List of shipwrecks in 1817

The list of shipwrecks in 1817 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1817.

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January[edit]

1 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1817
Ship State Description
Better Luck Still  United Kingdom The ship departed from São Miguel, Azores. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1]
Finch  United Kingdom The ship departed from Texel, North Holland, Netherlands for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[2]
Narova  Hamburg The ship departed from Cuxhaven for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[3]

2 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1817
Ship State Description
Speculator  United Kingdom The ship departed from Pillau, Prussia for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]

4 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1817
Ship State Description
Indefatigable  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Liverpool.[5]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Leith, Lothian.[6]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland, to a Scottish port. Mary subsequently came ashore at Bay Bulls, Newfoundland, and was wrecked.[7]
Pearl  United Kingdom The ship sank at the Isle of Skye. She was on a voyage from the River Clare to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[8]
Resolution  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Porthleven, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to London.[5][9] Resolution broke up on 6 January.[10]

5 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1817
Ship State Description
Freundschaft  Hanover The ship was wrecked at Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Norden to London, United Kingdom.[11]
Gerarda Jacoba Louisa  Netherlands The ship foundered in the Vlie. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berbice to Amsterdam, North Holland.[6]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Bulls. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to a Scottish port.[12]
Peace  United Kingdom The ship departed Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[13]

6 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1817
Ship State Description
Ceres  Netherlands The ship was lost near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Amsterdam, North Holland.[14]
Eclipse  United Kingdom The ship was driven in to Mary Fell at New Quay, Cardiganshire, and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Rio de Janeiro.[10]
Mary Fell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at New Quay.[10]

7 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1817
Ship State Description
Alexis  Russia The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in a storm at Rio de Janeiro. She was refloated the next day.[15][16]
Charlotte  Russia The ship was driven ashore in a storm at Rio de Janeiro. She was refloated on 11 January.[15][16]
Cossack  United Kingdom The schooner capsized in a storm at Rio de Janeiro. She was later refloated.[15]
Herculese  Portugal The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in a storm at Rio de Janeiro. She was refloated the next day.[15][16]
Holland  United States The brig was driven ashore in a storm at Rio de Janeiro. She was refloated the next day.[15]

8 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1817
Ship State Description
Braddock  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to New York, United States.[17]
Dick  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdovey, Cardiganshire. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdovey.[6]
Hermanus  Netherlands The ship sank at Rotterdam, South Holland.[6]
Lord Nelson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, South Holland, Netherlands.[6][14]

9 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1817
Ship State Description
Harmonie Hamburg The ship capsized at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from the Gulf of Venice to Cuxhaven.[18]

10 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1817
Ship State Description
Ceres  Netherlands The ship was wrecked near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Amsterdam, North Holland.[6]
Le Jeune François  France The ship was wrecked in the English Channel 14 leagues (42 nautical miles (78 km)) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[19]

12 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1817
Ship State Description
Fame  United States The ship was wrecked on Harbour Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Havana, Cuba.[20]

13 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1817
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Trincomalee, Ceylon. Her crew and passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madras, India, to London.[21]

14 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1817
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all hands. She was bound for the Cape of Good Hope.[22]
Millbanke  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank at Sunderland, County Durham.[22]

15 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1817
Ship State Description
Adelaide  France The ship capsized in the English Channel off Berville, Seine-Inférieure during a squall. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[22]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was last seen on this date whilst on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain, to the United Kingdom. Presumed to have subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[15]
Independent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Horsey, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire.[22]
Owner's Delight  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Dartmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Plymouth, Devon.[23]
Robusto  Portugal The ship was driven ashore in the Straits of Banca. She was on a voyage from China to Rio de Janeiro.[24] Robusto was later refloated with assistance from Addison ( United States).[25]
Sir Alexander Ball  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was on a voyage from San Domingue to Livorno.[26] Sir Alexander Ball was later refloated and taken in to Livorno.[27]

