The following ships were sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during November 1820.
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| References | ||||||
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fortitude | The schooner sank in the St. Lawrence River. [1] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jason | The ship was driven ashore at South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. Jason was refloated on 6 November and resumed her voyage. [3] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas | The brig foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Barley-Corn ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Concord | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. [5] | |
| Lady Sherbrooke | The ship was lost in the Cranberry Isles, Maine, United States. [6] | |
| Paulina | The ship was in collision with Reliance ( | |
| Prince of Saxe-Coburg | The ship was driven ashore at Brighton. Her crew were rescued. [5] | |
| Sussex | The ship was driven ashore at Brighton. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex. [3] [5] | |
| Thomas | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to an Irish port. [8] | |
| Two Sisters | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Brighton. Her crew were rescued. [3] [5] | |
| Vine | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Brighton. Her crew were rescued. [5] She was later refloated and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex. [8] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colette Charlotte | The ship struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. She was on a voyage from Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal to Ostend. [5] | |
| Don | The ship was driven ashore at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acorn | The brig was wrecked on "Dolus Island", Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica [10] [11] | |
| Barossa | The ship was wrecked on the Southern Fourth Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. [12] [13] | |
| Eleanora | | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Elbing to London, United Kingdom. [14] [15] Eleanora was refloated in mid-December. [16] |
| Oaks | The ship was lost near Margate, Kent with the loss of all hands. [7] She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands. [8] | |
| Tobago | The ship ran aground at Demerara. She was on a voyage from Demerara to London. [17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Biene | | The ship was driven ashore near Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Stettin. [18] |
| Colina | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Bergen. She was on a voyage from Stavanger to Bergen. [19] | |
| Gustaff | The ship was driven ashore at Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Riga, Russia. [18] | |
| Jane | The ship struck the Whitford Sher, off Llanmadoch Hill, Glamorgan and sank. Her crew were rescued. [14] | |
| Speculation | The ship sprang a leak and sank off Swinemünde. [18] | |
| Venus | The ship was driven ashore at Littlehampton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Littlehampton. [8] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swinemünde, Prussia. [20] | |
| Concordia | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [20] | |
| Emelie Sophia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swinemünde. [20] | |
| Gute Eywachting | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swinemünde. [20] | |
| Hazard | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swinemünde. [20] | |
| Ludwig | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [20] | |
| Neptunus | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [20] | |
| Perseverance | The ship was driven ashore at Swinemünde. [20] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Stewart | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire. [21] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ariadne | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. [22] | |
| Betsey | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. [15] | |
| Diligence | The ship was driven ashore near Wicklow. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. Diligence was refloated on 16 November and resumed her voyage. [23] | |
| Freedom | | The ship departed from New York, United States for Gothenburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [24] |
| Heart of Oak | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off Waterford. Her crew were rescued by Reffley ( | |
| Jane | The ship caught fire and was abandoned off Cape Ray, Newfoundland, British North America. [25] | |
| Plover | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Blucher Packet ( | |
| Sherburn | The ship was lost near Christiansø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia. [26] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brigetta Sophia | The ship was wrecked on Læsø. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Copenhagen. [27] | |
| Odin | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hammersand to Lisbon, Portugal. [15] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charlton | | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Antigua. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Saint John, New Brunswick. [28] |
| Divina Providencia | The ship departed from Porto for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. [29] | |
| Jane | The ship, which had sprung a leak two days earlier, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mayflower. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America to Ayr. [30] | |
| Pera Desirée | The ship was wrecked near Calais. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Commerce | The ship was lost neat Peniche, Portugal. [19] | |
| Henry | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Vistula. [31] She was refloated in late December. [17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betsey | The ship was driven ashore at Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France. [19] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. [31] | |
| Glasgow | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia. Glasgow was refloated on 20 November and taken in to Rønne, Denmark. [26] | |
