List of shipwrecks in 1813

The list of shipwrecks in 1813 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1813.

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January[edit]

1 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1813
Ship State Description
Euphrates British East India Company The East Indiaman foundered south of Ceylon. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Gute Erwachting Unknown The ship departed from St. Ubes, Portugal for an American port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[2]
HMS Java  Royal Navy
HMS Java exploding after being set ablaze. USS Constitution is at right.
War of 1812: The Pallas-class frigate, which had been captured on 29 December 1812 by USS Constitution ( United States Navy), was set afire, exploded, and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil.

2 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1813
Ship State Description
Ex  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at São Maiguel, Azores with the loss of four of her crew.[3]
Gloria  Portugal The ship was abandoned off Faial Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[4]
Juno  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Galway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British North America to Limerick and Greenock, Renfrewshire.[5]
Thetis  United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Cork to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[6]

5 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1813
Ship State Description
Rose in June  United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: Elbe and Hortense (both  French Navy), captured and burnt the galliot. Rose in June was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Gorée, Senegal.[7]

6 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1813
Ship State Description
Senhora do Carmo  Portugal The ship was wrecked near Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[8]

7 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1813
Ship State Description
Dart  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Portland, Dorset whilst on a voyage from São Miguel, Azores to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[3]
Edward  France War of the Sixth Coalition: The privateer was captured by HMS Derwent ( Royal Navy). The two ships subsequently collided and Edward foundered. Her 40 crew were rescued.[9]
HMS Ferret  Royal Navy The Cruizer-class brig-sloop ran aground in the North Sea off Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

8 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1813
Ship State Description
Gipsey  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[10]
Princess Royal  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Leshona Rock, off Oporto, Portugal with the loss of six of her eight crew.[11]

9 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1813
Ship State Description
Glasgow  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Lopness, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Findhorn, Morayshire, Scotland.[12]
Neva  Russia During a voyage from Okhotsk in the Russian Empire to Novo-Arkhangelsk in Russian America carrying 77 people and a cargo of bronze guns, furs, and gold church vestments, the 370-ton ship was wrecked when she struck a rock in a bay – later named Neva Bay (57°09′N 134°17′W / 57.150°N 134.283°W / 57.150; -134.283 (Neva Bay)) – on the coast of Kruzof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in what is now Southeast Alaska. Forty-nine of those on board perished.[13]
Tiger  United Kingdom The transport ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal at the mouth of the Tagus.[14]

11 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1813
Ship State Description
Lark  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Fairness Rock, off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to London.[15] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[16]
Rose of Jersey  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at São Miguel, Azores.[17]

12 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1813
Ship State Description
Nancy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore on the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[18] Nancy was refloated in February and taken in to Kinsale, County Cork.[19]
Tamerlane  France War of 1812: The ship was chased and forced to ground off Cape Henry, Virginia, United States by HMS Tartarus ( Royal Navy): . The British prize crew abandoned it and came ashore as POWs [20][21]

13 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1813
Ship State Description
Pemberton  United Kingdom The ship was discovered in a waterlogged condition by HMS Trinculo ( Royal Navy). Presumably subsequently foundered.[22]

14 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1813
Ship State Description
Sagunto  Spanish Navy The frigate sank after striking Cedar Ledge, a reef off Smuttynose Island in the Isles of Shoals, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) off the coast of New Hampshire.[23]

16 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1813
Ship State Description
Dispatch  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Cork to Gibraltar.[3]
Island  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on The Manacles. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Dublin.[18]
Rosamond  United States War of 1812: The privateer was driven ashore at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela in an engagement with HMS Fawn ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 25 of her crew.[24][25]
Speculator  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Berbice River.[26] She was on a voyage from Berbice to London. Speculator was refloated on 3 March.[27]

17 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1813
Ship State Description
Friends Adventure  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[28]
Teazer  United States War of 1812: The privateer, a schooner, was captured by HMS San Domingo ( Royal Navy). She was set afire and sunk.