16 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1817
Ship State Description
Paix  France The ship was wrecked at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, to Havre de Grâce.[22]

17 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1817
Ship State Description
Good Hope India The ship was driven ashore near Trincomalee, Ceylon.[28]
Paquette de Cádiz  Spain The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Berville, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Havre de Grâce and Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. Paquette de Cádiz was later refloated.[11]
Thomas and Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Lochendahl". She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Down, to Londonderry.[1]
Unity  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk.[26]

18 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1817
Ship State Description
Brothers Return  United States The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[29] She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to the United States.[7]
Dove  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Orme, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[22]
Fox  United States The ship was wrecked on The Vineyard. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Boston, Massachusetts.[30]
Norfolk Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Caernarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States, to Liverpool.[22]
Oak  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[29] She was later refloated.[31]
Robuste  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Straits of Banca.[32]

19 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1817
Ship State Description
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[33]
Peace  United Kingdom The ship sank on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[34]
Peace  United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Tay.[26]

20 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1817
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Sandy Haven Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.[35]
Albion  United Kingdom The smack was sunk at Plymouth, Devon, with the loss of all hands.[36] She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Plymouth.[37]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Newlyn,[38] or Penzance, Cornwall.[37]
Blue Bonnet  United Kingdom The ship foundered 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Girvan, Ayrshire, with the loss of all hands.[39]
Deptford  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in Whitesand Bay with the loss of all hands.[35][36][37]
Dove  United Kingdom The ship was sunk at Newlyn,[38] or Penzance, Cornwall.[37]
Fairy  United Kingdom The ship was sunk at Newlyn,[38] or Penzance.[37]
Farmer's Delight  United Kingdom The sloop was lost in Deadman's Bay.[38] Her crew were rescued.[37]
HMS Jasper  Royal Navy The Cherokee-class brig-sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth with the loss of all but two of those on board, in excess of 80 people.[40][41][42]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Cork.[26]
Kitty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newlyn,[38] or sank at Penzance. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[37]
HMRC Lapwing HM Board of Revenue The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth.[41][43] Her crew were rescued.[37]
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She put into North Shields, County Durham, where she sank.[44]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Bigbury Bay.[18] She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London.[37]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme, Dorset.[41]
Morning Star  United States The ship was driven ashore on the Bahama Bank. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Havana, Cuba.[45]
Princess Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth with the loss of up to ten lives. There were seventeen survivors.[36][41][42][43]
Sir John Moore  United Kingdom The sloop was lost near Campbeltown, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued.[11]
Springvale  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Dunure, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire, to Dublin.[26]
HMS Telegraph  Royal Navy The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Mount Batten, Devon, with the loss of a crew member.[43]
Trois Amis  France The ship was lost near Bridport, Dorset, with the loss of all but one of those on board.[18] She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[37]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme.[41]
Volante  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme.[41]

21 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1817
Ship State Description
Golden Grove  United Kingdom Golden Grove, Taylor, master, ran aground on the Sow and Pigs Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[11]

22 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1817
Ship State Description
Catharine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37] She was refloated on 1 February.[46]
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Mersey.[18] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newry, County Antrim.[5] She was refloated on 1 February.[26]
Dolphin  Netherlands The ship capsized on the North Gull Sandbank, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom.[35]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Neyland Rock, Kent. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Margate, Kent. Jane was on a voyage from Penryn, Cornwall, to Chatham, Kent.[37]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Berry Head, Devon. She was on a voyage from Viana do Castelo, Portugal, to Plymouth and Teignmouth, Devon.[11]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Harwich.[11]
Two Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[11]

23 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1817
Ship State Description
L'Ameçon  France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Gunwalloe, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of nine of her crew. There were nine survivors. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[11][47]
Dolphin  Netherlands The ship capsized at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, to Surinam.[37] Dolphin was later refloated.[11]
Phœnix  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire.[47] Her crew were rescued by Betty ( United Kingdom).[11]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Sunderland, County Durham.[46]

