblade, France. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bourdeaux, France. She was later refloated.[41][42]
Godfrey  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Kinmare River. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland.[41]
Jane  Great Britain The light collier was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Nass Point, Glamorgan.[41]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Thames Estuary 16 nautical miles (30 km) downstream of Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.[43]
North Britol  Great Britain The ship struck a sunken rock in the Isles of Scilly and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Wales to London.[44]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to London.[41]
Rainbow  Denmark The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira, Portugal.[45]
Vine  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Lübeck.[43] She was later refloated and taken in to Boulogne.[37]

May[edit]

26 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 May1789
Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at "Uld Nun". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Guinea.[46]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Batavier  Dutch Republic The ship was sunk by ice near Elsinore, Denmark.[36]
Dorothy  Great Britain The ship was wrecked by ice near the Kohl of Toreko, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Karlskrona, Sweden.[36]
Endeavour  Great Britain The ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn, Norfolk.[47]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was sunk by ice off Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Air to Memel, Prussia.[36]
Sommer Stettin The ship foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall, Great Britain with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Stettin.[42]

June[edit]

17 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1789
Ship State Description
Friendship  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Cádiz, Spain.[48]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Alexander  Denmark The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[49]
Carrolus Stettin The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Stettin.[25]
Drie Gebroeders  Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked near Ostend with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Dunkerque, France.[50]
Frère Jean Jacques Ore  France The ship was wrecked on the Île d'Oléron. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bourdeaux.[51]
Helespont  Prussia The ship was lost near Dantzick. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to the Strait of Gibraltar.[50]
Little William  Great Britain The ship was lost at L'Orient, France with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Nantz, France.[52]
Vreyheid  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore at "Zexhar". She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[53]

July[edit]

4 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1789
Ship State Description
Shah Byram Gore Kingdom of Great Britain India The ship was wrecked at Bombay.[54]

11 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1789
Ship State Description
Prince of Piedmont Kingdom of Sardinia The ship caught fire, exploded and sank at Ostend, Dutch Republic with the loss of two lives. She was carrying a cargo of Saltpetre.[55]

28 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1789
Ship State Description
Delfin  Imperial Russian Navy The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[24]

29 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1789
Ship State Description
Bombay British East India Company The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at Bombay.[56]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[57]
Jonge Everts  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire, Great Britain to Amsterdam.[53]
Minerva  Great Britain The ship was drovem ashore at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Dunkerque, France.[57] Minerva was refloated on 3 August.[58]
Orford  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stettin.[59]
Solo Dade  Portugal The ship was lost at Viana do Castelo. She was on a voyage from Viana do Castelo to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[60]

August[edit]

8 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1789
Ship State Description
Johannes  Sweden The ship was driven ashore near "Tiswelde", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Fredrikshall to Aalborg, Denmark.[61][62]
St. Blas  Spain The ship was driven ashore near Helsingborg, Sweden. she was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Málaga. St. Blas was later refloated.[61][62]

24 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1789
Ship State Description
Vansittart British East India Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Bangka, Dutch East Indies, where she was burnt by the Malays. Vansittart was on a voyage from London to China.[63][64]
William and Thomas  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Currituck Sound. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar and Maryland, United States.[65]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  Great Britain The sloop foundered.[66]
Endeavour  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Bridport, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sidmouth, Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[67]
John  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.[68]
John and Margaret  Great Britain The ship was lost on North Sand Head with the loss of her captain.[61]
Snap Dragon  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea between Bornholm, Denmark and Falsterbo, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[68]

September[edit]

8 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1789
Ship State Description
Northern Eagle  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Swedish War: The battleship ran aground in the Baresund. Her crew were rescued. She had become a wreck by 13 September.[24]

9 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1789
Ship State Description
Nostra Señora Del Rosario  Spain The ship was driven ashore in Cádiz Bay.[69]
Port Packet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Cádiz Bay. She was later refloated.[69]
Sacra Familia  Spain The ship was driven ashore in Cádiz Bay.[69]

13 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1789
Ship State Description
Oka  Imperial Russian Navy The galley was wrecked on "Pukionsari".[24]
Veselaya  Imperial Russian Navy The galley was wrecked on "Pukionsari".[24]

18 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1789
Ship State Description
Russell  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Bornholm, Denmark.[70]

