List of shipwrecks in 1808

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The list of shipwrecks in 1808 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1808.

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January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
BarrettCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Falmouth, Jamaica. [1]
BriskCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Africa. [2]
JennyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop collided with a brig off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and was abandoned by her crew. She was then driven ashore. Jenny was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to London. [3]
LeightonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Skye. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [4]
LucenaFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Lisbon, Portugal. [5]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
MarlboroughCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbados. [6]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
MarsCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Savannah, Georgia, United States, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [7]
MelanthoCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Falsterbo, Sweden, and Møn, Denmark. [8]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
SpyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Hannah (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) rescued the crew. Spy was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [9]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
HenriettaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship ran aground in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, United Kingdom. [10]
MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk. [11] She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to London. [12]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
AmericaFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Saltee Islands, County Donegal, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [13]
ChoiceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Haiti. [4]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
CrawfordFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Amsterdam, Holland. [4]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
RobertCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Glenstokan Rocks, off Colvend, Kirkcudbrightshire, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [14]
Robert BollonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico ( 27°10′N87°00′W / 27.167°N 87.000°W / 27.167; -87.000 ). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Savannah, Georgia, United States. [2]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Broadhaven Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Galway. [15]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
SuccessCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. [16]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
Agincourt Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was later refloated. [4]
AlexanderFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [4]
AngesGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore at Cowes. She was later refloated. [4]
ArgoCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. [17]
BeaufoyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The victualling hoy sank at Dover, Kent. [18]
BetseyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to London. [19]
BetseyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in The Downs with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [4]
BlanchlandCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Norfolk coast between Wells-next-the-Sea and Cromer with the loss of nine of her crew. [20]
CalliopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The West Indiaman was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She later refloated but was driven ashore and wrecked at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. [16]
FloraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Lovell (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) in The Downs and sank Lovell was abandoned by her crew. [4]
FloraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hornsea, Yorkshire. [4]
FloraFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark The sloop, a prize, was abandoned in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Dover to London. She came ashore on the French coast. [4] [21]
FountainCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brigantine sank at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, with the loss of a crew member. [22]
FrederickCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate. [4]
HopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. [23]
HopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Walmer, Kent. [4]
IndustryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cowes. [4]
Jenny and PhoebeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate. [4]
JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Sheephaven Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galway. [24]
LevantCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run into by a collier and was abandoned by her crew. She consequently foundered in the English Channel off the east Kent coast. [4]
MaidaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. [4]
Mary and AnnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Margate. She was on a voyage from Surinam to London. [4]
Nordstern Flag of Bremen.svg Bremen The ship was wrecked on Heligoland. [9]
Northumberland PacketCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. [4]
NottinghamCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated but consequently foundered. [4] Nottingham was on a voyage from Deptford, Kent, to Portsmouth. [25]
SallyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hornsea. [4]
SusannahCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Whitby. [4]
Thomas and MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Exeter, Devon. [4]
UnionFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate. [4]
VenusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. [23] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Gibraltar. [25]
Vervandering Flag of Bremen.svg Bremen The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. [9]
William and HenryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. [4] She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope. [25] William and Henry was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate. [26]
William and JamesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [4]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
Lord Keith Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The same storm that wrecked HMS Sparkler drove His Majesty's hired armed cutter Lord Keith into Cuxhaven where the French captured her entire crew. [27]
OhioFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was wrecked at Cape Florida, East Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York. [2]
HMS Sparkler Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The gun-brig was wrecked on Terschelling, Holland with the loss of 17 of her 53 crew. [28] [29]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
LevantCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the French coast. She was refloated on 26 January and taken in to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme. [30]
OrpheusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east south east of Coquet Island, Northumberland, with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Eliza (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). Orpheus was on a voyage from Dram, Norway, to Leith, Lothian. [17]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). Jane was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Grenada. [31]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
Mary AnneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork, to Dublin. [32]
Catherine GreenCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale to Dublin. [32]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
Hope Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dominica The brig ran aground at Caernarfon. Her crew were rescued. She was destroyed in a storm on 28 January. Hope was on a voyage from Dominica to Liverpool, Lancashire. [33]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Carrier Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The cutter ran aground off Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was abandoned by her crew, who tried to set her afire without success. They were rescued and became prisoners of the French. HMS Carrier was subsequently taken into French service as the privateer Anacreon.

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Waterford. [20] [34]
OthelloFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was wrecked near Bideford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [20] [34]
SummerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Gothenburg, Sweden, with the loss of all but three of her crew. [30] She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port. [35]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
Little GeorgeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Long Island, New York, United States. [36]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
Canopus Flag of Bremen.svg Bremen The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Gothenburg, Sweden. [20] Canopus was refloated on 1 February. [37]
GraceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef north east of Nevis. She was on a voyage from London to Nevis. [38]
Mary and SallyFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was wrecked at Westport, County Mayo, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [30]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1808
ShipStateDescription
Abby & SallyFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at the Cape of Good Hope. She was refloated on 2 February. [39]
HMS Leda Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Leda-class frigate was wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Ariel Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The sloop-of-war ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was severely damaged. She was refloated and put into Harwich, Essex, on 30 January. [40]
BelfastCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Sligo. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Dublin. [41]
BetseyFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at North Meols, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her 24 crew were rescued. [20] [33] She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [40]
BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in The Wash off Boston, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. [42]
CarlFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg. [30] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to a Baltic port. [35]
CourierCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Dartmouth, Devon. [4]
HMS Delight Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy War of the Fourth Coalition: The Seagull-class brig-sloop ran aground off Reggio Calabria, Kingdom of Sicily, where she came under fire from French shore-based artillery. She was burnt to prevent her capture.
Divina ProvidentiaFlag of Portugal (1750).svg  Portugal The ship was driven ashore near Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to London. [43]
EdwinCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. [15] She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Boston, Lincolnshire. [24]
ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. [44]
EndeavourGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. [45]
ExcellCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. [42]
EndeavourCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Highlands. She was on a voyage from Messina, Kingdom of Sicily, to Liverpool. [26]
FannyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Carmarthen Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [3]
FloraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship, as cartel, was lost in Carmarthen Bay. [44]
FloraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Leith, Lothian. [17]
HMS Flora Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The fifth-rate was wrecked on the Dutch coast. [46]
Friends DelightCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sank at Pill, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol. [15]
GabrielCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was sunk in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland, by the privateer Eglé (Flag of France.svg  France). [44]
GeorgeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom A boat from the ship was discovered off the Isles of Scilly by HMS Plover (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy). [17]
GlobeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Islay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Galway. [47]
Good IntentCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in a gale. [30]
Goodrich Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Poole, Dorset. [4]
Grove HillCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Hull. [48]
HaabetUnknownThe ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. [49] Her crew were rescued by the privateer Crescent (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [50]
HarmonyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Barry Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Milford, Pembrokeshire. [17]
HopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. [42] She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. [15]
HopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz, Portugal, to Guernsey, Channel Islands. [20] [40]
JohannesFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg. [30] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to a Baltic port. [35]
John and JosephFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was wrecked off Middelburg, Kingdom of Holland. [51] She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Amsterdam, Kingdom of Holland. [43]
JosephCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Aberdaron Bay. Her crew were rescued. [52] She was on a voyage from Milford to Liverpool. [17]
KnudUnknownThe ship was lost at Cape La Hague, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London. [53]
Maria Gdansk flag.svg Danzig The ship was wrecked at Varberg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Belfast, County Antrim. [20] [40]
MercuriusFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg. [30] [35] She was on a voyage from Hull to Gothenburg. [35]
NeutralityFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark The ship was detained by Caledonia (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). She subsequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. [4] [13]
NottinghamCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Deal. She was on a voyage from Deptford, Kent, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [42]
Novo ContoFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg. [30] She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg. [35]
PeggyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool. [53]
PopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Liverpool. [45]
ProsperityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Ireland to New York. All on board were rescued by Patriote (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). [15]
RenownCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tenby, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Swansea, Glamorgan. [11] She was later refloated and taken in to Tenby for repairs. [17]
Rising StarCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, to London. [45]
Roxburgh PacketCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Leith to London. [15]
SandwichCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in a gale. [30]
SpeculationFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg. [30] She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire, to Gothenburg. [35]
SugnalCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Mull. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Limerick. [52]
SultanaFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hellevoetsluis, Kingdom of Holland. [4] [13]
UlyssesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Newport, County Mayo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wiscasset, Maine, United States, to Liverpool. [44]
VenusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Deal. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Gibraltar. [42]
VineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. she was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. [44]
VineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Gothenburg. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Baltic port. [20]
William MurdochFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was lost near the Virginia Capes in late January. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Kingdom of Holland, to Georgetown. [54]
ZalemaFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was lost near New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Rotterdam, Kingdom of Holland. [3]