24 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1817
Ship State Description
Cornwall  United Kingdom A King's Yard lighter ran into Cornwall in the Gull Stream as Cornwall was setting out for Isle of France. The accident caused so much damage that Cornwall had to return to the Thames for repairs.[48]
Sourie Sweden The ship departed from Gothenburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4][49]

25 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1817
Ship State Description
America  United States The ship was driven ashore at "Vintry". She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[26]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[34]
Selina  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Limerick.[50]

26 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1817
Ship State Description
John  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man with the loss of two of her crew.[50]

27 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1817
Ship State Description
Atalanta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Ithaca, Greece, to Trieste. Atalanta was refloated on 1 February and taken in to Venice.[7][51][52]

28 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1817
Ship State Description
Peter  United Kingdom The ship was lost on this date. She was on a voyage from St. Mary's to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[53]

29 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1817
Ship State Description
El Mundo  Spain The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from El Vendrell to Cadiz.[7][29]
Mercurius  Netherlands The ship was wrecked at Brielle, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Maassluis, South Holland, to London, United Kingdom.[50]
Richard & Margaret  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (50°55′N 22°40′W / 50.917°N 22.667°W / 50.917; -22.667). Her crew were rescued by Mohawk ( United States). Richard & Margaret was on a voyage from New York to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[54]

31 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1817
Ship State Description
Catharine  United States The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[53]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1817
Ship State Description
Alompri  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana.[1]
Barbara  United Kingdom The ship departed from London for Tenerife, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55]
Boreas Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark in early January. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland.[47]
Ceres  United Kingdom The ship departed from King's Lynn, Norfolk, for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]
Diana United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The pilot boat departed from Kingston for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[56]
Edmund  Netherlands The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Amsterdam, South Holland, to Riga, Russia.[50]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She was discovered by HMS Mosquidobit ( Royal Navy) on 15 January and was towed in to Dublin.[8]
Farnham  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Chester, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester to Plymouth, Devon or Portsmouth, Hampshire.[10]
Golden Grove  United Kingdom Golden Grove, Butcher, master, from Dantzig, was reported to have gotten into Eartholm leaky and was expected to be obliged to discharge.[11]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi Bay to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[52]
Johanna Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Dragor in early January. She was on a voyage from Helsinki to Oporto, Portugal.[57]
John and Samuel United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship foundered off Richibucto, New Brunswick.[18]
Jonge Charles  Netherlands The ship was lost off "Hitland" (Shetland). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway, to Amsterdam, North Holland.[58]
Julia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was lost off Cape Sable Island with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to St. Andrews, New Brunswick.[7][29]
London  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11]
New Orleans United States Missouri Territory The ship ran aground in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans.[1]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Amelia Island, East Florida.[34]
Nerina  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the St. Lawrence River.[1]
Purisima Concepcion  Spain The ship was wrecked at Corribide with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to A Coruña.[10]
Robert  United States The ship departed from New York for Kingston, Jamaica. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[59]
Nereide  France The ship was lost near Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[50]
Rhine  Netherlands The ship was wrecked at Port Pim, Azores, Portugal, in mid-January.[60] She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[27]
Robert Hamilton  United Kingdom The ship departed from Berbice for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[24]
Sailor Boy  United States The schooner departed from "Gloster" for the West Indies in late January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[25]
Trial  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jamaica in late January. She was on a voyage from Annatto Bay to Port Morant, Jamaica. Trial was later refloated and taken in to Sheerness Bay, Jamaica.[16][53]
Triton United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The ship departed from Whitehaven, Cumberland, for Ramsey. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[61]
Warwick  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[47]

February[edit]

3 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1817
Ship State Description
Plutus  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean having lost her rudder. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Havana, Cuba.[62]

4 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1817
Ship State Description
Chatham  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Lookout, North Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[53]
Cornelius and Cornelia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[52]
Fortune  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marazion, Cornwall, to Swansea, Glamorgan.[61]
Nelly  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland.[29]