19 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1813
Ship State Description
Economy  United States The brig, a prize, was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British North America.[29][30]
Edward  United States The schooner, a prize, was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[29][30]
Factor  United States The full-rigged ship, a prize, was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[29][30]
Fly  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four lives.[26]
Hiram  United States The schooner, a prize, was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[29][30]
Landlady United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[29]
Liverpool United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[29]
New Forge United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[29]
Parker and Sons United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[29]
Polly  United States The schooner was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[29]

24 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1813
Ship State Description
Young Ludowick Unknown The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Rachel  United Kingdom The ship was sailing from Newfoundland to Barbados when she encountered a gale at 41°34′N 46°52′W / 41.567°N 46.867°W / 41.567; -46.867 that dismasted her and reduced her to a complete wreck. she arrived on 11 February at Augra on Terceira Island where she was condemned.[32]

26 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1813
Ship State Description
Alfred  United Kingdom The ship struck a submerged rock in Plymouth Sound and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Robert Bruce  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock off Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands and was consequently beached. She was later refloated but found to be severely damaged. Robert Bruce was on a voyage from Surinam to London.[28]

27 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1813
Ship State Description
HMS Daring  United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The Archer-class gun-brig was run ashore and burnt in the Îles de Los to avoid capture by Aréthuse and Rubis (both  French Navy).

28 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1813
Ship State Description
Conception  Spain The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Shoals, United States with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cadiz to New York, United States.[29]
Doubt  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Horse Sand, in the North Sea. She was subsequently beached at Margate, Kent. Doubt was on a voyage from London to Penzance, Cornwall.[33] She was later refloated.[14]
Maria  Portugal The ship was lost between Dodman Point and Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Lisbon.[14]

29 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1813
Ship State Description
John and Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by a fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire.[14]

30 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1813
Ship State Description
Restaurador  Portugal The ship was wrecked at São Miguel, Azores.[17]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship departed from Dundalk, County Louth for Portsmouth, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1813
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Barrington, Rhode Island, United States.[34]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire.[18]
Atalanta  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on or after 21 January with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[35]
Citizen  United States The ship was captured and sunk by Gloire ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Alexandria, Virginia.[36]
Comet  United States The privateer was wrecked at Beaufort, South Carolina in mid-January.[37]
Confiancen  Sweden The ship was wrecked near Uddevalla. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Holmstad.[3]
Elizabeth  Prussia The ship sank at Rügenwalde.[3]
Euphemia  United Kingdom The transport ship was lost on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[38]
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Dagen Island". She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[18]
Friendly  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 leagues 240 nautical miles (440 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[39]
Hoffnung  Russia The ship ran aground 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Pernau, Livonia, Russian Empire. She was on a voyage from Pernau to London.[18]
Lagan  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to London.[18]
Memel  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Pictou to Sunderland, County Durham.[18]
Patriot  United States The pilot boat was wrecked at Nags Head, North Carolina.[40]
Pemberton  United Kingdom The ship foundered on or after 19 January.[41]
Phœbe  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on or after 21 January with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Belfast, County Antrim.[35]
Resolution  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by USS Hornet ( United States Navy). She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro and Maranhão, Brazil.[42]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship sank at Rügenwald.[3]
Susan  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on or after 21 January with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[35]
Thomas and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southport, Lancashire.[39] She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire.[43]
Versucht flag unknown The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port.[18]
Vetus  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.[44]
William Dent  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on or after 21 January with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[35]
William Wilson  United States War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by Gloire ( French Navy) before 26 January.[45]

February[edit]

1 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1813
Ship State Description
Anna  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cobler's Rocks, Barbados.[26]

2 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1813
Ship State Description
Dobridge  United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by Elbe and Hortense (both  French Navy).[46]
Gloria  Portugal The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Faial, Azores.[17]
Printz Christian Unknown The ship caught fire at London, United Kingdom and was scuttled.[47]
William  United Kingdom The ship departed from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[48]

3 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1813
Ship State Description
Mary  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock off the Saltee Islands, County Donegal and was abandoned by her crew in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[49] She was subsequently driven ashore at Wexford and wrecked.[50]

4 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1813
Ship State Description
General Doyle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Madeira, Portugal with the loss of two of her crew.[20]
Madeira  Portugal The brig was wrecked at Madeira.[20]
Newry  United Kingdom The ship sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[51]
Palafox  United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean (44°30′N 15°00′W / 44.500°N 15.000°W / 44.500; -15.000) by the letter of marque Eugene ( France) whilst on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to São Miguel, Azores. She was set afire and sunk.[41]

5 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1813
Ship State Description
Printz Christian flag unknown The ship caught fire in the River Thames and was scuttled.[49]

6 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1813
Ship State Description
Rubis  French Navy The Pallas-class frigate was driven aground off the Îles de Los, Rivières du Sud in a storm. She was subsequently set afire and scuttled by her crew, who were rescued by Aréthuse ( French Navy).