February

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
CatharineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [48]
DispatchCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. [55]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
ComercianteBandMercante1785.svg  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gibraltar. [1]
EuphratesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to an Irish port. [1] [56]
MaryFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gibraltar. [1]
MinervaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to Gibraltar. [1]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
PeggyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent, for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [57]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
Joseph and JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks in the North Sea off Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. [49]
MatildaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by a French privateer whilst on a voyage from Halifax, British North America, to Saint Domingue. She was set afire and sunk. [2]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
DoveCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. [49]
HavantCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. she was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [48]
MayflowerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Clonakilty, County Cork, to Dublin. [49]
Robert BollonFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 27°10′N37°00′W / 27.167°N 37.000°W / 27.167; -37.000 . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia. [58]
WashingtonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Wrath, Sutherland, with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [49]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
HarrietCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of 25 of the 32 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Berbice. [49]
Sygnet Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy The 20-gun corvette was driven ashore and wrecked at Cherbourg, Manche. [59]
Seine Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy The 20-gun corvette was driven ashore and wrecked at Cherbourg. [59]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
AmityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London. [49] [60] Amity was later refloated and brought into that port. [30]
Amphitrite Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was later refloated. [49]
BenjaminCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gore-end Bay, Margate, Kent, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. [49]
BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. [49]
BuxarCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Corton, Suffolk and Gunton, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London. [49] [61] Her crew were rescued. [62]
CharlestonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to London. [49]
ClydeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gore-end Bay, Margate, with the loss of four of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, to London. [49] [63]
Countess of ElginCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The cutter was driven ashore in Margate Bay. [62]
CromptonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. [49] [61] Her crew were rescued. [62]
DianaFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was driven ashore at Dublin, United Kingdom. [30] She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin. [35]
DouroCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from Hull to Surinam. [49] [61] Her crew were rescued. [62]
ElizaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Savannah, Georgia, United States. Eliza was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool. [60]
ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Captain Jeffries' ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. [49] [61] Her crew were rescued. [62]
ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Captain Prowton's ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. [35]
ElizabethFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark The ship, a prize, was driven ashore at Queenborough, Kent. [30] [64]
GovernorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The hoy was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate. [65]
GriffinCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk, to King's Lynn, Norfolk. [49] [61] Her crew were rescued. [62]
HarmonyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Hull to London. [49] [60]
HeroineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Limerick. [66]
HuntressCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States, to Liverpool. Huntress was later refloated. [60]
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. [30]
JennyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. [49] Her crew were rescued. [62]
John and MargaretCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to London. [66]
LeithCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to London. [49] [60]
Little JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ryde. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope. [49] [65] She was later refloated. [30]
Lucy and AlidaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Marsh Bay, Isle of Thanet. She was on a voyage from Africa to London. [60] [65] Lucy and Alida was refloated on 13 March and taken in to Margate. [67]
MalcolmCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ryde. [49]
HMS Mariner Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The brig was driven ashore in Margate Bay. [62]
MarthaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. [49] [61] [62]
MaryFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was driven ashore at Ryde. [49]
MarysCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. [49] [61] [62]
MayflowerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. [55]
MercatorFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was driven ashore near Dún Laoghaire. [30]
NeptuneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingsgate, Kent. She caught fire the next day and was destroyed. Neptune was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent, to Chepstow, Monmouthshire. [62]
NeptuneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset, whilst on a voyage from Arundel, Sussex, to Bridport, Dorset. She was later refloated. [49]
NorfolkCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to London. [49] [60]
OlympusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dún Laoghaire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Dublin. [30] [35]
PerseveranceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gore-end Bay, Margate. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. [49] She was refloated on 3 March. [5]
ProvidenceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira, Portugal. [68]
QuebecCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk, and was abandoned by her crew. She subsequently refloated and drifted out to sea. [49]
RacehorseCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Liverpool. [49] [62]
RavensworthCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Harwich with the loss of six of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London. [49] Her crew were rescued. [62]
RochdaleCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from Hull to London. [49] [61]
SnakeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to London. [49]
St. MichaelCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dún Laorghaire. [30]
SwiftCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Montrose, Forfarshire. [49] [61] [62]
TelemachusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Knock John Sandbank, at the mouth of the River Thames and was wrecked with the loss of two of her three crew. [69]
Thomas and JudithCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gore-end Bay, Margate, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to London. [49]
UnionCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. [49] [61] Her crew were rescued. [62]
UnionCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. [30] She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Dublin. [35]
UnityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portland. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Penryn, Cornwall. Unity was later refloated. [60]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Boston, Lincolnshire. [30] [49] [61]
Lord MelvilleCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. [49] [61]
Robin RedbreastCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. [49] [61]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in The Downs. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Weymouth, Dorset. [70]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
OhioFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was wrecked on Martyr's Reef, off the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York. [71]
HMS Raposa Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The corvette ran aground 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Cartagena, New Granada. She was set afire and scuttled by her 55 crew, who were rescued by the Spanish and taken prisoner.

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
IdaFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The brig was driven ashore at Cape May, New Jersey. [1] She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [72]
NelsonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall, to Newport, Monmouthshire. [30]
ThetisCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape May. [1]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
RhineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. [66]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Hirondelle Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Cape Bon and capsized, becoming a wreck, and waves swamped one of her boats as it tried to reach shore. Four members of Hirondelle′s crew survived. [73]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
Chalmers Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Atlantic slave trade: The ship was wrecked on the Spanish Main. She was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies. The slaves were rescued by the Spanish. [74]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
BoreasCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk. [70]
NancyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. [5]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
Lars JohanFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom. [5] She was on a voyage from Helsingfors to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [56]