5 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1817
Ship State Description
Horatio  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Dinas Dinlle, Caernarfonshire, with the loss of 24 of the 26 people on board. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Liverpool, Lancashire.[61]
St. Dominick  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cork to Southampton, Hampshire.[52]

6 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1817
Ship State Description
Fortune  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marazion, Cornwall, to Swansea, Glamorgan.[63]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Providence was later refloated and taken in to Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk.[1]

7 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1817
Ship State Description
Farmer  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Lamlash, Isle of Arran with the loss of all hands.[1] She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Newry, County Antrim.[17]
Friends Delight  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in St. Bees Bay. Her crew were rescued.[29]
Johns  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough Castle, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham.[54]
Prince Leopold  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[54]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship was foundered in the Irish Sea off Peel, Isle of Man with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Belfast to London.[1][17]

8 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1817
Ship State Description
Kingsmore  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Pernambuco, Brazil. Kingsmore was later driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Duddon.[7]
Ontario  United States The ship was driven ashore at Dublin.[12]

9 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1817
Ship State Description
Governor Strong  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to China.[64]

10 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1817
Ship State Description
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from St. John's to Oporto, Portugal. Caledonia was refloated the next day and put into St. John's for repairs.[3]
James & Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near St. John's. She was on a voyage from St. John's to Alicante, Spain. James & Mary was refloated the next day and put into St. John's for repairs.[3]

11 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1817
Ship State Description
Emu  United Kingdom The brig was lost on the south west coast of Africa.[65]

12 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1817
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Goree Island, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from "Saloe" to Rotterdam, South Holland.[52]
Frances Mary  United States The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, to New Orleans, Louisiana.[66]
Herkimer  United States The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Nicholas ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, to Liverpool. Lancashire, United Kingdom.[62] Herkimer was discovered off Bermuda on 22 March by Jane ( United Kingdom) and was taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight, where she arrived on 12 May.[67]
Jonge Pieter  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on Eierland, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to London, United Kingdom.[60]

13 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1817
Ship State Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Waterford.[29]
Fortuna United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Villanova, Corsica, France. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[45]

15 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1817
Ship State Description
Adamant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Redcar, Yorkshire.[27]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to London. Industry was later refloated.[31]
Sapor  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sark, Channel Islands, with the loss of all hands.[52] She was on a voyage from New York to London.[68]
South Esk  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Arno and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[68]South Esk was refloated on 15 March and take in to Livorno.[69]
Wheatsheaf  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Redcar.[27]

16 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1817
Ship State Description
Amphion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, to Liverpool.[17] Amphion was refloated the next day.[70]
Fame  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea and was abandoned by her crew.[52] She was on a voyage from Berbice to the Clyde. Fame was subsequently wrecked.[31]
Lord Duncan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands.[70]
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship was wreckedon at Scoglitti, Sicily, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[2][53]
Upton Castle  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Bengal River, India, in mid-February.[71]
Waterloo  United States The ship capsized and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (38°03′N 68°20′W / 38.050°N 68.333°W / 38.050; -68.333). She was on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[72]

17 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1817
Ship State Description
Greenwell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Andero, Spain to Antwerp, Netherlands.[68]
Minstrel  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Les Bases de Molenes Rocks, in the Bay of Biscay off Molène, Finistère, France. All nine crew survived,[73] or were lost. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to Jersey, Channel Islands.[68]
Neptunus  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Texel, North Holland, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[31]
Oscar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Tramor Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[52]

18 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1817
Ship State Description
HMS Alceste  Royal Navy The Armide-class frigate was wrecked in the Java Sea. The wreck was set afire by Dyaks on 23 February.
Diligence  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands.[74]
Fly  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel in the North Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Leith, Lothian.[60]

