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List of shipwrecks in 1798

The list of shipwrecks in 1798 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during 1798.

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January

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5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1798
Ship State Description
Chéri   France War of the First Coalition: The privateer frigate was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by HMS Pomone (  Royal Navy). Pomone rescued her 220 crew.[1][2]

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1798
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Berezan   Imperial Russian Navy The cruiser ran aground and sank in Artillery Bay, off Sevastopol. Her crew were rescued.[3]

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Adriana   Great Britain The ship was lost near Stavanger, Norway. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[4]
Aid   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Leith, Lothian.[1]
Ann   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Torreshaw. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Lisbon, Portugal.[5]
Atkinson   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bridport, Dorset. Atkinson was later refloated.[6]
Castor   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Braen Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia, to Hull.[7]
Castor   Great Britain The ship collided with Minerva (  Great Britain) in The Downs and was beached at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London.[6]
Commerce   Great Britain The ship capsized in the Humber upstream of Hull with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Selby, Yorkshire.[8]
Diligent   Great Britain The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire, for São Miguel Island, Azores. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9]
Elizabeth & Mary   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to a Scottish port.[1]
Favourite   United States The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic.[10]
Fortitude   Ireland The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Belfast, County Antrim.[11]
Freede   Hamburg The ship was lost on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[7]
Friends Endeavour   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Falmouth, Cornwall.[6]
George   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Saltcoats, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]
Goodhope   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Beachy Head, Sussex.[1]
Hector   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Lune. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Lancaster, Lancashire.[12]
Henry   United States The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam.[7]
Paris   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[6]
Pritzler   Great Britain The whaler was lost near Beachy Head with the loss of her captain.[13]
Robert   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[7]
Sophia   Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by a French privateer and was subsequently lost near the Île d'Yeu, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira.[1]
Surprize   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Neath, Glamorgan.[6]
Three Friends   Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Coleraine, County Antrim, with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Londonderry, Ireland.[4]
Virginia and Philadelphia Packet   United States The ship departed from Jamaica for Norfolk, Virginia in mid-January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
Warsuch   Hamburg The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Hamburg to Copenhagen.[15]

February

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3 February

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List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1798
Ship State Description
Phœnix   Great Britain The ship was lost near Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[16]
HMS Raven   Royal Navy The Albatross-class sloop ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Elbe.[17]

17 February

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List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1798
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Enfant de la Patrie   French Navy The Etna-class corvette was wrecked on the coast of Norway.

25 February

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List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1798
Ship State Description
General Eliott   Great Britain Her crew abandoned the West Indiaman in the North Sea after she ran aground without loss of life on the Goodwin Sands during a voyage from Jamaica to London and was rescued by an unidentified vessel (  Denmark–Norway). Later the frigate HMS Astraea and ship of the line HMS Veteran (both   Royal Navy), salvaged General Elliot and towed her in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.[18][19][20]

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Ceres   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst bound for Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Commerce   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Edington.[22]
Dudden   Great Britain The ship was lost at Guernsey, Channel Isles. She was on a voyage from London to Guernsey.[23]
Ebenezer   Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Mountbatten, Plymouth, Devon.[24]
Favourite   Great Britain The ship was lost near Waterford, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Waterford.[25]
Favourite   Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Bergen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[26]
Fly   Great Britain The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork, Ireland to Liverpool.[22]
Gloman   Bremen The ship was wrecked on Föhr, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, Gironde, France to Bremen.[18]
Griffin   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Irvine, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Cork, Ireland.[22]
Hope   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to Liverpool.[25]
James   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Blakeney, Norfolk, to Plymouth.[27]
Maria Frederica   Bremen The ship was lost on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen.[18]
Mermaid   Great Britain The ship sank at Weymouth.[28]
Neptune   Great Britain The ship capsized in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex.[28]
Nile   Great Britain The ship was lost at Oporto, Portugal.[22]
Oporto Packet   Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by a French privateer and sunk. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, to São Miguel Island, Azores.[26]
Peace & Plenty   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Happisburg, Norfolk.[16]
St. Nicholo   Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was lost in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Dublin, Ireland or Liverpool.[16]
Venus   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Waterford.[25]
Vrow Engelina   Hanover The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Embden to London.[29]

March

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7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1798
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Arendal   Danish Asiatic Company The ship was destroyed by fire at Batavia, Dutch East Indies.[30]