19 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1789
Ship State Description
Lowther  Great Britain The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Jamaica.[71]

24 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1789
Ship State Description
William  Great Britain The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (35°04′N 66°00′W / 35.067°N 66.000°W / 35.067; -66.000). Her crew were rescued by Robinson ( Ireland). William was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to North Carolina, United States.[72]

29 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1789
Ship State Description
Bombay India The grab was destroyed by fire at Bombay.[73]
Enterprize  Great Britain The ship was abandoned off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British America. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.[71]

30 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1789
Ship State Description
Enterprise  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Sable Bank whilst on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.[74]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from London to Seville, Spain.[75] She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[65]
Benjamin  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked.[76]
Concordia Hamburg The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from Nantz, France to Hamburg.[75][77]
Espoir  France The ship was driven ashore in the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bourdeaux.[78]
Fly  Great Britain The ship sank in the New Passage with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Ulverston, Lancashire to Newnham, Gloucestershire.[79]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Lydd, Kent and was wrecked with the loss of seven of her crew.[77] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[75]
John  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Marseille, France.[75]
Lancaster  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Kronstadt, Russia.[77] She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lancaster, Lancashire.[75]
Liebling  Sweden The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain whilst on a voyage from Stockholm to Nantz, France.[75][77]
Mary Ann  Great Britain The ship was lost off The Rosses, County Donegal, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galway.[46]
Nereus  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Thames Estuary downstream of Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[48]
Pellican  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[78]
Sisters  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Gothenburg, Sweden.[77] She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg.[75]
Young William  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[75]

October[edit]

1 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1789
Ship State Description
Susannah  Great Britain The ship foundered in Ayr Bay with the loss of all hands.[70]

8 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1789
Ship State Description
Hector  Ireland The ship was lost at Cobh, County Cork.[80] She was on a voyage from Cobh to Antigua.[69]

12 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1789
Ship State Description
Darling  Great Britain The brigantine foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of two of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by a herring boat. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to London.[81]
Enterprize  Great Britain The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for Southampton, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[82]
Verow Tenderlens  Dutch Republic The galiot-hoy was driven ashore at Rottingdean, Sussex, Great Britain whilst on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine Maritime, France to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Her crew were rescued.[81]

13 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1789
Ship State Description
Count de Jumilhae  France The ship foundered off Cádiz, Spain.[83]

15 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1789
Ship State Description
Rodislav  Imperial Russian Navy The battleship ran aground at Naissaar. Her crew were rescued. She sank on 24 October.[24]

20 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1789
Ship State Description
Vysheslav  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Swedish War: The battleship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rodshkher. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt. Her crew were rescued by merchant ships on 23 October and she was set afire to prevent capture by the Swedes[24]

30 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1789
Ship State Description
Active  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Lynn, Norfolk.[84][85]
Beg-Brook or Log-Book  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[84][85]
Borrowdale  Great Britain The full-rigged ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of all but one of her crew.[84][85]
Catherine  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Great Yarmouth.[84]
Catherine and Maria  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Lynn.[84][85]
Constant Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Dispatch  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and scuttled at King's Lynn. She was later refloated and taken in to King's Lynn.[86]
Dixon  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn.[85]
Flora  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of two of her crew.[84][85]
Fortune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[84][85]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Friendship  Great Britain Captain Garland's ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn.[84][85]
Friendship  Great Britain Captain Waldon's ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn.[85]
Georges  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[84]
Hannibal  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[84]
Isis  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[84][85]
James  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
James & George  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
James and Margaret  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[84]
Jane & Sarah  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
John  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth whilst on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to North Shields, County Durham.[84][85]
John & Catherine  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[87]
Joseph and Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[84][85]
Lark  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Laurel  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Margaret  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Walmer Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from Campvere, Dutch Republic to Maryland, United States.[86] Margaret was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent for repairs.[88]
Maria  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[85] Maria was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[87]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the coast of Norfolk. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[84][86][89]
Mediator  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn.[85]
Neptune  Great Britain Captain Breame's ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Neptune  Great Britain Captain Taylor's ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Lynn, or foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn.[84][85]
New Moon  Great Britain The ship struck the pier and sank at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Nantz, France to Stettin.[85][86]
Nightingale  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of six of her crew.[84][85]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Perseverance  Great Britain The ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn.[84][86]
Pomona  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Delaware River.[54]
Preston  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Prior  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[87]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Roberts Adventure  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Samuel  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85] She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[89]
Samuel & Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Samuel and Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth off Great Yarmouth.[84]
Sudis  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Teasdale  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Trusty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Turnrell  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[84][85]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]
Van  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[87]
Westmoreland  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth.[84][85]
William & James  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[85][87]
Windsor  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[85]

