List of shipwrecks in October 1820
The list of shipwrecks in October 1820 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during October 1820 .
1 October
2 October
3 October
4 October
5 October
6 October
8 October
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1820
Ship
State
Description
Hillma
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore near "Leerham", Sweden.[ 10]
9 October
10 October
13 October
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1820
Ship
State
Description
Integrity
United Kingdom
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 ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Libava , Courland Governorate to London.[ 13]
14 October
15 October
16 October
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1820
Ship
State
Description
Catherine
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
Sweden
The ship was lost on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Calais , France.[ 15]
Elizabeth and Sally
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in Bantry Bay .[ 17] She was on a voyage from Tralee , County Kerry to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 18]
Venus
France
The ship was driven ashore near the Old Head of Kinsale , County Cork , United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member.[ 16]
17 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1820
Ship
State
Description
Acorn
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Barrow of Ballyteague, County Galway . Her crew were rescued.[ 16]
Amity
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Ramsgate , Kent . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Sandwich, Kent .[ 19]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Littlehampton , Sussex .[ 17]
Dadales
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen . She was refloated the next day.[ 16]
Lark
United Kingdom
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
France
The ship was wrecked at Calais. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Calais.[ 19]
Pollux
United Kingdom
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
Norway
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 Drontheim .[ 18]
William
United Kingdom
The brig foundered whilst on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 21]
18 October
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1820
Ship
State
Description
Amity
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bangor, County Down . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 22]
Josina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Ballina, County Mayo .[ 4]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bangor. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Londonderry .[ 22]
Star
United Kingdom
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
Russia
The ship was driven ashore near Southport , Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Loviisa , Grand Duchy of Finland .[ 16]
Venus
Jersey
The brig was wrecked at the Old Head of Kinsale , County Cork with the loss of a crew member.[ 22]
19 October
20 October
21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1820
Ship
State
Description
Ellen or Helen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Selsey Bill , Sussex . Seven crew were rescued by Bonne Foi ( France ).[ 20] [ 27]
Fly
United Kingdom
The cutter was driven ashore at Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany .[ 5]
Gipsey
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Livorno.[ 5]
Helena
Russia
The ship was wrecked in the Aspö Islands . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom .[ 7]
John Crawford
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Black Rock Point, Renfrewshire She was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain to Greenock , Renfrewshire.[ 17]
Laura
Prussia
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
France
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
United Kingdom
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
Denmark
The ship was lost on Læsø . She was on a voyage from Jersey , Channel Islands to Copenhagen .[ 15]
22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1820
Ship
State
Description
Abartouri
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate , Kent , United Kingdom with some loss of life.[ 22]
Alderney
Guernsey
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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The whaler was driven ashore at Margate , Kent. She was later refloated.[ 30]
Borneo
United Kingdom
Borneo ashore at Southsea. The ship was driven ashore at Southsea , Hampshire .[ 20] She was refloated on 25 October and put into Liverpool for repairs.[ 10]
Boyne
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness , Kent with the loss of all hands.[ 16] [ 13]
Christopher
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset .[ 16]
Churchill
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay . Her crew were rescued.[ 10] [ 22]
Curlew
United Kingdom
The Collier was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich. Her crew survived.[ 13]
Duke of York
United Kingdom
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
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Barth to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 31]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Selsey Bill , Sussex with the loss of all hands.[ 16]
Esperance
France
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
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft , suffolk Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat.[ 13]
Herald
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Deal, Kent .[ 32]
Kite
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Ramsgate , Kent.[ 13] She was on a voyage from South Shields to Dover.[ 31]
Mary
United Kingdom
The collier was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich. Her crew survived.[ 13]
Nantaise
France
The ship was driven ashore near Le Croisic , Loire-Inférieure . She was on a voyage from Martinique to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure.[ 5]
Ocean
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Ramsgate.[ 22]
Providence
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Tongue Sand, in the North Sea off Margate , Kent.[ 22] Her crew survived.[ 30]
Royal Oak
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Harwich. She had been refloated by 24 October.[ 10]
Sally
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in Galway Bay .[ 4]
Unity
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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 ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland , British North America to Liverpool.[ 34]
Xania
United Kingdom
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]
23 October
24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1820
Ship
State
Description
Anna Sophia
Hamburg
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
United Kingdom
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 United Kingdom .[ 35]
25 October
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1820
Ship
State
Description
Clara
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Cushenden Bay . She was on a voyage from Belfast to Ballycastle, County Antrim .[ 12]
Hunter
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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]
26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1820
Ship
State
Description
Cornborough
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Ailsa Craig . Her crew were rescued.[ 4]
Resolution
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Ayr with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow.[ 12]
William Pitt
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Trelleborg , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London .[ 15]
27 October
28 October
29 October
30 October
31 October
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1820
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel , North Holland , Netherlands .[ 14]
Diana
India
The ship was lost in the Khuriya Muriya Islands , off Muscat with the loss of more than fourteen lives.[ 47]
Eliza
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Knoch John, in the White Sea in late October. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to Liverpool.[ 2]
James Berridge
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Garonne before 24 October. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto , Portugal.[ 4]
Jenny
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Lossiemouth , Inverness-shire . She was on a voyage from Nairn to Hamburg .[ 18]
Kendal
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool.[ 26]
Ocean
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in the Saint Lawrence River in early October.[ 38]
Release
United Kingdom
The ship is presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Antwerp , Netherlands.[ 14]
Sarah & Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the River Boyne . She was on a voyage from New Brunswick to Drogheda , County Louth .[ 6]
Sophia
Jamaica
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
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America.[ 50]
Tobago
United Kingdom
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
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Bergen , Norway to Antwerp . Her crew were rescued.[ 51]
William & Catherine
Sweden
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Three of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Oporto , Portugal to Norway.[ 19]
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