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Alexander and Alexander   Batavian Republic The ship was lost in the Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London, Great Britain.[18]
Holderness   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Gibraltar.[31]
Iris   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth.[32]
Mary   Great Britain The ship collided with another vessel and foundered in the North Sea.[33]
Thames   Great Britain The ship was lost in Ballyshannon Bay, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Limerick, Ireland.[34]
Twee Gebroeders   Hanover The ship was driven ashore at Hemsby, Norfolk, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Embden to London.[35]

April

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4 April

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List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1798
Ship State Description
Blessed Endeavour   Great Britain The whaler was wrecked on Fair Isle with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian, to Greenland.[36]
HMS Pallas   Royal Navy The fifth rate frigate was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, with the loss of a crew member.[37][38]

5 April

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List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1798
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Princess Amelia   British East India Company The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at 14°01′N 74°19′E / 14.017°N 74.317°E / 14.017; 74.317 off Pigeon Island, India with the loss of about 40 lives.[39][40]

11 April

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List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1798
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Penryn   Great Britain The ship departed St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[41][42]

12 April

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List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Lively   Royal Navy War of the Second Coalition: The fifth rate frigate ran aground at Rota, Cadiz, Spain. She was fired on by shore based artillery and was abandoned and set afire by her crew. HMS Seahorse (  Royal Navy) rescued all but one of her crew.

20 April

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List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1798
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Woodcot   British East India Company War of the Second Coalition: The East Indiaman was captured off Tellicherry, India by Preneuse (  French Navy).[40] Early reports that she had been sunk were incorrect.

26 April

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List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1798
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Fanny   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Newfoundland, British America.[43]

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Aurora   Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at "Ekerhaven", Norway.[44]
Brothers   Ireland The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Galway to Londonderry. Her crew were rescued.[45]
Duchess of York   Great Britain The ship was wrecked off Portland Bill, Dorset with the loss of all hands.[37][38]
Jenny   Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk off Anholt, Denmark by a Prussian vessel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Copenhagen, Denmark.[46]
Mary   Great Britain The ship was lost at Memel, Prussia.[44]
Nancy   Great Britain The ship was lost in Mevagissey Bay. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Falmouth, Cornwall.[45]
Oporto Packet   Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered whilst on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[47][48]
Quatorze Juillet   France The Téméraire-class ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Lorient, Morbihan, before commissioning.

May

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11 May

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List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1798
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"Hope"   United States The schooner ran aground off Currituck, North Carolina while escorting/providing possible lifesaving service for the leaking Williamson. Was expected to be refloated.[49]
"Williamson"   United States The brig was wrecked on a reef off Currituck, North Carolina after springing a leak earlier. One crewmember, a boy, died.[50]

14 May

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List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1798
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"Harmony"   United States The schooner capsized and sank in a storm 9 days after leaving Surinam. 10 crewmen were lost, survivors rescued by "Betsy".[51]

23 May

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List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1798
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HMS Braak   Royal Navy The brig-sloop capsized in Delaware Bay with the loss of 48 lives.

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Cicero   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[52]
Eliza   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London.[43]
Success   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The brig was captured and burnt by two French privateers.[43]
Unknown   France Quasi War: Napoleonic Wars:The privateer was run ashore following a battle with an Anglo-American convoy in which 6 other privateers were captured, sometime in May.[53]

June

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23 June

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List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1798
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HMS Rover   Royal Navy The sloop-of-war was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British America. Her crew survived.

28 June

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List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1798
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Lion   Great Britain The East Indiaman was condemned at Delagoa Bay. Three whalers were hired to take her cargo back to England.[54]

30 June

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List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Pique   Royal Navy War of the Second Coalition, Action of 30 June 1798: The fifth rate frigate was scuttled by burning off Brest, Finistère, France, following damage sustained in a battle with the frigate Seine (  French Navy).

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Avon   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[55]
Dolphin   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark.[56]
Farmar   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gothenburg, Sweden.[57]
Harlequin   Jersey The privateer was wrecked near Brest, Finistère, France.[58]
Nancy   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London.[56]
Providence   Great Britain The ship was destroyed at Ross-on-Wye.[59]

July

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16 July

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List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1798
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Akhill   Imperial Russian Navy The ship capsized and sank in the Black Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew.[3]

18 July

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List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1798
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HMS Aigle   Royal Navy The frigate was wrecked on Plane Island, Cape Farina, Beylik of Tunis, Ottoman Empire.[60]

24 July

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List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1798
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HMS Resistance   Royal Navy The fifth-rate caught fire and exploded in Bangka Strait. 332 people died; 13 survivors made a raft but only 4 succeeded in reaching Sumatra where they were enslaved by pirates but rescued later in the year.[61]

26 July

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List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1798
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HMS Garland   Royal Navy The Enterprise-class frigate struck a rock and foundered in the Indian Ocean off Port Dauphiné, Madagascar. Her crew survived.