7 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1813
Ship State Description
Firm  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Dartmouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London.[28]

8 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1813
Ship State Description
Delfin  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Black Rocks, in the Bristol Channel off Porthcawl, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[50][52]
Isabella  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Falkland Islands.[53][54] All 55 people on board survived. Her crew built a small barque from the wreck. Six of them sailed on 21 February and reached Buenos Aires 36 days later. HMS Nancy ( Royal Navy) was despatched to rescue the remainder of her passengers and crew.[55][56]
Star  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45]
William  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Fairness Rock. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to London.[49]

9 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1813
Ship State Description
Isabella  United Kingdom The whaler was lost in the Falkland Islands. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to London.[57]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[17]
Suir  United Kingdom The ship capsized off Milford, Pembrokeshire. She was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of all but three of her crew. Suir was on a voyage from Waterford to Newfoundland, British North America.[45]

10 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1813
Ship State Description
Rachel  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Hazard ( United States). She was on a voyage from Tortola to Cumaná, Captaincy General of Venezuela.[1]
William Henry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Banff, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from London to Newry, County Antrim.[31]

11 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1813
Ship State Description
Wargrave  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk by Severn ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by HMS Cressy ( Royal Navy). Wargrave was on a voyage from Dublin to Surinam.[58]

14 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1813
Ship State Description
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[31]
Mars  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Oban, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Clyde.[17][59]

15 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1813
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship foundered on this date.[60]
Thirsk  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[17]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Humber.[59]

16 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1813
Ship State Description
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship sank off Huntcliffe, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[59]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Southend, Essex. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[4] Eliza was refloated on 25 February and arrived at London.[22]

17 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1813
Ship State Description
General Blake  United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship, which had been previously captured by the privateer Comet ( France), was lost on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37]
John  United Kingdom The ship was lost in "Vintry Harbour". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[59]
Lancashire Witches  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cayenne for Barbados. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[61]
Nimrod  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of all twelve of her crew. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[17][62]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Humber.[59]
Sunderland Packet  United Kingdom The ship capsized and was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[63]

18 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1813
Ship State Description
Ceres  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore near Margate, Kent.[63]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the West Rocks with the loss of all hands.[64]
Gratitude  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.[28] She was later refloated.[65]
Marys  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Hare Island, County Galway.[59]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore at St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.[28] She was later refloated.[65]
San Antonio  Spain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Her crew were rescued.[58]

19 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1813
Ship State Description
Vine  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore near Spurn Point, Yorkshire.[22] She floated off on 26 February.[59]

20 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1813
Ship State Description
Adelphi  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Surinam. Her crew survived.[66]
Conceicao  Portugal The ship was wrecked in the River Suir.[41] She was on a voyage from Waterford, United Kingdom to Lisbon.[22]
Ganges  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Surinam River. She was on a voyage from Malta to Surinam.[58]
Peace  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Dice Quay, London.[19]
HMS Rhodian  Royal Navy The 16-gun brig of war was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Port Royal, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[42][67]
Springfield  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Lindesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued by Princess of Wales.[60]

21 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1813
Ship State Description
Gustaff Adolph  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Stromness, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[46] Gustaff Adolph was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[7]
Lark  United Kingdom The ship departed Drogheda, County Louth for Whitehaven, Cumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26]

22 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1813
Ship State Description
Doris  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire with the loss of 24 lives. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Lerwick, Shetland Islands.[59][68]
Lord Duncan  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Lamlash, Isle of Arran.[22][41]
Manchester  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Orion  Sweden The ship was wrecked on Düne, Heligoland with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Stockholm.[37]

24 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1813
Ship State Description
Conde de Santa Maria Lourenco  Portugal The ship departed from New York, United States for Oporto. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[69]
HMS Peacock  Royal Navy War of 1812: The Cruizer-class brig-sloop was defeated and captured, but sank from damage sustained off the mouth of the Demerara River in an engagement with USS Hornet ( United States Navy) with the loss of 38 of her 122 crew and three U.S. navy sailors who didn't get off in time.[70]

26 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1813
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[59]
Hoppett  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Waterford.[28]

27 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1813
Ship State Description
Jane & Emma  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash, Arran. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[46]
Lavinia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Lamlash. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Liverpool. Lavinia was later refloated.[46][65]