29 February

List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1808
ShipStateDescription
JupiterCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. [7]
LondonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. [7]
MagdalenCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Barbadoes. [7]
RichmondCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. [7]
TrafalgarCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Surinam. [7]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808
ShipStateDescription
ActiveCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Guernsey, Channel Islands. [30]
AlbionCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. [30]
Anna Maria Flag of Denmark.svg Norway The ship departed from Arundahl for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [75]
Bristol Packet Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Minehead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [49]
BrutusFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). Brutus was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to New York. [31]
CeciliaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London. [48] Cecilia was refloated on 12 February and put into Margate. [60]
DelightFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She subsequently came ashore on the coast of Essex. Delight was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent. [64]
DutchmanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sank at Whitby after 24 February. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne. [76]
ElizaFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by French frigate Hermione (1804) and Hortense (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). Eliza was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. [31]
EuropeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on South Uist, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America, to Ayr [37]
FortitudeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Alnwick, Northumberland, with the loss of all hands. [55] She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Liverpool. [77]
FriendCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire. [30] She was on a voyage from London to Falmouth, Cornwall. [64] Friend was refloated on 1 March. [78]
IndustryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [68]
Lochnell PacketCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Red Noses". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin. [49] [60]
Margaretta BarbaraFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Varberg to London. [5]
MarsFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The brig was detained by Redbridge (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy) but was subsequently lost off Nassau, Bahamas. [79]
MatildaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Montevideo to London. [49]
MentorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship struck an anchor and sank at the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Bristol. [49] [60]
NeptuneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire. [70]
PomonaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Red Noses" She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Liverpool. [49]
SallyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire. [49]
SpraycombeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Scilly Islands. [59]
StarCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Bridlington, Yorkshire. [80]
HMS Tang Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Ballahoo-class schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 25 people on board.
True BritonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash 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. [48]

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
MentorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by Berwick Merchant (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [78]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
General MooreCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. [81]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
DunkerquoiseFlag of France.svg  France Napoleonic Wars: The privateer was driven ashore at Katwijk, Kingdom of Holland and was then destroyed by Princess Augusta (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [82]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
St. MichaelCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Blasket Islands, County Kerry. Her crew were rescued. She was reported to have been on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork, to Cork. [83]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
HopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Mevagissey, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. [84]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
FannyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Southampton, Hampshire, for the Bristol Channel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [85]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
HarryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire, for Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [86]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by two French Navy frigates whilst on a voyage from Malta to London. She was set afire and sunk. [87]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
DianaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Teignmouth, Devon. [83]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
DiamondCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the Tyningham Sands, in the North Sea off the Lothian coast, with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian [83] [88]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
Bremen PacketCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered at the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. [83]
HDMS Prins Christian Frederick Flag of Denmark.svg Dano-Norwegian Navy Battle of Zealand Point: The 74-gun ship of the line ran aground whilst engaged in a battle with HMS Nassau and HMS Stately (both Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy). She was captured by the British and was subsequently set afire and destroyed on 23 March. [89]
ProsperityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered at the mouth of the Humber. [83]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Astraea Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Active-class frigate was wrecked on the Horseshoe Reef, off Anegada, [90] Virgin Islands with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS St. Christopher (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy)
HDMS Prinds Christian Frederick Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg  Royal Danish Navy Gunboat War, Battle of Zealand Point: The Prindcesse Caroline-class ship of the line was driven ashore on the coast of Zealand by HMS Nassau and HMS Stately (both Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy). She was burnt by the British.

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Milbrook Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy A squall drive the ship onto a reef off Berlenga Grande Island in the Berlengas in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal. Her crew refloated her and anchored her in clear water for the night.
Resolution Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Guernsey Napoleonic Wars: The privateer was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). [31]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Electra Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Seagull-class brig-sloop ran aground off Augusta, Sicily. Although salvaged, she was declared a total loss and was dismantled.
HMS Milbrook Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy For the second day in a row, the ship was driven onto rocks off Berlenga Grande Island in the Berlengas in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal. She bilged, fell over onto her side, and was lost. Her crew survived.

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
CaledoniaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire, with the loss of seventeen or nineteen lives. [38] [91]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
North StarCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The whaler was destroyed by fire. [92]
ProvidenceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was sunk at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [38]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1808
ShipStateDescription
TotnessCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Deal Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Dartmouth, Devon. [54]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808
ShipStateDescription
AnnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wexford with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Conwy, Denbighshire, to Neath, Glamorgan. [54]
ArgoCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. [6] She was later refloated. [56]
AtalantaUnknownThe ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. [67]
EnterprizeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt on or about 18 March by Hermione and Hortense (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). Enterprize was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool, Lancashire. [31]
HopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Uist. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America, to Liverpool. [93]
Joseph and JanetCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the North Sea off Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [83]
King GeorgeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bridlington, Yorkshire. [8]
MentorFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). Mentor was on a voyage from Catalonia, Spain, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her crew were taken prisoner. [31]
Sappho Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was on a voyage from London to Madeira, Portugal, when the French Navy frigates Italienne and Sirène (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy) captured her. They set her on fire and sank her. [83]
Sarah KingCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by Italienne andSirène (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy) whilst on a voyage from London to Saint Domingue. She was set afire and sunk. [83]
WindhamFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States Napoleonic Wars: The schooner was captured by Sirène (both Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). She was set afire and sunk. [83]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
Governor Hunter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg New South Wales The schooner was driven ashore on Badger Island in a hurricane. She was subsequently repaired and arrived at Sydney on 3 April 1810 [94] [95]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
MerchantCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham, with the loss of seven of her ten crew. [57]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
AnnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was capthred in the English Channel by the privateer Actif (Flag of France.svg  France): She subsequently came ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. [68]
Lovely CruiserCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rame Head, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cork to Plymouth, Devon. [96]
MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Whithorn, Wigtownshire. [97]
MercuryFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was in collision with a Royal Navy warship in the English Channel. She was subsequently driven onto the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom, and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, to London, United Kingdom. [96]
SuccessCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rame Head. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. [96]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
AlbionCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day. [68]
GeorgeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. [96]
GeorgeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth. [68]
HamletFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay, Kent, United Kingdom. She later refloated and consequently sank off Ramsgate, Kent. [68]
John Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth. She was refloated the next day. [68]
Lovely CruizerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ram Head, Devon. She was on a voyage from Cork to Plymouth, Devon. [98]
SuccessCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ram Head, Devon. she was on a voyage from Cork to London. [98]
Three BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Seaford, Sussex, with the loss of all hands. [68] She was on a voyage from Surinam to London. [99]
Thomas and MarthaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, norfolk. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Jersey, Channel Islands. [68]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
Agatha Flagge der Hansestadt Lubeck.svg Lübeck The ship wrecked near Memel, Prussia, with the loss of eighteen of the 29 people on board. [100] [101]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
PerseveranceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked west of Sker Point, Glamorgan. All 83 [people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her cargo of whiskey was plundered by the local inhabitants, two of whom drank themselves to death. [68] [102]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
IsabellaFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was lost off Hellevoetsluis, Kingdom of Holland. [31]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
DryadeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Marichoneal, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [103]
Four SistersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. [97]
NancyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to a Baltic Port. [104]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
ChalmersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Isla Margharita. [105]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
Four SistersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk off the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. [106]
IsabellaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bervie, Aberdeenshire. [107]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Widgeon Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Cuckoo-class schooner was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north west of Banff, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
JamesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Ilfracombe, Devon, to Plymouth, Devon. [108]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Bermuda Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Bermuda sloop was wrecked on Memory Rock, Little Bermuda.
HopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk by another vessel with the loss of nine of her crew. [105]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth & MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Grand Caicos. She was on a voyage from Hayti to Jamaica and London. [109]
FancyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Galway to Newry, County Down. [108]
MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Penzance, Cornwall. [110]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
FameCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sank on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Carron, Stirlingshire, to London. [108]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1808
ShipStateDescription
Adventure Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The whaler was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas [108] [110] She was later beached near Margate, Kent. [111]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808
ShipStateDescription
ApolloCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex, to Sunderland, County Durham. [38]
BelfastCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Her crew were rescued by an American vessel. [108]
BrookeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Point Corsel, Loch Ryan. She was on a voyage from Montevideo to Liverpool, Lancashire. [57] [112]
ChalmersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Margherita Island. [113]
FoxCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer whilst on a voyage from Malta to London. She subsequently foundered. [105]
HarmonyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Luce Bay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Liverpool. [38]
Hermanest AugustUnknownThe ship foundered off Marazion, Cornwall, United Kingdom, with the loss of all but two of her crew. [114]
LaurianaFlag of Portugal (1750).svg  Portugal The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool. [2] [115]
LochendCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost near the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire, with the loss of all hands. [57]
Paramatta Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales The ship was wrecked at Cape Brett, New Zealand, after making a hasty departure from the Bay of Islands. The crew survived the wreck but were captured and killed after a violent exchange with local Māori. [116]
SpeculationCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilnsea, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to South Shields, County Durham. [117]
WilliamCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. [68]