19 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1817
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United States The ship foundered off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Barbados to an American port.[75]
Inverness  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Runvilla Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[31]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Man. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Belfast, County Antrim.[76]

20 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1817
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was lost off the mouth of the River Cushin with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[30]
Llywnog United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off "Kirk Sutton" with the loss of at least three lives. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Ramsey.[76]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Rio de Janeiro.[77]
Moon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Oakum Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth to Topsham, Devon.[60]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was lost off the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Belfast, County Antrim.[31]

22 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1817
Ship State Description
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship was lost 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) from the mouth of the Orinoco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Berbice.[67]
Iris  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Formby, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31]

23 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1817
Ship State Description
Wangkappen Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The ship foundered in the English Channel with the presumed loss of ten of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Helsingfors.[58]

24 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1817
Ship State Description
Venus  Netherlands The ship foundered in the North Sea off Zierikzee, South Holland, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Antwerp.[58]

25 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1817
Ship State Description
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[66]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bakers Island, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued.[53]

27 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1817
Ship State Description
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Mile Rocks, near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica. Mary was later refloated.[68]
Nestor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States. Nestor was later refloated.[68]
William  United Kingdom The ship's crew abandoned their vessel in the Atlantic as being leaky, much damaged, and in want of provisions; she had left Hull on 28 November, bound for New York. Hyder Alley, also New York-bound, took off the crew. However, eight men from Hyder Alley volunteered to try to bring William in to a port. William arrived at Newport, Rhode Island on 10 March.[78][79]

28 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1817
Ship State Description
Ant  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Hooge, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to the Firth of Forth.[80]
Drie Gesusters  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Hamburg and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was later taken in to Cuxhaven.[30]
Rose  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Seville, Spain.[81]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1817
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Montrose, Forfarshire.[54]
Commerce Sweden The brig was set afire and destroyed at Cagliari, Sardinia, on the orders to the Board of Health as several crewmen had died of disease on her voyage from Alexandria, Egypt. She was bound for Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[45]
Constant  Portugal The ship was wrecked near the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France, with the loss of all but two of her crew in mid-February. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Bordeaux, Gironde.[68]
Eolus  Russia The ship was driven ashore in Cádiz Bay. She was on a voyage from Riga to Cádiz, Spain.[27]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Porthleven, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[76]
Haywood  United Kingdom The ship departed from Ceylon for Madras, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[82]
Hercules  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near Havana, Cuba.[67]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship departed from Trieste for Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[83]
Iris  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay off Formby, Lancashire, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Liverpool.[76]
Isabella  United States The ship was wrecked on the Morant Cays. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[75]
Kingsmoor  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Duddon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pernambuco, Brazil.[29][84]
Moson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Demerara in late February. She was on a voyage from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America, to Demerara. She was refloated in early April and taken in to Demerara.[24]
Peter Spain East Florida The ship was wrecked off Bermuda.[75]
Thomas Plummer  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Jamaica in early February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[53]
Tiger  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople and Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[27] She was later refloated and put into Northfleet, Kent, for repairs.[31]
Sally  United Kingdom The ship was lost in St Brides Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to Waterford.[68]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Peel, Isle of Man before 11 February with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Liverpool.[85]
Unknown Unknown Three men from an unrecorded shipwreck in Mount's Bay were buried at Mullion, Cornwall.[86]

March[edit]

1 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1817
Ship State Description
Shipwright  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.[74]

2 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1817
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Gulf of Genoa 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Liverpool, Lancashire.[15]
Christina Elizabeth Sweden The ship was lost off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Sligo and Cork, United Kingdom to Uddevalla.[58]
Crown  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the Isle of May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, to Leith, Lothian.[74]
Harlequin  United Kingdom The ship was struck by lightning and was abandoned off Morlaix, Finistère, France and was abandoned with the loss of twelve of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London.[30]