| Peter Elizabeth | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Frederickstadt. [20] | |
| William & Ann | The ship was driven ashore near Eckwarden, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Bremen. [18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isabella | The ship ran aground off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica. Isabella was later refloated and taken in to St. George's, Bermuda. [32] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Filey Bridge, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. Atlantic was later refloated and taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire. [18] | |
| Betsey | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. [33] | |
| Mary | The ship departed from Drogheda, County Louth for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [27] | |
| Mary and Susan | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Hew crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg. [20] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ceres | The ship was driven ashore in Dundalk Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Brazil. [9] Ceres was later refloated and taken in to Dublin. [26] | |
| Essex | A sperm whale rammed and sank the whaler in the Pacific Ocean with the ultimate loss of twelve of her twenty crew. | |
| Friends | The ship was wrecked at Wick, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. [34] She was on a voyage from Wick to an Irish port. [35] | |
| Friends | The sloop caught fire, exploded and sank at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. [36] | |
| Hazard | The ship struck the pier and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ramsgate. [18] | |
| Jane McCleary | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [37] | |
| Nepeau | The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bridport, Dorset. Nepeau was refloated on 4 December. [19] [18] [35] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bordeaux Packet | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the Copeland Islands, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry. [9] | |
| Helena | The ship was lost in the Aspö Islands, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. [18] | |
| Henry | The brig capsized and sank in a squall off Dunbar, Lothian with the loss af a crew member. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Leith, Lothian. [20] [34] | |
| Peace | The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to London. [18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard | The ship sank at Kingsgate, Kent. [20] | |
| Success | The ship was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex by Mary ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo | The ship was sighted of Saint Kitts whilst on a voyage from Demerara to St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [38] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abeona | The transport ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean ( 4°30′N25°30′W / 4.500°N 25.500°W ) with the loss of 113 of the 162 people on board. The survivors were rescued by Condessa da Ponte ( | |
| Alicia Hill | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Odesa, Russia. [41] She subsequently broke up. [42] | |
| Jane | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [43] | |
| John & James | The ship struck rocks off Greenore Point, County Louth and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Waterford. John and James was refloated the next day and taken in to Wexford. [27] | |
| Truro | The ship was wrecked on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Harbour Planters | The ship was wrecked at St. Anns, Jamaica. [44] | |
| Johannes | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Newfoundland, British North America. [45] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bellona | The ship was wrecked on Île Bourbon, All on board were rescued. [46] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| America | | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 November. [47] |
| Arabe | The ship was lost near Maranhão, Brazil before 4 December. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Maranhão. [48] | |
| Christopher | The ship was lost off the Abaco Islands in mid-November. Her crew were rescued. [49] | |
| Friendship | The ship was lost near Harwich, Essex. [50] | |
| Hesperus | The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Rostock. [23] | |
| Industry | The ship was lost near Lowestoft, Suffolk. [50] | |
| Jonge Hendrik | The ship was driven ashore near Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Saint Petersburg. [51] | |
| Joseph | The ship was lost near "Crosswell". [50] | |
| Matilda | | The ship was lost near the mouth of the Garonne. [3] |
| Neutralitat | The ship ran aground in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Stettin. Neutralitat was later refloated and taken in to Harlingen, Friesland. [15] | |
| Paix | The ship was driven ashore at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. [3] | |
| Perseverance | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [41] | |
| Regent | The ship was driven ashore on Hogland. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg. [52] | |
| Resolution | The ship departed from Gijón, Spain for London. Presumed subsequently lost with all hands. One of her boats was discovered off the coast of County Clare in March 1821. [53] | |
| Sophia | The ship foundered in the North Sea. [50] | |
| Speculator | The ship was wrecked at Cape Ray, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Cork. [20] | |
| Triton | The ship departed from Whitehaven, Cumberland for Newry, County Antrim. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. [22] | |
| Triumph | | The ship departed from Saint John, New Brunswick for Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands in mid-November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [54] |
| Valentine | The smack was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall. [55] | |
| West Indian | The ship foundered in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. [56] |