31 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1789
Ship State Description
Felicity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent.[85]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Active  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[90]
Alteration  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire off Texel, Dutch Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Bourdeaux, France.[91]
Caroline  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Cape Mount, Africa.[92]
Castle  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Kioge, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[90]
Darling Pigg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[93]
Diana  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[88]
Experiment  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen, France.[91]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Algiers.[94]
Hamburg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Man whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Her crew were rescued.[70]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Castrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[90]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued.[95]
Joanna Maria Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rouen.[90]
Jufrow Gezina  Dutch Republic The ship departed from Königsberg, Prussia for Amsterdam. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[96]
Marechal de Mailly  France The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from Cette to Saint Petersburg.[95]
Maria Dorothea Stettin The ship was driven ashore at Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin.[90]
Minerva  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man and was wrecked.[70] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Georgia, United States.[69]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey.[95]
Norwich  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Libava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia to a Dutch port.[91]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gefle, Sweden.[70]

November[edit]

7 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1789
Ship State Description
Countess of Galloway  Great Britain The ship was lost near Guernsey, Channel Islands.[97]

12 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1789
Ship State Description
Dundee  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dundee, Perthshire.[98]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Texel, Dutch Republic.[99] She was later refloated.[100]
Aurora  France The ship was lost off Barmouth, Caernarfonshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Havre de Grâce.[88]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, Dutch Republic.[99]
Bon Harmonie  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[88]
Christina Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near Ostend.[100]
Dublin  Ireland The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain.[89]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Barnstaple, Devon.[97]
Hanibal  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[101]
Harpooner  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cherbourg, France.[102]
Humber  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dragør Reef.[102]
Indian Chief  Great Britain The ship capsized in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[103]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Cardigan Bay with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[99]
June  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[87]
Levant  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool.[89] She was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[87]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in St. Ives Bay. She was on a voyage from Tingmouth, Devon to Liverpool.[97]
Louisa  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, Ireland to Liverpool.[88]
Lowther  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to an Irish port.[87]
Madona del Rosario e St. Giovanni Battista Republic of Venice The ship was destroyed by fire in the Corfu Channel. She was on a voyage from Salonica to Trieste.[83]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex.[102] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dunkerque, France.[101]
Nymph  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barnegat, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to New York, United States.[104]
Septimo  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at St. Lucar, Spain.[101]
Staphorst  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Texel.[99]
Vreede & Endraght  Dutch Republic The ship lost at Bilboa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Amsterdam.[99]

December[edit]

5 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1789
Ship State Description
John  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Philadelphia.[104][105]

15 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1789
Ship State Description
Anna Maria Kingdom of Great Britain Isle of Man The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Elizabeth Fair  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Fair Helen  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Fair Helen of Rutland  Great Britain The brig was driven onto rocks near Turnberry, Ayrshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[107]
Hopewell  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr.[106]
Mary  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Turnberry with the loss of all hands.[107]
Mary Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Nelson  Great Britain The brig was driven onto rocks near Turnberry and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[106][107]
Neptune  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Turnberry with the loss of all hands.[107]
Peggy  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Sincerity  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Turnberry with the loss of five of her crew.[106][107]
Sully  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued.[106]

21 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1789
Ship State Description
Sarah  Great Britain The ship foundered off Møn, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Lisbon, Portugal.[108]

24 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1789
Ship State Description
HMS Guardian Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Guardian.

The Roebuck-class ship was in collision with an iceberg in the Southern Ocean (44°S 41°E / 44°S 41°E / -44; 41) and was severely damaged. Two hundred and fifty-nine of the 321 people on board abandoned ship. HMS Guardian was taken in to Saldanha Bay, where she would be wrecked on 12 April 1790.