29 July

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List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1798
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Unanimity   South Carolina The revenue brig was run ashore following an exchange of fire with HMS Musquito (  Royal Navy) at Dewee's Inlet, South Carolina.[62]

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Boreas   Russia The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Pärnu to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain.[63]
Bristol Trader   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to St. Ives, Cornwall.[64]
Hope   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[56]
Tinley   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a Spanish Man-of-War on or about 8 July. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to London.[65]
Unity   Great Britain The ship foundered.[66]

August

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1 August

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List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1798
Ship State Description
Mercure   French Navy War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Séduisant-class ship of the line ran aground and was captured by HMS Alexander (  Royal Navy. She was set afire and burnt.
Orient   French Navy
 
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War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Océan-class ship of the line was set afire during the battle. She was destroyed by the explosion of her magazine with the loss of most of her crew.

Sérieuse   French Navy
 
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War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Magicienne-class frigate was sunk due to damage inflicted by HMS Orion (  Royal Navy).

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List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1798
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Artémise   French Navy War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Magicienne-class frigate was set afire and scuttled to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.
Guerrier   French Navy War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Magnifique-class ship of the line was captured by the Royal Navy. She was so severely damaged in the battle that she was set afire and destroyed.
Heureux   French Navy War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Centare-class ship of the line ship of the line was captured by the Royal Navy. She was so severely damaged in the battle that she was set afire and destroyed.
Timoléon   French Navy War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Téméraire-class ship of the line ship of the line ran aground during the battle. She was set afire and exploded.

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List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1798
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Canada   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship, a prize of the privateer Heureux (  France), was recaptured by HMS Indefatigable (  Royal Navy) and was run ashore and wrecked near Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Canada was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[67][68]

21 August

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List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1798
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Bee   Jersey The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, British America.[69]

25 August

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List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1798
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HMS Etrusco   Royal Navy The stores ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London.[70][71]
Nancy   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt off Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland by three French frigates. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[72]
Spooner   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six lives. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London.[71]

September

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7 September

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List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1798
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Dolly   Great Britain The ship capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States.[73]

11 September

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List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1798
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Charlotte   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Labrador, British America.[69]

12 September

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List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1798
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Alliance   Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship ran aground off "Korge-Sari" and was beached. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kotka to Hamina, Grand Duchy of Finland.[3]
Friendship   Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by Bacchus Her crew were rescued.[74]

20 September

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List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1798
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Esther   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Montrose.[70]

21 September

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List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1798
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Eliza   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the "Western Islands" to Saint-Domingue.[75]

23 September

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List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1798
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St. Nicholas   Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Northern Dvina with the loss of five lives.[3]

25 September

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Ann   Great Britain The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.[76]
Bernstorff   Denmark The ship, a prize, was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Duncan   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax. She was on a voyage from Halifax to London.[76]
Elizabeth   British America The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Freemason   United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Henrietta   United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Liberty   United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Little Mary   United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Matilda   British America The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Prince Edward   British America The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Sally   British America The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
William   United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]

27 September

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List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1798
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"Tryal"   United States Quasi War:The brig was sunk after entering Bayonne, France, mistaking it for Bilbao, Spain.[77]

28 September

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List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1798
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Fame   Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Banff, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[78]

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Albion   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[74]
Amity   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Gothenburg, Sweden.[74]
Ann   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[71]
Castor   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Cuckold's Point, Surrey. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada.[79]
Enterprize   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Hull to Saint Petersburg.[74]
Esther   Great Britain The ship was lost at Montrose, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Montrose.[71]
George   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Estonia whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[70]
Goede Hoop   Batavian Republic The ship was wrecked on Ameland with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Embden, Hanover.[70][71]
Hazard   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Holland.[80]
Integrity   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[74]
Kitty   Great Britain The ship was lost near the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[80]
Lark   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on "Smithr Steert". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bremen.[81]
Martin   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[81]
Polaskie   Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg.[81]
Racehorse   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[71]
Richard and Ann   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to London.[81]
Sea Gull   Great Britain The ship was wrecked off Plymouth, Devon.[79]
Sophia   Great Britain The ship eas driven ashore near Castletown, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Baltic port.[82]
Two Brothers   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Cork and Bristol, Gloucestershire.[71]
Two Sisters   Ireland The ship was wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Antrim on Sept 12,1798, Capt Jones.[83] She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Belfast, County Antrim.[84]