28 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1813
Ship State Description
Peter  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Cork. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to London.[7]

Unknown date[edit]

For the loss of Bruce Grove during February 1813, see List of shipwrecks in 1812 § 29 December.
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1813
Ship State Description
Ballasteros  Spain The ship foundered off Gibraltar with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Alicante to Cadiz.[51]
Diligence United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Fundy. Her crew were rescued.[71] The wreck was subsequently burnt. Diligence was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Saint John, New Brunswick.[59]
Hair Trunk  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Burry. She was on a voyage from Terceira Island, Azores to London.[9]
Hawke  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Farne Islands. She was on a voyage from "Dudden" to Hull, Yorkshire.[50]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the River Dee. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19]
Newry  United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Liverpool.[59]
Resistance  Sweden The ship was wrecked on Læsø in early February with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stockholm.[64]
Stag  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Madeira. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Madeira.[37]
Sultan  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Acheen on or around 3 February. Her 13 crew survived the sinking, but only four survived to land at Ceylon on 17 February.[72]
Triton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Tagus.[22]

March[edit]

1 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1813
Ship State Description
James and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.[29]
Pomona  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in the Irish Sea off Amlwch, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[30][71]

4 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1813
Ship State Description
Virgine de Dolores  Spain The ship struck a rock and foundered at Malta.[73] She was on a voyage from Malta to a port in Catalonia.[34]

5 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1813
Ship State Description
Lark  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Solway Firth. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[74]
Nymph  United States War of 1812: The ship was captured by HMS Blazer and HMS Thrasher (both  Royal Navy) and was sent in to Heligoland. She was wrecked on Düne on 7 March. Nymph was on a voyage from New York to Amsterdam, Zuyderzée, France.[46]
Ruby  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.[29]

6 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1813
Ship State Description
Enigheden Denmark Norway The brig was wrecked on Westray, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with the loss of all hands.[37]

11 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1813
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore and severely damaged near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Madeira. Hope was later refloated.[65]
Mutual  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham.[65]

12 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1813
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Dover and Folkestone, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[60] She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to London.[65]

15 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1813
Ship State Description
Good Advice  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Brook, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[26]

16 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1813
Ship State Description
Ark  United Kingdom The ship ran around on a sandbank off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Leeds, Yorkshire.[26] Ark was later refloated.[64]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship capsized in a squall in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of four lives.[75]

21 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1813
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[64]

22 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1813
Ship State Description
HMS Captain  Royal Navy The Canada-class ship of the line was destroyed by fire in the Hamoaze with the loss of two of her crew.

23 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1813
Ship State Description
Pelham  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Globe ( United States). She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Figueira da Foz, Portugal.[36]

25 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1813
Ship State Description
Derejada de Paz  Portugal War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a French vessel.[76]
Ruby  Portugal War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a French vessel.[76]

27 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1813
Ship State Description
Success War of the Sixth Coalition:  United States The ship was captured by Aréthuse ( French Navy) whilst on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Cadiz, Spain and was sunk by her.[77]

28 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1813
Ship State Description
Abundancio  Spain The ship was driven ashore near Algeciras.[78]
Alexandro  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Algeciras.[78]
Columbo  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Malta to the Clyde.[27]
Dostermanus  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Algeciras. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Algeciras.[78]
Fortuna  Spain The ship was driven ashore near Algeciras. She was on a voyage from Oran to Gibraltar.[78]
Regent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Algeciras. She was on a voyage from Malta to Lisbon, Portugal.[78]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Majorca, Spain.[78]
Valiente  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Algeciras.[78]

29 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1813
Ship State Description
Louisa  United States The ship was lost near Cape Negro, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to New York.[1]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1813
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The brig was captured by the privateer Miquelonnaise ( France) between 26 and 30 March whilst on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. She was set afire and sunk.[20]
Amazon  Portugal The ship was wrecked on the coast of the United States in late March. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Boston, Massachusetts.[73]
Braganza  Portugal The ship ran aground in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London.[30]
Catharine and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southport, Lancashire, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[51][71]
Confiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The ship was lost near Carthagena, Viceroyalty of New Granada in late March.[1]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean off the Berlengas, Portugal by the privateer Globe ( United States). She was set afire and sunk.[20]
Endeavour United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Shoalhaven River. Her crew survived.[79]
Enterprize  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southport.[71] She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Ross and Liverpool.[28]
Gatcomb  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardglass, County Down. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Belfast, County Antrim.[28]
Leopard  United Kingdom War of 1812: The schooner was captured and sunk in Dublin Bay by the privateer True Blooded Yankee ( United States).[58]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Yankee ( United States).[37]
Mary Hall  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool.[71]
Mercury United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Shoalhaven River. Her crew survived.[79]
Seaton  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured by the privateer Paul Jones ( United States). She was set afire and sunk.[20]
Speculant  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Eyder.[64]