May

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1808
ShipStateDescription
FairlessCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Corton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London. Fairless was later refloated. [118]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1808
ShipStateDescription
MargaretCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was lost at Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. [74]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1808
ShipStateDescription
GreenfieldCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank on Schooner Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Berry" to Alnwick, Northumberland. [119]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1808
ShipStateDescription
NancyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. [85]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Rapid Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy Napoleonic Wars: The gun-brig was sunk without loss of life by coastal artillery fire in the Tagus off southern Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the brig-sloop HMS Primrose (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy). [120]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1808
ShipStateDescription
MinervaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Great Saltee Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork to Whitehaven, Cumberland. [121]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1808
ShipStateDescription
HopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk with the loss of nine of her crew. [113]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808
ShipStateDescription
AmeliaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [7] Amelia was later refloated and taken in to Holyhead. [113]
FoxCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer but subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Malta to London. [113]
VengeanceFlag of France.svg  France The privateer was sunk off Guadeloupe by a Royal Navy ship with the loss of all 180 crew. [122]
Young CharlesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was dismasted in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was later towed in to Appledore, Devon, by HMRC Shark ( HM Customs Ensign.PNG Board of Customs). [113]

June

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1808
ShipStateDescription
Ann Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamaica Napoleonic Wars: The ship was driven ashore by a French privateer and wrecked. [87]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1808
ShipStateDescription
Hebe Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship struck a reef off Port Dalrymple, Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales, with the loss of a crew member.

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1808
ShipStateDescription
HM hired armed ship Harelequin Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The ship was driven ashore between Cowes and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. [123]
RobertCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked off Marichoneal Harbour, Jamaica. [124]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1808
ShipStateDescription
Young JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Red Island, in the Saint Lawrence River. Her crew were rescued. [125]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Capelin Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Ballahoo-class schooner struck the Parquette Rock, in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France, and consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by HM Hired armed cutter Adrian, HMS Champion, HMS Entreprenante, HMS Sybille and HMS Whiting (all Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy).

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808
ShipStateDescription
CharlotteCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire, when her crew spotted a vessel they supposed to be a privateer. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Leith, Lothian. [126]
Eliza Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The brig was wrecked south-southwest of Narai Island in Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. One of her crew was lost.
NeptuneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and scuttled by Milan (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Jersey, Channel Islands. [123]
St. Thomas'sCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Aldeburgh, Suffolk. [74]

July

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Netley Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The brig capsized off Barbados with the loss of all but nine of her crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Julia (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy).

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1808
ShipStateDescription
StagCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Roseau, Dominica. [127]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1808
ShipStateDescription
Chiswick Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Aux Cayes, Hispaniola. [128]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1808
ShipStateDescription
HiramFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was wrecked on Abaco. She was on a voyage from New York to Havana, Cuba. [129] [130]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Pickle Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The topsail schooner was wrecked off Cape Santa Maria, Spain. Her crew survived.

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Meleager Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Perseverance-class frigate was wrecked on the Barr Bush Keys, off Port Royal, Jamaica, with the loss of three of her crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1808
ShipStateDescription
BayleyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Langness Point, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Gothenburg, Sweden. [109]
CourierCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak and put into Whitby, Yorkshire, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Sandwich, Kent. [131]
JunoCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Gunboat War: The ship was captured and burnt off Dragør, Denmark, by the Danes. [132]

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1808
ShipStateDescription
Robert and JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 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 South Shields, County Durham, to London. [133] f

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Delphinen Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The sloop of war Dolphio was wrecked on the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued but taken prisoner. [134]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Jaseur Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The ship-sloop departed Calcutta for Prince of Wales Island. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1808
ShipStateDescription
HelenaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship departed from Dalarö for Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [135]
VentureCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden. [136]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1808
ShipStateDescription
DianaNaval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy The brig ran aground at the mouth of the Sulina branch of the Danube and was abandoned by her crew. She floated off and sank. Diana came ashore on 5 September and was wrecked. [137]
Hermione Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy The Hortense-class frigate was lost in the Iroise Sea.

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1808
ShipStateDescription
TentacaoFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal, to Baltimore, Maryland. [129]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1808
ShipStateDescription
Vsevolod Naval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy
Vsevolod. Vsevolod v. Implacable 1808.jpeg
Vsevolod.

Anglo-Russian War: The 74-gun ship of the line ran aground in the Baltic Sea while in combat with the 74-gun third rate HMS Implacable (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy). The frigate Poluks (Naval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy) towed her off, but Vsevolod ran aground again later the same day near Baltiski, about 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from Rager Vik. While still aground, she was captured on 25 August by HMS Implacable and the 74-gun third rate HMS Centaur (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy). The British set the grounded Vsevolod afire and destroyed her on 26 August.

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Centaur Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy Anglo-Russian War: The 74-gun third rate ran aground in the Baltic Sea near Baltiski, about 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from Rager Vik, while in combat with the grounded 74-gun ship of the line Vsevolod (Naval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy). The 74-gun third rate HMS Implacable (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy) hauled her off.
GeorgeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from the Nore for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [138]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1808
ShipStateDescription
Charlotte Flag of the United Kingdom.svg New South Wales The sloop capsized in a squall 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia, with the loss of both members of her crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808
ShipStateDescription
Albion Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to London. Part of the crew arrived at Rio de Janeiro. [139]
CatherinaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached between Malmö and Ystad, Sweden. [140] She was on a voyage from London to Stockholm, Sweden. [141]
Dundee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg New South Wales The ship foundered at the mouth of the Hunter River with the loss of two of her crew.
Nossa Senhora de ConceicoFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal The ship was wrecked at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, to Brazil. [124]
Richard and SarahCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Weymouth, Dorset, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [128]
Sarah & ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Pelade (Flag of France.svg  France). She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Bermuda. [142]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1808
ShipStateDescription
AuroraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore near Eastbourne, Sussex, to avoid three French privateers. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Chatham, Kent. [127] Aurora was refloated on 4 September. [143]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1808
ShipStateDescription
DoveCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Swansea, Glamorgan. [144] Dove was later refloated and taken in to Wexford. [145]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1808
ShipStateDescription
MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Baltimore, Maryland. [146]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1808
ShipStateDescription
Mary Ann (or Maryann)Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 42°14′N41°35′W / 42.233°N 41.583°W / 42.233; -41.583 ) while sailing from Jamaica to London. Brook Watson rescued her crew (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [147]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1808
ShipStateDescription
Geroi Naval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy The Speshnyi-class frigate was driven ashore at Cronstadt. She was abandoned the next day and subsequently became a wreck. [137]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1808
ShipStateDescription
SistersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks and foundered 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Grand Manan Island with the loss of sixteen of her 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America. [148] [149]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1808
ShipStateDescription
BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. [150]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Maria Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The gun-brig was captured by the corvette Départment des Landes (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy) off Guadeloupe and was beached by her French prize crew to prevent her from sinking due to damage she sustained in combat with Départment des Landes.