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4 October

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List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1798
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Royal Recovery   Ireland The ship was run down and sunk in the Sound of Isla. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Hamburg.[85]

7 October

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List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1798
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"Amphitrite"   United States The schooner was wrecked on the Isle of Avis in the Caribbean Sea while sailing from Grenada to Curaçao. She was stripped by privateer "Fleur de la Mer" (  France) on 21 October, rescuing/capturing most of her crew.[86]

11 October

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List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1798
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Fyodor Stratilat   Imperial Russian Navy The frigate sank at the mouth of the Danube with the loss of 269 of her 382 crew.[3]
Tsar Konstantin   Imperial Russian Navy The Tsar Konstantin-class ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Danube with the loss of 398 of her 417 crew.[3]

13 October

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List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1798
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HMS Jason   Royal Navy The Artois-class frigate struck a rock in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[87]

28 October

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List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1798
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Dolphin   Great Britain The ship departed from Bristol, Gloucestershire, for Dublin, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[88]

30 October

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List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1798
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Prints Gustaf   Imperial Russian Navy The battleship ran aground in the "Gulf of Ekvog". Her crew were rescued on 4 November by Izyaslav (  Imperial Russian Navy and she sank.[3]

31 October

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List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1798
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William and Mary   Great Britain The ship was wrecked in Tramore Bay.[89] She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[90]

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Active   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cork, Ireland.[91] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Martinico.[92]
Barbara   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark.[93]
Bess   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Martinico.[85]
Catharina Margaretta   Sweden The ship was lost on the Longsand. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, Great Britain.[87]
Charlotte   Great Britain The ship was lost at Memel, Prussia.[87]
Cicero   Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to North Carolina, United States.[94]
Cleopatra   Great Britain The ship was lost on the north coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Liverpool.[92]
Diana   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Cuckold's Point, Surrey. She was on a voyage from London to Boston.[73] She was later refloated.[76]
Dolly   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from London to Memel.[87]
Fame   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Liverpool.[92]
Fortitude   Great Britain The ship was lost in Riga Bay. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Lisbon, Portugal.[85]
Friends   Great Britain The ship was lost in the White Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hull.[90]
Happy Enterprize   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Baltic. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Wyburg".[92]
Hardman   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Baltic. She was on a voyage from Hull to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[87]
Hope   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Deal, Kent, to Sunderland, County Durham.[78]
Kingston   United States The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to New York.[78]
Mercurius   Hamburg The ship was lost on the Whitesand. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Hamburg.[87]
Peggy   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen.[93]
Shields   Great Britain The ship was severely damaged by fire at Chatham, Kent.[78]
St. Constantine   Russia The ship was driven ashore near Banff, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool.[78]
Tillstone   Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire off Bornholm. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool.[78]
Twee Bruders   Hamburg The ship was lost near Vlieland, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[85]
Tyger   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Pitcher's Point, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London[95]
Vigilante   France War of the Second Coalition: The privateer was captured and sunk in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, Great Britain by HMS Racoon (  Royal Navy).[94]
Vriendschap   Batavian Republic The ship struck an anchor and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam.[94]

November

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1 November

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Ship State Description
North Star   United States The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Carlisle (  Great Britain). North Star was on a voyage from Hamburg to Charleston, South Carolina.[69]

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Ship State Description
Athletic   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.[69]

3 November

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Ship State Description
HSwMS Dragon   Swedish Navy The sloop-of-war was wrecked in Bigbury Bay with the loss of six of her 106 crew.[96]

9 November

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Ship State Description
Doves   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[97]

20 November

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Ship State Description
launch and pinnace   United States Navy In a storm the pinnace belonging to USS Constitution drifted out to sea from Hampton Roads and was lost, and her launch sank at dock in Norfolk, Virginia. Launch brought up on the 22nd.[98]

22 November

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HMS Medusa   Royal Navy The fourth rate was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar.[99]

