The list of shipwrecks in October 1820 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during October 1820.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann | The ship ran aground on the Andrews Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to London. [1] | |
| Anne | The ship was wrecked on Penmon Point, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon. [1] | |
| Fly | The ship was wrecked on Penmon Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Caernarfon. [1] | |
| Sincerity | The ship was wrecked on Penmon Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Caernarfon. [1] | |
| William | The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands, She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana. [2] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Policy | The whaler was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. [1] She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas. Policy was refloated on 3 October and put back to the River Thames on 5 October. [3] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fame | The ship was lost on the Oreground, in the Gulf of Bothnia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire. [4] | |
| Leander | The ship was driven ashore at Odesa. She was on a voyage from Odesa to Liverpool, Lancashire. Leander was refloated on 6 October. [5] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | | The ship was lost near Varberg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth and Jean | The ship was lost near Port Mahon, Spain. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Genoa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. [7] | |
| Idea | The schooner foundered in the English Channel off Helford, Cornwall with the loss of three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by HMRC Hind ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ida | The ship foundered off Helford, Cornwall with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Padstow, Cornwall. [9] | |
| St. Pierre | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Calais. She was on a voyage from Calais to Cette, Hérault. [9] | |
| Trident | The ship was driven ashore at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated but found to have hogged. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hillma | The ship was driven ashore near "Leerham", Sweden. [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oscar | The ship struck the Haisborough Sands and consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Barcelona, Spain. [9] | |
| Wylam | The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Addington | The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. Her crew were rescued by the Pillau Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pillau. [12] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Integrity | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was refloated but was abandoned the next day in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by Friends ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Twins | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Neath, Glamorgan. [14] | |
| Union | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Cardigan Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth to Neath. [14] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine | The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Cork to Plymouth, Devon. Catherine was later refloated. [16] | |
| City of Edinburgh | The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London. [16] [13] She was refloated on 19 October and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly for repairs. [12] | |
| Conjunction | | The ship was lost on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Calais, France. [15] |
| Elizabeth and Sally | The ship was lost in Bantry Bay. [17] She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to Liverpool, Lancashire. [18] | |
| Venus | The ship was driven ashore near the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. [16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acorn | The ship was driven ashore on the Barrow of Ballyteague, County Galway. Her crew were rescued. [16] | |
| Amity | The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Sandwich, Kent. [19] | |
| Brothers | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Littlehampton, Sussex. [17] | |
| Dadales | The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was refloated the next day. [16] | |
| Lark | The packet boat was driven ashore at Calais, France. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Calais. Lark was refloated on 21 October. [20] | |
| Ourang Outang | The ship was wrecked at Calais. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Calais. [19] | |
| Pollux | The ship was driven ashore near Weymouth, Dorset with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. [19] | |
| Unge Johannes | The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Cattewater. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Terravecchia, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Trondheim. [18] | |
| William | The brig foundered whilst on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [21] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amity | The ship was driven ashore at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. [22] | |
| Josina | The ship was driven ashore near Ballina, County Mayo. [4] | |
| Mary | The ship was driven ashore at Bangor. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Londonderry. [22] | |
| Star | The ship was driven ashore and sank near Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Hull, Yorkshire. [19] | |
| St. Peter | The ship was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Loviisa, Grand Duchy of Finland. [16] | |
| Venus | | The brig was wrecked at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork with the loss of a crew member. [22] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax Packet | The ship departed from Londonderry for New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [23] | |
| John Crawford | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Black Rock, in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Greenock, Renfrewshire. [16] John Crawford was later refloated and taken in to Greenock. [12] | |
| Lark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais, France. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Calais. [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fame | The ship departed from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk for Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [24] | |
| Leicester | The ship was wrecked at Aveiro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [25] | |
| Messagere | The ship was driven ashore in the Seine. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. [22] | |
| St. Peter | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Southport, Lancashire. [26] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen or Helen | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Selsey Bill, Sussex. Seven crew were rescued by Bonne Foi ( | |
| Fly | The cutter was driven ashore at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. [5] | |
| Gipsey | The ship was driven ashore at Livorno. [5] | |
| Helena | The ship was wrecked in the Aspö Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. [7] | |
| John Crawford | The schooner was wrecked at Black Rock Point, Renfrewshire She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Greenock, Renfrewshire. [17] | |
| Laura | The ship was lost near Frederikshavn, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. [28] [15] | |
| Messagère | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and beached in the Seine. Messagère was on a voyage from Louisiana to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. [29] | |
| Providence | The ship was driven ashore near Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Southampton, Hampshire. Providence was refloated the next day and taken in to Lymington. [16] | |
| Young Lars | The ship was lost on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Copenhagen. [15] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abartouri | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom with some loss of life. [22] | |
| Alderney | | The sloop was wrecked on Alderney, Channel Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Guernsey. [4] |
| Ann | The ship was driven ashore at Felixstowe, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. [22] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Maldon, Essex. [30] | |
| Arab | The whaler was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was later refloated. [30] | |
| Borneo | ||
| Boyne | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued. [22] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. [30] | |
| Charlotte | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of all hands. [16] [13] | |
| Christopher | The ship was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset. [16] | |
| Churchill | The ship was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Liverpool, Lancashire. [13] Churchill was refloated on 2 December. [2] | |
| Commodore | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay. Her crew were rescued. [10] [22] | |
| Curlew | The Collier was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich. Her crew survived. [13] | |
| Duke of York | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off Margate. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to South Shields, County Durham. [13] | |