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1808
ShipStateDescription
ProvidenceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by Jemima (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). Providence was on a voyage from Waterford to Swansea, Glamorgan. [151]
VirginiaFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was lost near Drontheim, Norway, with the loss of all but two of her crew. [152]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808
ShipStateDescription
AlexanderCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Belfast, County Down. [144]
Charlotte Flag of the United Kingdom.svg New South Wales The ship was lost in late September with some loss of life. [153]
FortunaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship departed from Gothenburg for Visby. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [75]
JulianaFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was captured by four French Navy warships and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to New York. [135] Juliana was later discovered at sea by a Royal Navy frigate and was taken in to Saint Kitts. [154]
PhœnixCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sank at Dover, Kent. [155] She was on a voyage from London to Dover.

October

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
ProsperousCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [151]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
AdventureCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork. [156]
Ann and SarahCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bideford, Devon. [156] [157]
ApolloCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Liverpool with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London. [157]
ArdentCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin. [158]
ArielCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was later refloated. [158]
BeeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. [158]
Catherine BrigettaUnknownThe ship was sighted in the Dogger Bank. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [159]
DefenceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Chester, Cheshire. [158]
EndeavourCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool. [160]
ExperimentCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Chester. [158]
FletcherCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at North Meols, Lancashire, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Heligoland. [151] [160]
GeorgeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was later refloated. [158]
HannahCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica. [160] She refloated on 18 October, drifted upstream in a capsized state. [130]
HiberniaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [161] She was on refloated in November 1809 and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire, where she arrived on the 11th of that month. [162]
HopewellCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Ayr. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America, to Ayr. [163] [164]
IndustryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Spain. She was later refloated. [156] [157]
IsabellaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. [165]
Jolly MajorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Greenock. [163]
JunoCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London. [158]
King GeorgeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin. [158]
MentorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool. [151]
NeptuneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Berbice or Demerara. Neptune was later refloated. [129] [156] [160]
PhillipsburgFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. [158]
PomonaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig foundered in Liverpool Bay off Hoylake. [158]
Princess of WalesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Battery, Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Brazil. [160] She refloated on 18 October and drifted out to sea. [130]
Princess RoyalCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Chester. [158]
SedulousCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. [158]
ShannonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Greenock. [163]
Three BrothersGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Portugal to France with the loss of 283 of the 293 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Alert (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [129] [157] [166] Date also reported as 27 September. [167]
TigerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Portugal. [157]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
ActiveCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. [168]
Alexander Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Brazil. [160]
BeeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner caught fire in the North Sea off Tod Head, Berwickshire. She was beached at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. Bee was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, to Aberdeen. [164] [169] [170]
CatherineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool. [157] Catherine was later refloated. [171]
Catherine Birgettaflag unknownThe ship was reported to be off the Dogger Bank, in the North Sea. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [135]
CeresCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Aberdeen with the loss of eight of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Cygnet (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America, to London. [172] [173] [174]
CometCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Ballycastle, County Antrim, with the loss of eight of her crew. [175]
ContestFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The galiot foundered off Bighouse, County Antrim, United Kingdom, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to Gothenburg. [176]
FieldingCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore in Torrisdale Bay She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Gothenburg, Sweden. [146] [171] [177] She was later refloated and put into Burnt Island, Fife. [178]
FriendshipCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Arbroath, Forfarshire. [177]
FreemasonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. [177]
HiberniaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lochendaal, Islay. Her 70 passengers, and the crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [179] She was refloated in November 1809. [180]
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. [158]
JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. [177]
LizardCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Peterhead and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Newburgh, Forfarshire. [177]
MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, to Gothenburg, Swedem. [181]
NeptuneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Montrose, Forfarshire. [182]
SupplyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Bighouse. Her crew were rescued. [176]
UnityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Bangor, County Down. Her crew were rescued. [169]
SupplyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Tongue, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued. [177]
Three BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barnstaple, Devon. [156]
UnityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Workington, Cumberland. [130]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
AtlasCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. [173]
EphronCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Benion Strand, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [165]
NellyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. [173]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
DianaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was sighted by Doncaster whilst on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [183]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
Vrow Albertina Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The crewless ship was driven out to sea from Heligoland and subsequently foundered. [146]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
GageCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. [164]
NileCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven. She was on a voyage from London to Poole, Dorset. [164]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
HyenaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth to Guernsey, Channel Islands. [129]
JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. [176]
John and IsabellaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on Lindisfarne, Northumberland Her crew were rescued. [176]
LizardCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead. Her crew were rescued. [176]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
Joseph & LoisCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost on Little Islands. She was on a voyage from Hayti to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. [184]
LovelyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sydney, Nova Scotia, for Quebec City, Lower Canada. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [185]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
LarkCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Great Orme, Caernarfonshire, with the loss off all hands. [173]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
PeggyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk, by Neptune (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued by Neptune. [172]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked near the Ross of Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Ulverston, Lancashire. [186]
Concordia Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kingdom of Holland The brig was wrecked on the Saltees Rocks with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Kingdom of Etruria, to Dublin. [187]
FriendshipCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Docking, Norfolk Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. [172]
JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [168]
Nelly and PeggyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Leith, Lothian. Her crew were rescued by the Leith Lifeboat. [188] [189]
Majestic Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was destroyed by fire at Barbadoes. [190]
WilliamCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sunk at Dungeness. She was refloated two days later and taken in to Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Carmarthen. [168]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
Amphitrite Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bedec, Prince Edward Island, to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Amphitrite was refloated on 6 November was later driven ashore at Bedec. [135] [159]
JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [174]
Neath CastleCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. [168]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
ArgusNaval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy Finnish War: The frigate ran aground and was wrecked off Sveaborg, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sveaborg to Reval. [137]
FriendshipCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. [173]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
AdmecusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Dymchurch, Kent. [172]
CiceroCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The collier foundered in The Downs. [174]
FannyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Fairness Rock, off the Kent coast. She was refloated on 24 October and taken in to Margate, Kent. Fanny was on a voyage from Wexford to London. [174]
George and AnnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Bigbury Bay. [171]
UnityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the English Channel east of Dungeness, Kent. [172]
HMS Volador Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The brig-sloop wrecked on a reef in Gulf of Cora in the Caribbean. She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued. [185]
YorkCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire, to Hull, Yorkshire. [191]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
AdmetisCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wreckwed at Hythe, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Exeter, Devon. [168]
BalsamaoCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. [168]
CanadaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Deal. [168]
CiceroCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The collier foundered in The Downs. [168]
HelenCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Deal. [168]
Principe AtalantaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Deal. [168]
St. MarcusFlag of Portugal (1750).svg  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent. [168]
UnityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. [171]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
CeresCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto rocks at South Shields, County Durham, and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [173]
Good IntentCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was driven onto rocks at South Shields and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [173]
JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. [189]
LizardCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Peterhead. [189]
Sir Sidney SmithCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked inn Widewal Bay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Swedish port to Liverpool, Lancashire. [189]
SarahCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto rocks at South Shields and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [173]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Crane Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Cuckoo-class schooner was driven ashore at Plymouth Hoe, Devon. She refloated but subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued.
MathewCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued but made prisoner. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden. [192]
RubyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, with the loss of all five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [188] [193]
VedraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lytham, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool, Lancashire. [173]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Banterer Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Banterer-class post ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River.