24 November

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List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1798
Ship State Description
Alert   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Black Rock, County Dublin, Ireland.[100]

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Abbey   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dublin, Ireland.[101]
Active   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dublin.[101]
Active   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Waterford. she was on a voyage from Dublin to Martinico.[102]
Alert   Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to Halifax, British America.[103]
American   United States The ship was wrecked on the coast of Wales. She was on a voyage from Saint Barthélemy to Stockholm, Sweden.[104]
Bee   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Cork before 17 November.[91]
Betsey   Great Britain The ship was lost at "Sibersness", on the Baltic coast.[101]
Boyd   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Cork.[102]
Britannia   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bamborough, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[105]
Castor   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Cork before 17 November.[91]
Christiana Maria   Denmark The ship was wrecked on Anholt.[89] She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to a Baltic port.[90]
Countess of Cardigan   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Stokes Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lisbon, Portugal.[106] She was later refloated.[90]
Eliza   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Martinico.[104]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was lost near Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Lisbon, Portugal.[101]
Four Friends   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The sloop was captured by the privateer Cameleon (  France) but was subsequently wrecked off Beachy Head, Sussex.[107]
Friends Goodwill   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Rye, Sussex, with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Sunderland, County Durham.[106]
Goodintent   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Goodintent   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Kingsbridge, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland.[101]
Hannah   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[101]
Hebe   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Revel Stone. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg.[72]
Henry   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[102]
Hero   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Islay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British America to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[104]
Hope   Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dartmouth, Devon.[108]
Isabella   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[106]
Jay   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of County Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from America to Liverpool.[105]
John & Betsey   Great Britain The ship ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off Dublin. She was later refloated.[69]
Kent   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Ireland. she was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Jamaica.[108]
Llandovery   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and capsized on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Liverpool.[104]
Louisa Augusta   Norway The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiania to London.[75]
Margaret   Great Britain The tender was lost near "Ballyconnel", Ireland.[75]
Martin   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London.[106]
Mary   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on "Derreary Point", Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[108]
Nancy   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon, Portugal.[106]
Phœbe   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull.[72]
Protecteur   Portugal The ship was destroyed by an explosion at Oporto.[104]
Providence   Great Britain The ship was lost near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Cork.[102]
Richmond   Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Jamaica.[101]
Robinson   Great Britain The ship ran aground on the North Bull.[69]
Rose   Great Britain The ship was wrecked in Bigbury Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Plymouth.[102]
Sarah   Great Britain The ship was lost near Newry. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[108]
Saratoga   United States The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[109]
Shortland   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Liverpool.[102]
Speculation   Ireland The ship was lost on Tory Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Sligo.[105]
Star   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[106]
Thomas and Ann   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Kingsbridge, Devon.[102]
Thomas and Sally   Great Britain The ship was lost near Newry, County Antrim. she was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newry.[102]
Three Sisters   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Littlehampton, Sussex.[107]

December

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List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Kingfisher   Royal Navy The sloop-of-war ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Tagus.

7 December

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List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1798
Ship State Description
Silver Eel   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Saltfleet, Lincolnshire whilst on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Deptford, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[110] Silver Eel was refloated in July 1799 and taken in to Hull, Yorkshire.[111]

8 December

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List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1798
Ship State Description
Augusta   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire.[112]

9 December

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Ship State Description
Henry Addington   British East India Company During a voyage from London to India and China, the East Indiaman was wrecked in heavy fog on the Bembridge Ledge on the Isle of Wight. She bilged the next day and was abandoned. Six members of her crew died while abandoning ship.[110][113][114][115]
unknown unknown probably   United States The coastal vessel was driven ashore on Portland Head, Maine and wrecked. Crew made it to shore safely.[116]

10 December

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List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Colossus   Royal Navy The third rate ship-of-the-line was driven ashore on Samson, Isles of Scilly and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member.