April[edit]

1 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1813
Ship State Description
USS Gallatin  United States Navy The ship exploded and sank at Charleston, South Carolina with the loss of three of her crew.
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wexford.[80]
Hercules  United Kingdom The whaler was driven ashore at Aberdeen.[80]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.[81]
John and Hannah  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to London.[20]
Master Mason  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[7]
Oscar  United Kingdom The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen with the loss of all 48 crew.[80]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to London.[7]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wexford.[80]
True Briton  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Great Orme, Caernarfonshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Neptune ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[82]
Valentine  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Belfast Lough. Her crew were rescued.[81]

2 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1813
Ship State Description
Asia India The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean (approximately 10°S 85°E / 10°S 85°E / -10; 85).[83]

3 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1813
Ship State Description
Dumfries  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[80]

6 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1813
Ship State Description
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Buenos Aires.[84]
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank near Visby, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London.[85] John was later refloated and taken in to Carlshamn for repairs.[78]
Twee Gesusters Unknown The ship was driven ashore at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[86] She was later refloated and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden.[42]

8 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1813
Ship State Description
Unity United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner, which had been stolen by seven transported convicts, was last seen off the mouth of the Derwent River. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

12 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1813
Ship State Description
Colonel Bloomfield  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Dartmouth, Devon for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[87]

14 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1813
Ship State Description
Grenville  United States The ship was wrecked on the American coast. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[88]

15 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1813
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[89]

16 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1813
Ship State Description
Two Elizas  United Kingdom The ship departed from the Nore for Heligoland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[35]
Marquis Wellesley British East India Company The East Indiaman ran aground at Bombay, India and foundered. She was subsequently reported to be a complete wreck by 24 April.[90][91]

17 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1813
Ship State Description
Cerberus  United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The privateer was captured and burnt off The Lizard, Cornwall by Aréthuse ( French Navy).[92]
St Johannes  Spain The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Seville to London, United Kingdom.[86][89]

18 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1813
Ship State Description
Lively  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Manchioneal, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manchioneal to London.[1]

21 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1813
Ship State Description
Success  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel off Düne. She was beached but sank Success was on a voyage from London to Heligoland.[85]

22 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1813
Ship State Description
Mary Ann  Russia The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, United Kingdom.[85] She floated off on 28 April, came ashore and was wrecked.[92]

24 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1813
Ship State Description
Mullett  United Kingdom The ship put into Plymouth, as did London Packet, Annett master. Mullett was sailing from Plymouth to Suriname and London Packet was sailing from London to Havana when they ran foul of each other.[93]
Robert  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Plate.[94]

26 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1813
Ship State Description
Gute Mutter flag unknown The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[95][96] She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[97]
Sir Godfrey Webster  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was dismasted in a storm in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius during a voyage from Bengal, India, to London.[98] She put into Bombay on 5 June for repairs.[98][99]

27 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1813
Ship State Description
Argo  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stockholm, Sweden.[100]
Princess  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to New York.[53]
Whampoa  United States War of 1812: The ship was driven ashore at Newport, Rhode Island by HMS Orpheus ( Royal Navy). An attempt to capture the ship was repelled from the shore.[101]

28 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1813
Ship State Description
Golconda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. She was later refloated.[35]
Henderson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Eynoch. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia.[58]
Virgin de los Remedos  Spain The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued.[102]
Walter  United States The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Tagus.[35]