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
AcornCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from the United States to Stockton-on-Tees, Yorkshire. [139]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1808
ShipStateDescription
HopeFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Gothenburg. [194]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808
ShipStateDescription
AlexanderCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from the Bay of Fundy for Aberdeen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [195]
AnnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Kitty (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [189]
CometCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Belfast, County Antrim. [165]
ElizaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pictou, British North America. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Pictou. [139]
EndeavourCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was later refloated. [174]
FameGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all hands. [129]
FreemasonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. [165]
IndustryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [171]
IndustryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Longhope Orkney Islands for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [196]
MyrtleCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cornish coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire, to London. [197]
PallasCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at St. Asaph, Denbighshire. [129] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Cork. [130]
RubyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America, to Liverpool. [129]
St. Nicholas Naval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy The ship of the line ran aground near Malmö, Sweden, during an engagement with Dano-Norwegian Navy gunboats. She was set afire and destroyed by her crew. [189]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
NancyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Galicia, Spain, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Malta to London. [198]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Delphinen Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. [199]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
FriendshipGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship departed from A Coruña, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board. [200]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
Travers Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg British East India Company
The wreck of Travers Wreck of the Travers, East-Indiaman, on a Rock near Sunken Island RMG PU6377.jpg
The wreck of Travers
The East Indiaman struck a rock off Sunken Island ( 15°38′N94°20′E / 15.633°N 94.333°E / 15.633; 94.333 ), near Diamond Island (Myanmar), and foundered with the loss of sixteen lives. Earl Spencer and Monarch (both Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg British East India Company), rescued the survivors. [201]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
GeorgeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The collier was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the Thames Estuary off Sheerness, Kent. Her crew were rescued [202]
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Banff, Aberdeenshire. [203]
PomonaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Banff. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Leith, Lothian. [203] [204]
SarahCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The collier was wrecked on the Mouse Sand. Her crew were rescued. [202]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
CatoFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship was wrecked on Sandy Hook, New Jersey. [135]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
HiramCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by Vénus (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy) whilst on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal, to Cork. She was set afire and sunk. [205]
ThamesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Surveillante (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). She was on a voyage from Surinam to London. [184]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
AlbionCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by Vénus (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy) whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Poole, Dorset. She was set afire and sunk. [205]
Nikolai Flag of the Russian-American Company.svg Russian-American Company The schooner ran aground on the Olympic Peninsula in the Oregon Country on a beach north of the Quillayute River and James Island during a gale and was abandoned by her crew.

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
AucklandCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Cadiz Bay. All on board were rescued. [206]
BarbaraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [207]
BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Plymouth, Devon. She was later refloated and put into Newlyn, Cornwall. [208]
CourierCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and subsequently drove onto the Stoney Binns, in the Humber. Her crew were rescued. [204]
FavouriteCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured off Ouessant, Finistère, France, whilst on a voyage from Gijón, Spain, to London. She was subsequently lost near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. [209]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
ApolloGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore at Millbay, Plymouth, Devon. [142]
ElizabethGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight with the loss of eleven of her twenty crew. [142]
NemisisFlag of Portugal (1750).svg  Portugal The ship was in collision with Allegria Constant (Flag of Portugal (1750).svg  Portugal) at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, and was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked. [204]
PeggyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newry, County Antrim and Harrington, Cumberland. [194]
PomonaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Banff, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Leith, Lothian. [208]
RecoveryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Gothenburg, Sweden. [142]
Rosina Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. [142] She was refloated on 21 November. [194]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
ArielCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British North America, to Hull, Yorkshire. [198]
FriendshipGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The transport ship was captured by three French privateers off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, and was destroyed. [75]
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kamouraska, Quebec, British North America. [210]
Lady BorringtonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Quebec, British North America. [210] [211]
MargaretCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kamouraska. [210]
NevaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kamouraska. [210]
ZephyrGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was severely damaged at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. [204]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
CruizerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Rio de Janeiro. [208]
EnterprizeGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore at Mawgan Porth, Cornwall. [212]
MariaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Lancashire. [213]
NeutralityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London. [208]
Olive BranchCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 50°05′N31°15′W / 50.083°N 31.250°W / 50.083; -31.250 ). Her crew were rescued by Margaret (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). Olive Branch was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Newfoundland, British North America. [214]
TritonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Hoylake with the loss of a crew member. [204]
Two BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Plymouth, Devon. [194]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
HenryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cork for Portsmouth, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [215]
ProvidenceGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked at Bolt Head, Devon, with the loss of all but her captain. [208]
RoebuckCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ilfracombe, Devon, with the loss of all but one of her crew. [194]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
IntegrityGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her crew had been rescued by Speedwell (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) before she came ashore. [212]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Trevose Head, Cornwall, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. [212]
IntegrityGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. [194]
Lord Nelson Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg British East India Company The East Indiaman was last seen at 8°30′S80°00′E / 8.500°S 80.000°E / -8.500; 80.000 . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Madras, India, to London.
Lovely DorcasCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal, to Limerick. [207]
SelinaGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Cork to Portsmouth, Hampshire [194]
SpeedyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Trevose Head with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Malta to London. [212]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
BarbaraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. [216]
Olive BranchCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 50°05′N51°15′W / 50.083°N 51.250°W / 50.083; -51.250 ) whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Margaret (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [217] [218]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
PollyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sailed from Malta on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [219]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
BritanniaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Port Antonia and Port Maria, Jamaica. [220]
Goede Verwagting Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kingdom of Holland The galiot was captured by an English privateer. She subsequently foundered on the Brown Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel. [135]
JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock off Heligoland and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Heligoland. [138]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
AtlasCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore near Brighton, Sussex. She was later refloated and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex. [218]
Dee Vigilante Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kingdom of Holland The ship ran aground near Dordrecht. [135]
DelightCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore near Brighton. [218]
HarlequinCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was sunk at Madeira, Portugal, by cannon fire from a land-based fort. [211] She was on a voyage from London to Berbice. [221]
HerculesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore near Brighton. She was later refloated and taken in to Newhaven. [218]
John and JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore near Brighton. [218]
Maria CharlottaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [222] She was subsequently beached at Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom. [223] Maria Charlotta was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Gibraltar. [224]
MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore near Brighton. [218]
SummerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Plymouth, Devon. [224]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
SperoCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the River Don. Her crew were rescued. [225]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1808
ShipStateDescription
John and ThomasCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop struck the quay at Whitehaven, Cumberland, and sank with the loss of all hands, which numbered at least four. [218] [226]
Nelly & AnnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [227]
PhœnixCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked near Pittenweem, Forfarshire, with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Aberdeen. [225]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808
ShipStateDescription
Admiral Dacres Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Jamaica Napoleonic Wars: The ship was driven ashore by French privateers. [228]
AlertCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Thames. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London. [204]
Amphitrite Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom After being refloated at Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America, on 6 November, the ship later was driven ashore at Bedec, New Brunswick, British North America. [135] [159]
AnnanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for Waterford. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [229]
DorisCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. [202]
DuncombeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. She was later refloated. [230]
Experiment Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg British East India Company The East Indiaman foundered with the loss of all hands while returning to England from Bengal.
FredenFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship foundered off Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Westerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, to Gothenburg. [231]
Gardiner and Joseph Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. [230] She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London. [232]
Glory Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The East Indiaman foundered with the loss of all hands while returning to England from Bengal.
Grindet Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Jamaica Napoleonic Wars: The ship was driven ashore by French privateers. [228]
HenryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 47°07′N8°28′W / 47.117°N 8.467°W / 47.117; -8.467 ). Her crew were rescued by Summer (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). Henry was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Seville, Spain. [194]
HoppetCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Gunboat War: The ship was captured and burnt by the Danes. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London. [142]
JamesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cross Haven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal, to Limerick. [233]
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. [230]
LauraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [194]
MargarettaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued but taken prisoner. [192] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to a Spanish port. [234]
MariaGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. [142]
MarsGovernment Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France. Her crew were rescued. [138]
Mary and MargaretCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Pembroke with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Ayr. [204] [235]
SusannahCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. [230]
TrustyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Bideford, Devon, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [207]
UnionCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Wargorne Island". She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent, to Gothenburg. [202]
Vrow Catharina Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent, for Heligoland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [236]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
EuphratesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores. [185]
WatermanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was last sighted on this date. She was on a voyage from the Nore to Gothenburg, Sweden. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [237]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
Friends GoodwillCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to St. Mawes, Cornwall. [138]
Vrouw Catherina Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The ship departed from London for Heligoland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [219]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
CharlotteCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Dublin for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [237]
Mary Hellen ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores. [238]
WilhelminaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [239]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
FannyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Milford, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. [240]
JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Loviisa, Sweden, to London. [241]
Joseph and MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [242]
PollyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank whilst on a voyage from Limerick to the Clyde. [135]
HMS Proselyte Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The bomb was crushed by ice in the Baltic Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off Anholt, Denmark, and was abandoned.
VictimBandMercante1785.svg  Spain The schooner, which had been captured the previous day by Vénus (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy), foundered. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Cadiz. [205]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Crescent Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The fifth-rate was wrecked on the coast of Jutland with the loss of over 200 lives. [243] [244]
FriendsCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Minehead Bay and sank. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [240]
Johanna MargarettaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was sighted in the Dogger Bank whilst on a voyage from Stockholm to Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [245]
PomonaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Seville, Spain, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [215]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
Anna MariaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the "Great Island", near Heligoland. [246]
Anna Margaretta Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The ship was wrecked at Heligoland with the loss of all hands. [246] [247]
BertiusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark. [222]
ElizaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. [222]
ElizabethCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne, Heligoland. [247]
Enigheden Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark. [247]
FredenCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. [222] [224] [248]
GeorgeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Harbor Island, New Providence, New Jersey, United States. [219]
Haabe Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The ship was driven ashore on the "Great Island", Heligoland. [246]
Haabet Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark. [222]
HopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. [248]
Jonge Hendrickflag unknownThe ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. [222] [248]
Jong-Jacob Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The ship was wrecked on Düne with the loss of all hands. [247]
LivelyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. [248]
MinervaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. [248]
New SuccessCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. [248]
New Versuck Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. [222] [224] [247] [248]
New Vorwick Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne. [246]
Norden Star Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The ship was driven ashore on "Great Island", Heligoland. [246]
Paulinea Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland with the loss of all hands. [246] [247]
PerseveranceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Denmark. [222]
ProvidentiaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the "Great Island", Heligoland. [246]
RichardCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Belfast, County Antrim. [222]
RobertsCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. [222] [248]
SophiaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne. [247]
SwanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne. [247]
Twee Gebroeders Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland Captain Vasser's ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne. [247]
Twee Gebroeders Flag of British Heligoland.svg Heligoland Captain Derecks's ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne. [247]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
Betsey Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Guernsey The ship was wrecked on the coast of East Friesland, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Guernsey. [249]
CharlotteCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Plymouth, Devon. [250]
ExperimentCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier and sank at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to London [251]
RichardCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Tusker Rock, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to the Ogmore River. [102]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Jupiter Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The Portland-class frigate was wrecked in Vigo Bay. Her crew were rescued.
MollyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. [252]
PhœnixCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Dungarvan, County Waterford, for Portsmouth, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [253]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
ActiveCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Madeira for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [215]
PomonaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by a French ship operating under a Letter of Marque. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London. [254]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
ErsahnungUnknownThe ship ran aground on the Fairness Rock, off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom, and was severely damaged. She was refloated in January 1809 and taken in to Margate. [230] [255]
HMS Flying Fish Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Hispaniola. Her crew were rescued.