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Ben  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Jamaica.[54]
Bien Aime  France The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Dunkerque.[109]
British King  Great Britain The ship sank at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Seville, Spain.[110]
Broad Oak  Great Britain The ship was lost on Beggars Patch, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[71]
Carmen Victoria  Portugal The ship was driven ashore at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lisbon.[82]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Havre de Grâce, France.[71]
Fame  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Liverpool.[54]
Fly  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Martyrs whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Africa.[74]
Fortuna Stettin The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic to Stettin.[109]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashorne near Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[110]
George  Great Britain The ship capsized in the River Suir, Ireland.[111]
Good-Intent  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.[54]
Hero  Great Britain The ship capsized at North Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to North Shields and Grenada.[98]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at "Lazaire", France. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Nantz, France.[82]
Jemima  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dieppe, France, and was damaged. She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. Jemima was on a voyage from Barcelona to Calais, France.[110]
Kerelaw  Great Britain The ship foundered off Corunna, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Marseille, France.[98]
Lady Edgcombe  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Tingmouth, Devon.[109]
Leverpool  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Plymouth.[109]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost on Beggars Patch. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, Ireland to Chester, Cheshire.[71]
Minerva Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey The ship was lost at the mouth of the Ebro. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Guernsey.[54]
Nancy & Jean  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Liverpool.[54]
Prince Charles  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Cádiz, Spain.[109]
Releif  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to London.[54]
Ringende Jacob Stettin The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[109]
Russel  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cape Wrath, Caithness with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Dublin, Ireland.[98]
Sally  Great Britain The ship was lost off Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Liverpool.[111]
St. Antonio  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from India to Lisbon.[98]
Sunderland  Great Britain The ship foundered in The Deeps, off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[71]
Vrow Martha  Dutch Republic The ship capsized in the English Channel off Guernsey, Channel Islands.[111]
Welcome  Great Britain The ship was lost near Dantzick. Her crew were rescued.[82]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1789
Ship State Description
Admiral Suffrein Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman was lost on the Hynam Coast with the loss of a passenger. She was on a voyage from China to Amsterdam.[31]
Adventure  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Jupiter ( Great Britain). Adventure was on a voyage from Maryland, United States to London.[94]
Ansdel  Great Britain The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland.[112]
Betty  Great Britain The whaler was lost off the coat of Greenland.[113]
Bonne Mère  France The ship was lost on Watlant Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue to France.[114]
Charlotte  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Cape Charles, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Virginia.[115] She was later refloated and taken in to Alexandria, Virginia, United States.[26]
Drietal Handelaars Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked in False Bay. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam.[116]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Presumed to have subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London.[117]
Endeavour  Great Britain The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland.[113]
Fanny  Great Britain The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Gambia to Dominica.[115]
Favourite Lass  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Barbadoes.[104]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[65]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.[97]
Grampus  Great Britain The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland.[113]
Hazard  Great Britain The ship was lost off Cape Florida, New Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[98]
Hero  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Africa.[118]
Indian Dutch East India Company The ship was lost in the Bengal River. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Madras, India.[54]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was lost before 14 April. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, British America. Her crew were rescued.[91]
Jane and Dianna  Great Britain The ship was lost near the Virginia Capes, United States. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Spain.[119]
John  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mary ( Great Britain). John was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Spain.[110]
Jonge  Dutch Republic The ship caught fire and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[120]
Kitty & Alice  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Virginia.[121]
Le La Touche  France The ship was driven ashore on the "Bank of Macaw". She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bourdeaux.[61]
Lucania  Great Britain The ship was lost at Manilla, Philippines.[122]
Mary and Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Plum Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts.[110]
Minerva  Ireland The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland.[112]
Molly  France The ship was driven ashore near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Virginia.[123]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Saint John, Virgin Islands before 26 May.[124]
Philippa  Great Britain The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland.[112]
Sally  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off New York, United States.[54]
St Joseph  Great Britain The ship was lost at Newfoundland.[125]
Snap Dragon  Great Britain The ship foundered off Trettenburg whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her crew were rescued by a ship from Bremen.[120]
Sv. Pavel  Russian Empire During a voyage from Okhotsk in the Russian Empire to Kenai Bay (now Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Russian Alaska, the vessel was wrecked in the Bering Sea near the Pribilof Islands without loss of life or cargo.[126]
Triumvirate  Great Britain The ship sank at St George's Quay, British Honduras.[27]
Wilkes  Great Britain The ship was lost near the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[78]
William  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to North Carolina.[127]

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