3 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1817
Ship State Description
Mary and Margaret  United Kingdom The sloop sank at Leith, Lothian, during a gale.[87] She was on a voyage from Leith to Drogheda, County Louth.[3]
Mary Anna  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Enkuyser Sand. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia, to Amsterdam, North Holland.[30]
Nelly  United Kingdom The sloop sank at Leith during a gale.[87]
Prince Regent  United Kingdom The brig, from Turk's Island, with salt, was wrecked at Havana, Cuba.[75]
West Point  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bangor, County Down. She was later refloated and taken in to the Belfast Lough.[58]
Young Friend  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew survived.[62]

4 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1817
Ship State Description
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]
Jong Jacob  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to Demerara.[45]
Jong Pieter Jacobus  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Texel. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to London, United Kingdom.[45]
Kitty  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork to Belfast, County Antrim.[58]
Maria Christiana  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Texel. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam.[45]
Rosetta  United States The ship was wrecked at Ocracoke, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from New York to Ocracoke.[66]
Samuel  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France. She was on a voyage from the Charente to London.[88]

5 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1817
Ship State Description
Anarcharsis  France The ship was driven ashore near Nantes, Loire-Inférieure and abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Nantes. Anarcharsis was later refloated.[53]

6 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1817
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Schowen Flats, in the North Sea.[15]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship lost her rudder in the North Sea off Ostend, Netherlands and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Ostend to London.[45] The wreck came ashore at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.[15]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Schowen Flats with the loss of all hands.[15]

7 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1817
Ship State Description
Howland  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near "Bremerlee".[80]

8 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1817
Ship State Description
Christopher  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newry, County Down.[15]

10 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1817
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Hull, Yorkshire. Ann was later taken in to Hellevoet, South Holland, Netherlands.[30]
Speculator  United Kingdom The ship was lost on Goeree, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Rotterdam, South Holland.[30]
Supply  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Sunderland, County Durham.[30]

11 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1817
Ship State Description
Teilkina Bolte  Netherlands The ship was wrecked at Heligoland. Her crew were rescued.[30]

12 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1817
Ship State Description
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to "Holbeck".[80]
Bachelor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith to Riga, Russia.[80]
Economy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to a Baltic port.[80]

13 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1817
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Engelholm Bay, Sweden. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Memel, Prussia.[80]
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Memel.[89]
Fortuna  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) from "Villa Nova", Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[88]

15 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1817
Ship State Description
Julian  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on St. Anastasia Island. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[90]

18 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1817
Ship State Description
Emperor of Russia  United States The ship was wrecked in the Currituck Inlet. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Baltimore, Maryland.[66]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France. Her crew were rescued.[15]

19 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1817
Ship State Description
Bulberry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hoylake, Lancashire.[16]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Belfast, County Antrim.[16] Mary was refloated on 22 March and taken in to Whitehaven.[2]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and foundered off Islay. Her crew were rescued.[91]

20 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1817
Ship State Description
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire, with the loss of all hands.[15]
Fanny  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[15]
Inverness & Cromarty Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bowmore, Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to a port on the west coast of Ireland.[2]
Lord Wellington  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardbeg, Islay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen.[92]
Mary  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked in the Sound of Islay. Her crew were rescued.[92]
San Domingo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Wye. She was on a voyage from Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, to Liverpool.[16] San Domingo was refloated on 21 March and put back to Ross-on-Wye for repairs.[80]

21 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1817
Ship State Description
Cochran  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Culdaff, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Londonderry[53]
Diana Sweden The ship was wrecked off "Blackness". She was on a voyage from Bremen to Calais, France.[16]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Kildalling, Argyllshire, and sank. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Belfast, County Antrim.[80]
Onderneeming  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[53]
Prince Town  United Kingdom The whaler ran aground on a reef at Ilha Grande, Brazil and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to London. Prince Town was later refloated and taken in to Ilha Grande.[24]
Rebecca  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Baltimore, Maryland.[66]
Wick and Cromarty  United Kingdom The sloop struck a rock and sank in Loch Indaal.[92]