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
AlbionCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [178]
BeaverCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the French coast and was taken possession of by the French. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira. [256]
ChrononotonthologosCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to Dublin. [135]
ClioCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. [242]
PeggyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead. Her crew were rescued. [242]
ProvidenceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Rye, Sussex. [241]
SurprizeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Conwy, Denbighshire. [178] [241]
Walpole Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg British East India Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal to London. [242] [257] [258]
WilliamFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The brigantine was lost near Cape Wrath, Sutherland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Alicante, Spain. [259] [260]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
BerwickCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [195]
Brighton PacketCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the English Channel. Achilles rescued the crew, who abandoned their vessel, and took them into Torbay.(Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [241]
CommerceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk, to Leeds, Yorkshire. [241]
FrancisCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kingsdown, Kent. [242] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to London. [246]
FriendshipCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [192] [234]
Lord DuncanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Gijón, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Gijón. [232]
MaryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sank near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland, to Dundalk. [178]
WeatbellCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kirkley, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Lincolnshire. [241]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
AnnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to London. [241]
CatharinaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Stora Reef. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Jacmel, Haiti. [261]
Dash Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Jersey Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was subsequently wrecked on the French coast. Her crew were rescued but made prisoners. Dash was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Jersey. [236]
NeptuneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Walberswick, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Whitby, Yorkshire. [223]
Twee OensturFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom Her crew survived. [262]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
IntegrityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Birling Gap and Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to London. [241] [263]
PerseveranceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Belize. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to British Honduras. [264]
Spanish JuntaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Stoney Points Reef, off Guazava Island, Cuba. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Cuba. [184]
WilsonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the east coast of the United States. She was on a voyage from Nevis to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. [232]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
DolphinCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. [241]
EleanorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to London. [258]
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London. [135] [258]
JennyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlingdon. [241]
NeptuneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Whitby, Yorkshire. [241]
SarahCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southwold. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. [241]
Two BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. [241]
UraniaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Hook Sand, in the English Channel off Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal, to Hull, Yorkshire. [135]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
EleanorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Dover, Kent, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to London. [159]
InteprityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to London. [178]
JaneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Dover with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London. [159]
MayflowerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Cardiff, Glamorgan Mayflower was later refloated and brought in to Padstow. [241]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
HMS Fama Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The brig was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark, with the loss of eight lives. Survivors were taken prisoner by the Danes.
PercyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Benacre, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to North Shields, County Durham. [241]
TwilightCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Walberswick, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. [223]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
Pensamenta FelixFlag of Portugal (1750).svg  Portugal The ship sailed from Pernambuco, Brazil, for Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [265] [266]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
HopeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London. [192]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
MagdalenaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees. Her crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal, to Gothenburg. [211] [221]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1808
ShipStateDescription
OceanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [230] Ocean was refloated in January 1809 and taken in to Newcastle upon Tyne. [267]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808
ShipStateDescription
AlexanderCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blakeney, Norfolk. [260]
AnnaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London, United Kingdom. [222] [224]
AylesCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed Ramsgate, Kent, for Liverpool, Lancashire, on or after 8 December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [252]
Bona Speranza & Margaritta Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Malta The ship was driven ashore near Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Malta to London. [222] [224]
BoreasCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [222]
BrilliantCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hamoaze, Devon. She was on a voyage from Gosport, Hampshire, to Plymouth, Devon. [192]
HMS Bustler Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The gun-brig was wrecked on the French coast. Her crew were rescued by HMS Nymphe (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy). [192]
CarolineCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Cork. Caroline was later refloated and taken in to port. [192] [222]
Caroline Frederica Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kingdom of Holland The galiot was wrecked near Riga, Russia Her crew were rescued. [135]
Cartharina HaakFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was driven ashore near Ystad. She was on a voyage from Karlshamn to London. [198]
CommerceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. [247]
ConceptionBandMercante1785.svg  Spain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Málaga to A Coruña with the loss of all but her captain. [211] [268]
CupidCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Whitby, Yorkshire. [198] She was later refloated and taken in to Whitby. [154]
ElizaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to Bristol. [222]
ElizaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden. [242]
ElizaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hornsea, Yorkshire. [241]
FantaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. [192]
FavouriteCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Liverpool. [265]
FelicidadeFlag of Portugal (1750).svg  Portugal The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Oporto. [232]
ForresterCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Kelsoy". Her crew were rescued. [198]
FriendsCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship departed from Heligoland for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [269]
HannibalCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and sunk by La Colebre (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). Hannibal was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to London. [270]
HarrietCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Carlscrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Stockholm. [255]
HundrigCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Specton, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [241]
James'sCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian. [222]
Johan Adrianaflag unknownThe ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to a Baltic port. There were six survivors. [135]
JohnsCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith to Gothenburg. [198]
JuniusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. [260]
JupiterCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Gothenburg, Sweden. [192]
Lady BorringtonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [211]
Love and UnityCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Rudland Sands, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Flintshire. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Liverpool. [192]
Margaritta Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Malta The ship was driven ashore near Gravesend. She was on a voyage from Malta to London. [222]
MariaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The schooner was driven ashore on the Dutch coast with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to London. Maria later floated off and was found at sea by HMS Mariner (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy). She was towed in to Dover, Kent. [222] [255]
MariaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Frederikshamn. Her crew were rescued. [271]
MayflowerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Limerick to A Coruña, Spain [271]
MyrmidonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blakeney. [260]
Nadezhda Flag of Russia.svg  Russia The ship foundered off Malmö, Sweden.
NancyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. [242]
NeptuneFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The brig was wrecked on Benbecula, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to Stockholm. [225]
NeptuneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stockholm, Sweden. [224]
NeptuneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. [260]
NerinaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London. [192]
NymphCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hornsea. [241]
Old FriendsCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Gibraltar. [218]
PhœnixCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was captured by Topaze (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy) whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Brazil. She was set afire and sunk. [205]
PollyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. [242]
PriscillaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and sunk by La Colebre (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). Priscilla was on a voyage from Newfoundland to London. [270]
ProvidenceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Lisbon. [192]
RangerCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Guernsey. [222]
RebeccaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Malmö. [260]
RelianceCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Home Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft. [242]
RoseCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. [242]
Rose in JuneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned by her crew in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. She was later towed in to Ramsgate, Kent, by HMS Thrasher (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy). Rose in June was on a voyage from Cork to London. [159]
SpeculationCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Karlskrona, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. [192]
Tartar Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey at Seacombe, Cheshire. [242] She was later refloated. [135]
TeutoniaUnknownThe ship was lost in the Baltic. [272]
TritonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk by HMS Orion (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy) with the loss of about half of her crew. [260]
Twey Broedersflag unknownThe ship was wrecked at Marstrand, Sweden. [222]
Union Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg British East India Company The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent. [273]
WheatnellCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kirkley, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Lincolnshire. [247]
WilhelminaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship foundered in the North Sea off Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. [222]
WoodmanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Suffolk coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [260]