30 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1813
Ship State Description
Beamish  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire.[97]
Fame  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Gothenburg, Sweden. Fame was later refloated.[97]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[97]
Galatea  United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore at Sheerness. She was on a voyage from Woolwich, Kent to Kolberg, Prussia.[96] Galatea was later refloated and taken in to Sheerness.[100]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[97]
Nancy  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on St Nicholas Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[96]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1813
Ship State Description
Bom Successo  Portugal War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom by a French Navy frigate after 9 April. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Lisbon.[103][104]
Cognac Packet  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean between 21 April and 1 May.[58]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Seaford, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[85]
Fortuna Denmark Norway The ship was wrecked near Holmstadt. She was on a voyage from Holmstadt to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[42]
General Balasteros  Spain War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured by the privateer Diligence ( France). She was set afire and sunk.[20]
General Grew Schmittow Denmark Norway The ship foundered in the North Sea on or about 20 April with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Trondheim to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[73]
Latona  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by Sabine ( United States). She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London.[92]
London Packet  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship, which had been captured by the privateer Paul Jones ( United States) on 3 February, was wrecked near Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. London Packet was on a voyage from Spithead, Hampshire to Havana, Cuba.[105]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Malta to Dublin.[100]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Malta.[81] Mary was later refloated and returned to Liverpool for repairs.[89]
Nora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark.[100]
Scara  Portugal War of the Sixth Coalition: The full-rigged ship was captured and burnt off Madeira by Aréthuse ( French Navy).[97]

May[edit]

1 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1813
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was lost off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by lifeboat. Hope was on a voyage from Heligoland to Hull, Yorkshire.[78]

3 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1813
Ship State Description
Unknown and unknown  United Kingdom War of 1812:The two ships were captured by Privateer America ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean. They were left adrift.[106]

5 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1813
Ship State Description
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock between Buck Island and Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was consequently beached at Saint Thomas.[66] Thomas was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[34]

7 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1813
Ship State Description
Jonge Pieter Unknown The ship capsized at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[78]

8 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1813
Ship State Description
Hartley  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured by the privateer Governor Tompkins ( United States). She was burnt the next day.[94]

10 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1813
Ship State Description
Fox  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured by an American privateer 35 leagues (105 nautical miles (194 km)) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork but sank due to battle damage. Three of her crew were killed in the engagement.[58]

16 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1813
Ship State Description
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Cork to Southampton, Hampshire. Commerce was later boarded and taken in to Penzance, Cornwall.[58]

19 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1813
Ship State Description
Jane  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and destroyed by USS Congress ( United States Navy). She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[107]
Magdalen  United States The ship, a prize of HMS Superb ( Royal Navy), caught fire at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom and was scuttled.[108]

20 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1813
Ship State Description
HMS Algerine  Royal Navy The Pigmy-class schooner was wrecked on the Little Bahama Bank. Her crew survived.

23 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1813
Ship State Description
General Wellesley  United Kingdom The brig struck ice and foundered off Newfoundland, British North America.[66]
Latonia  United Kingdom The ship struck ice and foundered off the coast of Greenland. He crew were rescued.[109]
Leo  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Bahia, Brazil.[110]

24 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1813
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was lost at St. John's, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to St. John's.[94]

27 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1813
Ship State Description
Sir Isaac Brock  United Kingdom War of 1812, Battle of York: The uncompleted brig of war was burnt on the stocks at Kingston, Royal Naval Dockyard, Upper Canada, British North America to prevent capture by the Americans.

29 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1813
Ship State Description
USS Duke of Gloucester  United States Navy War of 1812, Second Battle of Sackett's Harbor: The brig of war was destroyed to prevent capture by the British.
USS General Pike  United States War of 1812, Second Battle of Sackett's Harbor: The corvette, which was then under construction, was set afire to prevent capture by the British. Later salvaged, completed and commissioned.

30 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1813
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[111][112]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1813
Ship State Description
Actaeon  United States War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by HMS Hogue ( Royal Navy) in mid-May. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts.[87]
Diana  United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and destroyed by the privateer Lion ( France) after 30 April. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Newfoundland, British North America.[88]
Effort  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[113]
Floribunda Stralsund The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to London.[113]
George  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was later refloated and put into "Fahrsund". George was on a voyage from "Wyburgh" to an English port.[88]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Spurn Point, Yorkshire.[100]
Iris  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Fidelity ( United Kingdom). Iris was on a voyage from Cork to Newfoundland, British North America.[103]
James and Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boston, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[114]
Johanna  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Saint Petersburg.[87]
Porsgrund Denmark Norway The ship foundered in the North Sea.[96]
Sprightly  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by an American letter of marque. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[35]
Veritas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Eyemouth, Berwickshire.[96]

June[edit]

1 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1813
Ship State Description
Echo  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Rio de Janeiro. Eleven of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Pernambuco, Brazil.[84]

4 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1813
Ship State Description
Princess of Brazil  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, Portugal.[115]
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off St Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[34]

11 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1813
Ship State Description
Cork Rump  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[102]

13 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1813
Ship State Description
Festin  French Navy The corvette ran aground at Brest, Finistère. She was refloated but was subsequently withdrawn from service.