22 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1817
Ship State Description
Industry  United States The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands.[93]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea by Lancaster ( United States). All on board were rescued by Lancaster. Isabella was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Jamaica.[53][80]
Vreede  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[53]

23 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1817
Ship State Description
Anna Maria  United States The ship was wrecked on the Bason Reef, off the coast of East Florida. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[93]
Emily United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (34°39′N 20°00′W / 34.650°N 20.000°W / 34.650; -20.000). Her crew were rescued by Olive Branch ( United Kingdom). Emily was on a voyage from Trinidad to New York, United States.[94]
Natchez Belle  United States The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans.[93]
Rose  United Kingdom The ship collided with a wreck and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km)) off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Seville, Spain.[95]

24 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1817
Ship State Description
Jupiter  United States The ship was wrecked at Savannah, Georgia. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Savannah.[64]

25 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1817
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[72]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Santa María la Antigua del Darién whilst leaving that port for Liverpool, Lancashire.[64]

26 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1817
Ship State Description
Blessing  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[80]

27 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1817
Ship State Description
Miriam  United States The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Jamaica.[93]
Royal Jubilee  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London.[53]

29 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1817
Ship State Description
Mary and Matilda  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sicily. She was on a voyage from Sicily to London.[20]

31 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1817
Ship State Description
Diana Sweden The ship was wrecked off Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Memel.[96]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1817
Ship State Description
Anna Margaretha Sweden The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, United Kingdom.[95]
Conception  France The brig was lost off "Grand River" before 14 March.[97]
Drie Gebroeders  Netherlands The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Groningen at the end of March. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway, to Amsterdam, North Holland.[20]
Edmund  United Kingdom of the Netherlands The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Amsterdam to Riga, Russia.[30]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship foundered at the mouth of the Eider. Her crew were rescued.[62]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Île de France, Mauritius.[97]
Frederick Maria  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Calcutta to Île de France.[97]
Goliah  France The ship foundered off Savannah, Georgia, United States.[75]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Wangerooge. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Groningen, Netherlands[62]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Staple Island, Northumberland Her crew were rescued.[62]
Heywood Packed  United Kingdom The ship is presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from Ceylon to Madras, India.[98]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship foundered at the mouth of the Eider with the loss of all hands.[62]
Jumbo  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Man to Whitehaven.[45][88]
Lord Duncan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, in late March. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[96] She was later refloated and arrived at Genoa on 10 March.[99]
Mary and Francis  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal, to Baltimore, Maryland.[72]
Mauritius  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Indian Ocean off Trincomalee, Ceylon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal to Bombay, India.[77]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Georgetown, British Guiana. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Georgetown.[33]
Phoebe  United Kingdom The ship was lost off the mouth of the Rampart River.[97]
Royal Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumbeland, to Riga, Russia. Royal Union was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[100]
Success  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Troon, Ayrshire.[45]
Triumph  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dungarvan.[80]
Vrow Engelina  Hamburg The ship foundered off Texel, North Holland, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Calais, France, to Hamburg.[53]
William  United Kingdom The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, for Liverpool in late March. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[90]

April[edit]

4 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1817
Ship State Description
Noordstar  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[91]
Rising States  United States The ship was wrecked off the Charleston Lighthouse, South Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, to Charleston.[32]

6 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1817
Ship State Description
Leonora  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais. Her seven crew were rescued by a pinnace belonging to HMS Royal Sovereign ( Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, to Dunkerque, Nord.[101]

7 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1817
Ship State Description
Hirondelle  France The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Belle Île, Morbihan. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Bordeaux, Gironde.[96]
William and Nancy  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[4]

9 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1817
Ship State Description
Diogenes Stettin The ship was driven ashore near "Hornbech". She was on a voyage from Stettin to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[99]
Mary and Martha  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Penzance, Cornwall.[20]

10 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1817
Ship State Description
Whig  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the north French coast.[95]