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ShipStateDescription
AdventureCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from the Davis Straits to the United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. [87]
AlfredCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Placentia, Newfoundland, British North America. [158]
ArgonautUnknownThe ship was wrecked on Glover's Reef. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Jamaica. [71]
Aurora Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship went ashore during a voyage from the United Kingdom to Greenland. She put into Kingston upon Hull in March after the incident and returned to service later in 1808 [274]
AvosFlag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire During a voyage in Russian America from Kodiak to Sitka, the Russian-American Company tender was lost in "Bay of Islands," most likely a reference to Bay of Isles ( 60°24′N147°37′W / 60.400°N 147.617°W / 60.400; -147.617 (Bay of Isles) ) on the coast of Knight Island in Prince William Sound. [275]
BataviaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Liverpool, Lancashire. [276]
BellisariusCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America], to New Brunswick, British North America and Liverpool. [72]
Brothers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British North America The coaster was wrecked on the north coast of Newfoundland. [222]
Byam Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The snow was captured, driven ashore on Guadeloupe, and burnt sometime prior to 12 April. [57]
Charles WilliamCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, to London. [277]
Consolation Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy The corvette was sunk in a battle with HMS Foudroyant and HMS Marlborough (both Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy) sometime between June and September. [212]
CygnetCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Cayman Islands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [87]
EphronCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City. [278]
FloraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at New York, United States. [86]
ForsicateCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) from Valencia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Valenica. [170]
Frede Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kingdom of Holland The ship ran aground in the River Plate. [211]
FredericaFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship departed from Gothenburg for Malmö at the end of August or beginning of September. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [241]
HamiltonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City. [71]
HarpCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. [85]
Highlander Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost at New Brunswick. [279]
IndustryCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost at British Honduras. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. [280]
Jannett Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg India Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and sunk between 9 June and 9 October by Jena (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). [281]
KateCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Newfoundland. [171]
Lively Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in early 1808, probably while sailing from whaling grounds in the vicinity of the Molucca Islands and Timor to the United Kingdom. [282] A wreck discovered in the Indian Ocean at 16°20′S119°35′E / 16.333°S 119.583°E / -16.333; 119.583 (Lively) at Mermaid Reef in the Rowley Shoals is believed to be that of Lively. [283] [284]
Lord DuncanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Demerara. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Barbadoes. [7]
MariaFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The brig was wrecked on the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cuba to New York. [277]
MinervaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland. Her crew were rescued. [123]
HMS Muros Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The frigate was wrecked at Havana, Cuba, whilst attacking a battery. [285] Her crew were rescued. [121]
NettleyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner capsized off Barbadoes in a squall. Nine of her crew survived. [133]
Olive Branch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British North America The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River. [232]
SelectCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London. [232]
SpeedwellCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Quebec City. [286]
Surinam Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Grenada. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [123]
Three BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of about 300 lives. Fifteen survivors were rescued by Alert (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [287]
Three BrothersCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Goose Island, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London. [232] Three Brothers was refloated in February 1809. [236]
TritonFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Savannah, Georgia. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Kingdom of Holland to Baltimore, Maryland. [39]
UnionCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Halifax. [194]
WattCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City. [278] Watt was later refloated and taken in to Quebec City. [154]
WilliamFlag of the United States (1795-1818).svg  United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by two French Navy frigates. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia. [79]
WilliamCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The schooner was captured and burnt by Palinure (Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy). She was on a voyage from Halifax to Montego Bay, Jamaica. [158]
Young JohnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Goose Island, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool. [232] She was subsequently declared a total loss. [288]

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