The list of shipwrecks in March 1820 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during March 1820.
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1 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Isabella and Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Killala, County Mayo with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rothesay, Bute to Killala. |
Thomas and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Hurst Castle, Hampshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
2 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Active | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Burnham Overy Staithe. |
Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Herne Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London. |
Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Herne Bay. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to London. |
Albertus Adrianus | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, to Alnwick, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. |
Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore crewless at Margate, Kent. |
Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
Blessing | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to London. |
Bocca Tigris | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Blankenberge, West Flanders. |
Boldon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. |
Bremezer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sheerness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Chatham, Kent. |
Celestine | France | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated on 17 March and taken in to Calais. |
Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Beaumaris, Anglesey. |
Cygnet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
Diadem | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bootle, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Virginia, United States. Diadem was refloated on 12 March. |
Dorothea | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the West Barrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |
Donnison | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Walton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Banff, Aberdeenshire, to London. |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Seaford, Sussex. |
Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lisbon, Portugal. |
Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. She was refloated on 27 March and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Whitstable, Kent. |
Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. |
Fisher | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Selby, Yorkshire. |
Fleece | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Spithead, Hampshire, to Sunderland. Fleece was refloated on 22 April and taken in to Calais. |
Flora | United Kingdom | The snow was wrecked on the Sunk Sand with the loss of four of her eleven crew. |
Four Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Reculver, Kent. She was on a voyage from Arundel, Sussex, to London. |
Free Briton | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore between Cap Gris Nez and Gravelines. Her nine crew survived. |
Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pakefield, Suffolk. |
Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. She was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk, to Bridlington. |
Friends | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Whitstable. |
Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. |
Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. |
Harvest Home | United Kingdom | The Humber Keel was driven ashore and wrecked at Sheerness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to London. |
Henry & William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland. |
Hercule | France | The brig was driven ashore near Calais. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rouen to London. Hercule was later refloated and taken in to Calais. |
Isis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. |
Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. Jane was refloated on 15 March and taken in to Margate. |
Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sizewell, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. |
Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Great Yarmouth. |
Jason | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Handfleet". She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Lincolnshire. |
Jeune Auguste | France | The dogger was driven ashore near Calais. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Jeune Auguste was refloated on 17 March and taken in to Calais. |
John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Handfleet". She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued by Diligence ( United Kingdom). |
John and Adeline | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. |
Jones | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent with the loss of all hands. |
Jubilee | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Handfleet, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to York. Jubilee was later refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex. |
Kincardine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of four of her crew. |
Korah | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Her crew were rescued. |
Latona | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth, to London. |
Laurel | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Grain Spit, in the Thames Estuary off the Isle of Grain, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Southwold. |
Liberty | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore between Cap Gris Nez and Gravelines. Her seven crew survived. Liberty was on a voyage from Southwold, Suffolk, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was later refloated and taken in to Calais. |
Lively | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Handfleet. She was on a voyage from Louth, Lincolnshire, to London. Lively was later refloated and taken in to Harwich. |
Lord Duncan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bridlington, Yorkshire. |
Mantura | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked between Cap Gris Nez and Gravelines. Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from SĂŁo Miguel Island to London. |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Handfleet". She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |
Mentor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from SĂŁo Miguel, Azores, Portugal to London. |
Mexico | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Calais. Her seventeen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to St. Ubes, Spain. Mexico was later refloated and taken in to Calais. |
Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London. |
Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
Mitten Hill | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to SĂŁo Miguel. |
Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. |
Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. |
Pandora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hunstanton, Norfolk. |
Perfect | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Aberdeen. |
Prince Cobourg | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore between Calais and Ostend. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gorleston. |
Ruby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Reculver. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to London. |
Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Herne Bay. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London. |
Sally | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull to Colchester, Essex. |
Themistocles | France | The brig was driven ashore near Calais. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Dunkerque. Themistocles was later refloated and taken in to Calais. |
Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Sunderland. She was later refloated and taken in to Calais. |
Three Brothers | Jamaica | The drogher was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Jamaica. |
Toms | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Sheerness and Minster. |
Union | France | The brig was driven ashore near Calais. Her nine crew survived. |
Union | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Spalding, Lincolnshire. |
Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Rye, Sussex, to Newcastle upon Tyne. Venus was refloated on 18 March and taken in to Dunkerque. |
Vigilant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to London. |
Vrede | Netherlands | The ship was driven onto the Kaloot Bank, in the North Sea off Vlissingen, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, to Dordrecht, South Holland. |
Wilhelmus and Jeanne | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Abergele, Caernarvonshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Liverpool. |
3 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to London. |
Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blankenberge, West Flanders, Netherlands. |
Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Great Ouse near King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
Alliance | United Kingdom | The ship sank at King's Lynn. |
Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Great Ouse at King's Lynn. |
Anna Gesina | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
Blessing | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Calais, France, and Ostend, Netherlands. |
Bloming | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Calais and Ostend. |
Cepheus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sandhale, between Grimsby and Trusthorpe, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. |
Collins | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Grimsby and Trusthorpe. |
Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hunstanton, Norfolk with the loss of a crew member. |
Deux Frères | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Seine-Inférieure. |
Dione | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Great Ouse at King's Lynn. |
Dove | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Stangate Creek, Kent. |
Economy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais. |
Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged between Calais and Gravelines, Nord, France with the loss of one of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lisbon, Portugal. |
Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandhale. |
Fleece | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Calais and Ostend. She was on a voyage from Spithead, Hampshire, to Sunderland. |
Fly | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore between Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais and Gravelines. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Sunderland. |
Four Brothers and Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Point Hourdel, Somme, France. She later put into the River Somme. |
Fox | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore between Grimsby and Trusthorpe. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Hull, Yorkshire. |
Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Norfolk coast. Her crew were rescued. |
Friends of Yarmouth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pakefield, Suffolk. |
Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hastings, Sussex. |
Friend's Increase | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Norfolk coast. Her crew were rescued. |
Garland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sandhale, between Grimsby and Trusthorpe. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 16 March and taken in to Grimsby. |
Henry and William | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland. She was refloated on 6 March. |
Hester | United Kingdom | The ship sank at King's Lynn. |
Isis | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged between Calais and Gravelines with the loss of two of her five crew. |
Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Grimsby and Trusthorpe with the loss of a crew member. |
Jane and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. Jane and Margaret was later refloated and taken in to Aberdovey, Merionethshire. |
Janet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Grimsby and Trusthorpe. |
John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Great Ouse at King's Lynn. She was later refloated and repaired. |
John | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Sutton Wash, Lincolnshire. |
John and Dorothy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. |
John and Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak and was beached at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire where she was subsequently wrecked. |
John Gifford | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Great Yarmouth. |
Latona | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth, to London. |
Lavinia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sandhale, between Grimsby and Trusthorpe. Her crew were rescued. |
Leeds | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Leeds, Yorkshire. |
Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais. |
London | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea. Six of her crew were rescued by James ( United Kingdom). |
Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Faversham, Kent. |
Lucy and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Norfolk coast. Her crew were rescued. |
Mantura | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Calais and Ostend. |
Marshland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Norfolk coast. Her crew were rescued. |
Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of all hands. |
Nancy | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Calais and Gravelines with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to SĂŁo Miguel Island Azores. |
Neptune | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated in late March and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
Nossa Senhora de Victoria | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore near Caen, Calvados, France. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Oporto. |
Olive Branch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Looe, Cornwall, to Arundel, Sussex. Olive Branch was later refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
Paix | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Calvet Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, to Dordrecht, South Holland. |
Queen Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Trusthorpe. She was on a voyage from Norfolk to Stockwith, Nottinghamshire. |
Redbreast | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea. |
Rosamund | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sandhale, between Grimsby and Trusthorpe. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and put into Hull. |
Ruby | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Reculver, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |
Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Brest Sand, in The Wash. |
Sally | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
Samuel Whitbread | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near King's Lynn with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, to London. |
Staines | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Terrington Marsh, Norfolk. |
Success | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand. |
Supply | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Norfolk coast. Her crew were rescued. |
Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Norfolk coast. Her crew were rescued. |
Thistle | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the North Sea off Sutton Wash. Her crew were rescued by John and Mary (both United Kingdom). |
Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Calais and Ostend. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Sunderland. Thomas was refloated on 17 March and taken in to Calais. |
Triton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Grimsby and Trusthorpe. |
True Briton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais. |
True Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Great Ouse at King's Lynn. |
Vigilance | France | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. |
Vode | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. Her seven crew were rescued |
Vrienden | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore between Grimsby and Trusthorpe with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, to Hull. |
Woodford | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft. |