11 December

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List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1798
Ship State Description
Thames   Great Britain The West Indiaman was wrecked at Portsmouth, Hampshire, or Selsea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada.[110][113]

12 December

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Ship State Description
Mary & Betsey   Great Britain The sloop was abandoned by her crew and subsequently wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.[117]

14 December

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List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Coquille   Royal Navy The Coquille-class frigate caught fire, exploded and sank at Plymouth, Devon, with the loss of thirteen of her crew and two civilians.[117]
Endeavour   Great Britain The brig was destroyed by fire following the loss of HMS Coquille (  Royal Navy). Her crew were rescued.[117]
Thetis   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off County Wicklow, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Ireland.[99]

20 December

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Ship State Description
Amelia   Great Britain The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina, for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[109]

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Ship State Description
Admiral Stromfeldt   Sweden The ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London, Great Britain.[118]
Ann   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Hornsea, Yorkshire.[117]
Betsey   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the White Rocks.[112]
Carl Frederick   Dantzig The ship was wrecked in the Shetland Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Dantzig.[118]
Centurion   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington, Yorkshire.[117]
Charlotte   Ireland The ship was lost off Cork before 28 December. There was one survivor. She was on a voyage from London to Chester, Cheshire.[91][112]
Courteney   Great Britain The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for the West Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[119]
Dart   Great Britain The ship lost near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[114]
Dispatch   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Kinsale County Cork, Ireland before 6 December. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon, to Cork.[91]
Edwards   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Holderness coast, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Bridlington.[120]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[121]
Enterprize   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. she was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool.[122]
Fairy   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon.[99]
Faith   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Five of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[117]
Fredericksburg   Danish Asiatic Company The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Diamond Sand. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Copenhagen.[113]
Friends Goodwill   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[112]
Friendship   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Invincible Buonaparte (  France). She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Falmouth, Cornwall.[123]
Gute Erwarting   Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Hamburg.[105]
Harriot   Great Britain The ship was lost near Newry, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Londonderry, Ireland.[112]
Hero   Great Britain The ship was lost at Gibraltar.[112]
James   Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Memel.[113]
John & Martha   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon.[99]
Jong Christian flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Herne Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dénia, Spain to Llondon.[112]
Jonge Fredericks flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Great Britain.[122]
Juffrow Johanna flag unknown The ship was lost near Lowestoft, Suffolk.[123]
Konningmine Louisa Van Prussia   Hanover The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Embden to Liverpool.[99]
Lucretia   Great Britain The ship was lost at Islay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to America.[117]
Mariam   Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from the West Indies to London. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth (  Great Britain).[124][125]
Mercury   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off The Rosses, County Donegal, Ireland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Bahamas to London.[118]
Morgenstern   Dantzig The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig.[113]
Nova Aurora   Portugal The ship foundered off Oporto whilst on a voyage from Oporto to Rio de Janeiro, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.[110]
Ocean   Great Britain The ship was lost near Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Liverpool.[122]
Peace and Plenty   Great Britain The ship was lost near Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Saltcoats, Ayrshire.[112]
Phillippina   Denmark The ship foundered off Cleve, Norway with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Croix to Copenhagen.[110]
Providence   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Holderness coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[113]
Providence   Great Britain The ship was lost near Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Milford, Pembrokeshire to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[122]
Recovery   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Bristol.[112]
St. Andrew   Great Britain The ship was lost near Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Dort, Batavian Republic.[122]
Success   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Milton.[121]
Superb   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[118]
Tarleton   Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Cape Palmas, Pepper Coast.[124]
Teutonia   Hamburg The ship was wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon.[114]
Thomas   Great Britain The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Teignmouth, Devon.[114]
Two Friends   Great Britain The ship foundered off Lisbon whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to London with the loss of four of her crew.[110]
Three Sisters   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Bridport, Dorset, to Sunderland, County Durham.[117]
Unity   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Norderney, Hanover. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[113]
unknown   France War of the Second Coalition:The privateer was sunk by HMS Amphitrite, probably in early December.[126]
Young Christian   Great Britain The ship was lost at Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[112]