| Edward Hendrick | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Barth to Lisbon, Portugal. [31] | |
| Ellen | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Selsey Bill, Sussex with the loss of all hands. [16] | |
| Esperance | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime to Calais. Esperance was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate. [31] | |
| George | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, suffolk Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. [13] | |
| Herald | The ship was wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Deal, Kent. [32] | |
| Kite | The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent. [13] She was on a voyage from South Shields to Dover. [31] | |
| Mary | The collier was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich. Her crew survived. [13] | |
| Nantaise | The ship was driven ashore near Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. [5] | |
| Ocean | The sloop was driven ashore at Ramsgate. [22] | |
| Providence | The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand. She was on a voyage from Ceylon to Mauritius and London. Providence was later refloated. [30] | |
| Recovery | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Dymchurch and New Romney, Kent. Her crew were rescued. [13] She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London. [16] | |
| Robert | The ship was wrecked on the Tongue Sand, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent. [22] Her crew survived. [30] | |
| Royal Oak | The ship was driven ashore at Harwich. She had been refloated by 24 October. [10] | |
| Sally | The ship was wrecked at Smerwick, County Kerry with the loss of eleven of the twelve people on board. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Hull, Yorkshire. [33] She was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Margate. [28] | |
| Sally | The ship was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued. [22] Sally was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Margate. [5] | |
| Sarah and Caroline | The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. [13] [30] | |
| Trim | The ship was lost in Galway Bay. [4] | |
| Unity | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Faial Island, Azores. Unity was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate. [31] | |
| Waterloo | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of the twenty people on board. The survivors were rescued on 29 October by Merchant ( | |
| Xania | The sloop was driven ashore at Ramsgate. [20] She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to London. Xania was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate. [31] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Fowey, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey to Plymouth, Devon. [12] | |
| John | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. [13] | |
| Kendal | The ship sank in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. [10] | |
| Providenza | The ship was wrecked at Le Conquet, Finistère, France with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from "Molda" to the Île de Ré, Finistère. [28] | |
| Seaforth | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, Lancashire. [26] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Sophia | The ship was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg. [4] | |
| Plover | The schooner was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of twelve of her fifteen crew. The survivors were rescued on 13 November by the packet Blucher |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clara | The ship was driven ashore at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to San Sebastián, Spain. [28] [5] | |
| Cushenden | The ship was driven ashore in Cushenden Bay. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Ballycastle, County Antrim. [12] | |
| Hunter | The ship sprang a leak and was beached in Davis's Cove, Saint Lucia. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana, Cuba. [36] | |
| Mary and Betty | The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire with the loss of eight of the eleven people on board. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Liverpool. [28] [12] [37] | |
| Nancy | The ship was driven ashore at Tönningen, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Husum, Duchy of Holstein to an English port. [4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cornborough | The ship was sighted in the Kattegat whilst on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Riga, Russia, No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [2] | |
| Friends | The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [15] | |
| Friend's Increase | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Ailsa Craig. Her crew were rescued. [4] | |
| Resolution | The ship was driven ashore near Abererch, Caernarvonshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [12] She was refloated on 22 November and taken in to Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. [38] | |
| William | The ship foundered off Ayr with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow. [12] | |
| William Pitt | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London. [15] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Endeavour | The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dumfries. [28] | |
| Josephine | The ship was lost near Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord. [39] | |
| Two Brothers | The ship was driven ashore at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. [40] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prut | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the Tarkhankut Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sevastopol to Nicholaieff. [41] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betsey | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Cape de Gatt, Spain. She was on a voyage from Dénia, Spain to London. [42] | |
| Charles Henry | The ship brig sprang a leak and capsized in the Irish Sea off St. Anns Head, Pembrokeshire. Two crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wexford to London. Charles Henry later came ashore and was wrecked. [4] | |
| Flora | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Dover. [12] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lloyd | The ship was driven ashore at Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Jersey. [43] | |
| Sally | The ship was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk and abandoned by her crew. [28] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Experiment | The ship was lost off the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Exeter to Plymouth, Devon. [4] [44] | |
| Henry | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire; where she was wrecked with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Wexford to London. [44] | |
| Race Horse | | The ship was abandoned by her crew whilst on a voyage from Trinidad, Cuba to Havana, Cuba. Her crew were rescued by an American schooner. Race Horse subsequently foundered. [45] |
| Waterloo | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Merchant ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann | The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River between 14 and 21 October. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [46] | |
| Columbus | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. [14] | |
| Diana | | The ship was lost in the Khuriya Muriya Islands, off Muscat with the loss of more than fourteen lives. [47] |
| Eliza | The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River between 14 and 21 October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City. Eliza had been refloated by 26 October and resumed her voyage. [46] | |
| Eliza Margaret | The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith Lothian. [48] | |
| Emily | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Brunswick, British North America. [26] | |
| Happy Return | The ship ran aground on Knoch John, in the White Sea in late October. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Liverpool. [2] | |
| James Berridge | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Garonne before 24 October. She was on a voyage from London to Porto, Portugal. [4] | |
| Jenny | The ship was driven ashore near Lossiemouth, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Hamburg. [18] | |
| Kendal | The ship sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool. [26] | |
| Ocean | The ship was lost in the Bay of Fundy off Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, British North America. [7] | |
| Princess Royal | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in the Saint Lawrence River in early October. [38] | |
| Release | The ship is presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Netherlands. [14] | |
| Sarah & Eliza | The ship was driven ashore in the River Boyne. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick to Drogheda, County Louth. [6] | |
| Sophia | | The ship was wrecked on Mayaguana, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Antonio to Saint John, New Brunswick. [49] |
| Susannah | The ship was lost at Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. [50] | |
| Tobago | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. Tobago was later refloated. [4] | |
| Vrow Eliza | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Antwerp. Her crew were rescued. [51] | |
| William & Catherine | | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Three of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to Norway. [19] |