14 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1813
Ship State Description
Harriet  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and destroyed by the privateer Fox ( United States). Harriet was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to London.[87]
Nelly & Peggy  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and destroyed by the privateer Fox ( United States). Nelly & Peggy was on a voyage from Cork to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[87]

16 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1813
Ship State Description
Joanna  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Aberdeen.[66] She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[116]

20 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1813
Ship State Description
Olive Branch  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[103]

21 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1813
Ship State Description
Adriatic  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.[88]

26 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1813
Ship State Description
Fox Packet  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship, which had been captured by the privateer Fox ( United States) on 17 June, was recaptured by Superior ( United Kingdom) and was scuttled.[117] She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Limerick.[118]
HMS Persian  Royal Navy
HMS Persian.

The Cruizer-class brig-sloop ran aground on the Silver Cays sandbank, off the north coast of Hispaniola. She was refloated but consequently foundered. All 126 crew survived.

27 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1813
Ship State Description
Mars  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock at Plymouth, Devon and was wrecked.[66]
Quiz  United Kingdom The ship capsized 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Guadeloupe with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to London.[84]
Young Teazer  United States War of 1812: The schooner was scuttled by her crew at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of 30 of her 38 crew.

28 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1813
Ship State Description
Ramoncita  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Demerara River. She was declared a total loss.[119]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1813
Ship State Description
Alfred  United Kingdom The transport ship was lost at the mouth of the Ebro.[120] The archaeological site is known as Deltebre I.[121]
Bee  United Kingdom The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent.[53]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London.[87]
Harlequin  United Kingdom The transport ship was lost at the mouth of the Ebro.[120] The archaeological site is known as Deltebre I.[121]
Hector  Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Riga, Russia.[101]
Lady Emily Packet  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Bermuda. All on board were rescued.[103]
Magnum Bonum  United Kingdom The transport ship was lost at the mouth of the Ebro.[120] The archaeological site is known as Deltebre I.[121]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel and was beached in the Malmö Channel. She was later refloated and taken in to Carlscrona, Sweden for repairs.[87]
Prince of Brazil  United Kingdom The ship was lost north of the "Toro". She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, Portugal.[122]
Southampton  United Kingdom The transport ship was lost at the mouth of the Ebro.[120] The archaeological site is known as Deltebre I.[121]
Trafalgar  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Tobago. She was on a voyage from Tobago to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[123]

July[edit]

2 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1813
Ship State Description
HMS Daedalus  Royal Navy The Hortense-class frigate ran aground off Pointe de Galle, Ceylon and sank. Her crew were rescued.

3 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1813
Ship State Description
Belvedere  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint Thomas. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, Lancashire.[69][124]

5 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1813
Ship State Description
Caledonian  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[119]

10 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1813
Ship State Description
Ajax  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Carlscrona, Sweden.[125]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Tobermory, Isle of Mull. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to a Baltic port. William was later taken in to Oban, Argyllshire.[126][127]

16 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1813
Ship State Description
Jane  United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and scuttled off the east coast of Jamaica by an American privateer.[128]

18 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1813
Ship State Description
Chance  United Kingdom The sloop capsized at Port Royal, Jamaica during a squall.[129]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was captured east of Jamaica by an American privateer. She was set afire and sunk. Jane was on a voyage from Barbados to Jamaica.[119]

19 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1813
Ship State Description
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Tagus.[103]

21 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1813
Ship State Description
Lancaster  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Havana, Cuba.[124]

22 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1813
Ship State Description
Carlotta  Spain The ship ran aground on the Carysfort Reef. She was later refloated and arrived at Nassau, Bahamas on 29 July. Carlotta was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[129]

23 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1813
Ship State Description
Barbadoes  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Martinique.[119]
Bootle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Bridgetown, Barbados.[130]
Chance  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on a reef off Barbados.[130]
Colonist  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Bridgetown.[130] She was on a voyage from Barbados to London. Colonist was subsequently repaired and returned to service.[131]
Cossack United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Antigua The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Guadeloupe. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Marigalante and London.[119][128]
Dispatch  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Martinique.[119]
Emelia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Martinique with the loss of fifteen of her crew.[119]
Experiment