Wren | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Great Ouse at King's Lynn. |
4 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Herne Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Poole, Dorset. |
Celebrity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Lynn, Norfolk with the loss of three lives. |
Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Alum Bay, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cork to Southampton, Hampshire. Commerce was later refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
Dove | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. |
Vrais Amis | France | The ship was lost off Ostend, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Marennes, Charente-Maritime to Ostend. |
5 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
Spring | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. |
Zephyr | Bremen | The ship ran aground off the Île de Batz, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Bremen. |
6 March
Ship | State | Description |
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"Quaker" | United States | The U. S. Navy chartered schooner sank in a gale, lost with all 41 hands. |
7 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Enigkeit | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsburg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
9 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Indian Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ubes, Spain. |
11 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Robert & Christian | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Campbeltown, Argyllshire and was abandoned. She subsequently came ashore on Isla Ross and was wrecked. Robert & Christian was on a voyage from Ulverston, Lancashire, to Oban, Argyllshire. |
12 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Blaydes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London. |
Ville de Caen | France | The ship was wrecked at Cape Barfleur, Manche. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Caen, Calvados. |
13 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Antoinet | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
14 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Amity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was later refloated. |
Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the English Channel off Newhaven, Sussex. |
Malvina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was later refloated. |
Star of North Shields | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was later refloated. |
William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was later refloated. |
15 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Integrity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
16 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Argus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anegada. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica and Cuba. |
Islington | United States | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All on board survived. |
18 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London. Albion was later refloated and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea. |
Ariel | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Persian Gulf with the loss of 79 lives. |
Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
Flora | United States | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (2°23′S 36°30′W / 2.383°S 36.500°W / -2.383; -36.500). Her crew were rescued by Eliza ( United Kingdom). Flora was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil, to "Margaretta". |
20 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Belle Isle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Columbine Rock, 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km) north east of Trinidad. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berbice to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
Mary | British Guiana | The ship was driven ashore at Vila Nova de PortimĂŁo, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madeira to a Portuguese port. |
24 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire, to Sheerness, Kent. |
25 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. |
Twee Gebroder | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland. She was on a voyage from a port in the Duchy of Holstein to Zaandam or Amsterdam, North Holland. |
26 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Brighton, Sussex, where she subsequently broke up. |
Lark | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rye, Sussex, to Chatham, Kent. |
27 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Burrow of Ballyteague, County Clare, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
Bayard | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Chale Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |
29 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Margaretha | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York, United States, to Hamburg. Anna Margaretha was later refloated. |
31 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Eclipse | United Kingdom | The ship departed from King's Lynn, Norfolk for Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Moreland | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Jamaica. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Agile | France | The ship struck rocks and was wrecked at Le Conquet, Finistère. |
Ariadne | Bremen | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked near Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Bremen. |
Berkeley Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St Albans Head, Dorset in early March. She was on a voyage from Aberthaw, Glamorgan, to London. Berkeley Castle was later refloated and taken in to Weymouth, Dorset. |
Cygnet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex on or before 17 March. |
Dorothy | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the West Burrows Sand, in the North Sea, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Brighton, Sussex on or before 16 March. |
Happy Return | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St Albans Head in early March. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. Happy Return was later refloated and taken in to Weymouth on 6 March. |
Harriet | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Yallah's Bay, Jamaica in early March. |
Hopewell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Shellness, Kent in early March. |
John & Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire in early March. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Llanelli, Glamorgan. John & Mary was refloated on 14 March and taken in to Fishguard. |
London | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Littlehampton, Sussex on or before 14 March. |
Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman Island. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Quebec, British North America. |
Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel between Beachy Head and Fairleigh, Sussex on or before 13 March. |
Nereid | France | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Garonne. |
Palmers | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at Madras, India between 28 and 31 March. Her crew were rescued. |
Phoenix | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. |
Princess Charlotte | United Kingdom | The smack was run down and sunk by Dundee ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Gunfleet Sand. |
Quatre SĹ“urs | France | The ship was wrecked at La Tremblade, Charente-Maritime with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Bordeaux. |
Recovery | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head on or before 8 March. |
Rinchania | Kingdom of Sardinia | The ship foundered off Sardinia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Sète, Hérault, France. |
Sea Nymph | United Kingdom | The brig was lost on the Long Sand, in the North Sea. |
Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. |
Success | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated and taken in to South Shields. |
Thomas and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
Victoria | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Jacobstadt to Lisbon, Portugal. Victoria was subsequently refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex. |
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