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Active   United States The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to New Orleans, Louisiana, New Spain.[127]
Adventure   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Africa with the loss of all hands.[128]
Africa   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by Décade (  French Navy). She was on a voyage from Madeira to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British America.[129]
Amphion   United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lady Harriot (  Great Britain). Amphion was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg.[130]
Anthony Mangia   United States The ship was lost near Cape Charles, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Baltimore, Maryland.[45]
Ark   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Biddiford, Devon to Newfoundland, British America.[42]
Aurora   United States The ship was lost on "Monasquan Beach". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[56]
Aurora   Great Britain The troopship was driven ashore and wrecked at Old Harbour, Jamaica.[131]
Betsey   Great Britain The stores ship was destroyed by fire at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[132]
Betsey   Great Britain The whaler was wrecked on South Georgia.[133]
Betsey   Great Britain The ship was lost near Saint Pierre. She was on a voyage from Gaspeé, Lower Canada, British America to Portugal.[130]
Betty   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the French. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin, Ireland and Antigua.[95]
Bonetta   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[128] Her crew were rescued by a whaler.[82]
Britannia   Great Britain The ship was wrecked in New Brunswick, British America. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Brothers   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Tusker Rock. Her ten crew were rescued.[134]
Carleton   Great Britain The ship was lost near Jack's Bay. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British America, to Jamaica.[135]
Ceres   Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Agincourt (  Royal Navy). Ceres was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.[73]
Chance   Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Leith, Lothian.[93]
Commerce   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Nantucket Shoals.[79]
Cornelia   United States The ship was lost at Jérémie, Saint-Domingue. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Charleston, South Carolina.[64]
Delight   Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[121]
Dispatch   Ireland The ship was wrecked on the Jersey Shore, United States. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[121]
Edward   Great Britain The whaler was lost on South Georgia.[133]
Eliza   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition The ship exploded and sank whilst engaging privateers off Barbadoes. There were six to eight survivors. Eliza was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.[136]
Elizabeth   United States The ship was wrecked on a reef. She was on a voyage from New York to Grenada.[127]
Flora   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Florida Keys whilst on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Havana, Cuba.[38]
Friends   Great Britain The ship was lost at "Princess Harbour", Africa.[79]
Friends   Great Britain The ship foundered in the White Sea whilst on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London with the loss of all but two of her crew.[89]
General Keppel   Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the United States to the West Indies.[101]
Harmony   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland.[42]
Herald   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mercury (  Great Britain). Herald was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.[67]
Inclination   United States The ship was lost at Hog Island, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland.[137]
Industry   Great Britain The ship was lost at Jérémie. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to London.[138]
Industry   United States The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Virginia.[66]
Jemmy   United States The ship was lost near New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica.[139]
Jenny   United States The ship was wrecked on the Marinella Keys. She was on a voyage from Havana to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[140]
John   Tobago The schooner foundered whilst on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London.[70][80]
Joseph & Francis   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer Ferret (  France). She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Newfoundland.[94]
Jupiter   Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Sugar Key Reefs, off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana.[141]
Kitty   Great Britain The ship was lost with the loss of 24 of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[142]
Lady Hammond   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Virginia.[131]
Liberty   Great Britain The whaler was lost off the coast of California ca. late 1798.[143]
Lion   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Nantucket Shoals. She was on a voyage from London to St. Ubes, Portugal and Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[23]
Lively   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Quebec City.[38]
Lovely Lass   Great Britain The ship foundered off Cape Lopez, Africa.[58]
Mable   Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Colloradoes, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States.[38]
Mary   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk. She was on a voyage from Carolina, United States to Antigua.[84]
New Jersey   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Delaware River. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[144]
Omoa   Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Bahamas. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Parr   Great Britain African slave trade: The slave ship was destroyed by an explosion off the coast of Africa. Twenty-nine crew and about 200 slaves were rescued.[79]
Patty   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the "Island of Hai". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Virginia.[145]
Princess Augusta   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer frigate Boulonnaise (  France). She was on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to London.[80]
Príncipe Real   Portugal The ship was lost in the Bay of Lancois Pequenos, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Pará, Brazil.[105]
Ranger   Great Britain The ship was lost at Port Antonio, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[93]
Rodney   Great Britain The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Boston to Tobago.[142]
Sally   Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French and taken in to Puerto Rico. She was later burnt.[47] Sally was on a voyage from Tortola to Saint-Domingue and Jamaica.[48]
Saucy George   United States The ship exploded and sank off Fort Jackson with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Martinico.[94]
Sophia   United States The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to New York.[146]
Spooner   Tobago The schooner foundered.[70]
Star   Great Britain The schooner was lost at Barbadoes on "31 June".[79]
Tarantube   Great Britain The ship was wrecked west of Martinico.[147][148]
Trial   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Antigua.[149]
Triton   Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Newfoundland.[69]
Triton   Great Britain The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bristol.[150]
Turner   Great Britain The ship was lost at Port Antonio. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[93]
unknown   Spain Quasi War:The 12-ton schooner was burned by a mob at Savannah, Georgia sometime before 22 September. She had operated previously as a French privateer.[151]
Vengeur   France The ship, a prize of Pilgrim (  Great Britain), was lost at Goree, Africa.[57]
York   Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Halifax to Martinico.[152]

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