14 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1817
Ship State Description
Diana  United Kingdom The ship departed from "Raswog", Norway for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[59]
Minerva United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was driven ashore at Jersey. She was on a voyage from Messina, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Jersey.[72]
William  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks off Penmarc'h, Finistère, France and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Torquay, Devon, to Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure, France and Newfoundland, British North America.[99]

15 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1817
Ship State Description
Dolphin  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Christiana, Norway.[102][103]
Rebecca  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Lübeck.[75][104]
Royal George  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[96]

16 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1817
Ship State Description
Fisher Amis  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from New York, United States, to Antwerp. Fisher Amis was later refloated.[69]
Jeune Henriette  Netherlands The ship foundered in the North Sea off Blankenberge, West Flanders. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, to Antwerp.[96]
Wellington  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Dunkerque, Nord, France and sank. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Dunkerque.[96]
William  United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[99] William floated off in November 1818 and was taken in to Amsterdam, where she arrived on 17 November.[105]

17 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1817
Ship State Description
Basin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands.[95]
Robert Porter  United States The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, to Havana, Cuba.[93]
Three Gebroeders  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to Curaçao[95]
Vrow Algonda  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Amsterdam.[99]
Vrow Antje  Hanover The ship was driven ashore on Texel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom, to Embden.[99]

18 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1817
Ship State Description
Chub  United Kingdom The brig was captured at Corisco, Portuguese Guinea, by the crew of a Portuguese schooner and crewed by a number of black slaves. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked.[106]

19 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1817
Ship State Description
Hannah  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tom's River, New Jersey. Her crew were rescued, She was on a voyage from São Miguel, Azores, to New York.[93]
Karen and Anna  Netherlands The ship ran aground in the Vlie and was wrecked.[95]

20 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1817
Ship State Description
Cunningham Boyle  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Aalborg, Denmark.[75]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Herscholts". Her crew were rescued.[107]

24 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1817
Ship State Description
Two Brothers  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (44°46′N 40°40′W / 44.767°N 40.667°W / 44.767; -40.667) with the loss of ten of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Wellesley ( United Kingdom). Two Brothers was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to London.[28]
St. Christo  Portugal The ship capsized in a squall with the loss of eleven lives. She was on a voyage from Faial Island, Azores, to Lisbon.[71]

25 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1817
Ship State Description
Active  Portugal The ship was destroyed by fire in the Tagus.[67]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near New York, United States, and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to New York. Charlotte was later refloated.[108]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend.[95] Mary was later refloated and taken in to Ostend.[69]
Neptunus  Russia The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Pillau, Prussia with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg.[67]
Regulation  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hell Gate, New York.[93] She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, to New York.[108]

26 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1817
Ship State Description
Charlotte  United States The ship was driven ashore at New York City and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to New York.[93]
London  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Davis Straits with the loss of all 37 crew.[109]

28 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1817
Ship State Description
Sol Resplendescente  Spain The ship departed from the Rio Grande on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Antwerp, Netherlands.[83][110]

29 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1817
Ship State Description
Chacabuco  Spain The privateer was wrecked on the Chico Bank, off the coast of present-day Argentina.[111]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1817
Ship State Description
Bee  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Mersle Bank, in the English Channel off the French coast.[4] Her crew were rescued.[49]
Die Nye Prove Unknown The ship was lost off Hogland, Russia.[21]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Ooster Sandbank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent, to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[96]
Doris  Bremen The ship was driven ashore near Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Windau to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[95]
Edmond  France The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, Finistère to Bordeaux, Gironde.[2]
Elizabeth Hill  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles in mid-April.[21] She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia, to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. Elizabeth Hill was later refloated.[24]
Erik  Denmark The ship was wrecked near Helsingør with the loss of all hands.[112]
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Black Head, County Antrim, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Galway to Belfast, County Antrim.[4]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Skyros. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia, to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[93]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship was lost off th