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The list of shipwrecks in 1797 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during 1797.

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January

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11 January

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List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1797
Ship State Description
Burton  Great Britain The collier ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[1]
Ganges British East India Company The brig caught fire in Saugar Roads in the Ganges Delta and exploded with the loss of eight lives after the fllames spread to her gunpowder magazine. The vessel Laurel (flag unknown) rescued her 99 survivors. Some sources place this incident on 11 January 1799.[2][3]
Hazleton  Great Britain The collier was wrecked on Scroby Sands.[1]
Prosperous  Great Britain The collier ran aground on Scroby Sands. She was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth.[1]

14 January

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List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1797
Ship State Description
HMS Amazon Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy
HMS Amazon (left) and Droits de l'Homme (right)

War of the First Coalition, Action of 13 January 1797: The frigate ran aground at Audierne, Finistère, France and was wrecked with the loss of six of her crew.

Droits de l'Homme  French Navy War of the First Coalition, Action of 13 January 1797: The Téméraire-class ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked at Plozévet, Finisterre with the loss of between 250 and 390 lives.
Jamaica  Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (44°N 14°W / 44°N 14°W / 44; -14). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[4]

18 January

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List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1797
Ship State Description
Indian Chief  United States The ship was destroyed by fire at Falmouth, Cornwall.[5]

21 January

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List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1797
Ship State Description
Thomas and Alice  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex by Hindostan ( British East India Company). Thomas and Alice was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London.[6]

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Ship State Description
Active  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]
Agnes  Great Britain The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland.[8]
Albion  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly whilst on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[9]
Amphion  Sweden The ship was driven ashore near Worthing, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Gothenburg.[10]
Ann  Great Britain The ship was lost at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Lisbon, Portugal.[11]
Bailies  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Horle, off Portsmouth, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies.[12]
Betsey  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was sunk by cannon fire from a privateer whilst on a voyage from Bristol to Faro, Portugal.[9]
Buona Elina Republic of Venice The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Venice to London.[13]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool.[13]
Calypso  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by La Tortue ( French Navy), set afire and sunk. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London.[12][14]
Charlestown  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Maryland to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Concordia  Sweden The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg.[15]
Conjecturea  Portugal The ship was lost near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Lisbon.[16]
Dorothea Catherina Bremen The ship was wrecked on Heligoland whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen.[9][11]
Downes  Great Britain The ship was lost near Lisbon with the loss of three of her crew.[7]
Draper  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the French. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Dublin, Ireland.[14]
Dublin  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Carlingford, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[17]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[12][14]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Virginia, United States.[18]
Fame  United States The ship was wrecked on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic.[14]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol.[17]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was lost in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[13]
Hope  Ireland War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French and was subsequently lost.[19]
Hope  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by a French squadron.[16]
Industria Hamburg The ship was lost off Oporto.[15]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Needing. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.[8]
Jenny  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Africa to Bristol.[20]
Juno  Great Britain The transport ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.[9]
Lord John Campbell  Great Britain The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from the "Highlands" to Liverpool.[7]
Maria Christina Stettin The galiot was driven ashore at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland in late January. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool.[21]
Mary  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The sloop was captured by the privateer La Bonne Citoyenne ( France). She was subsequently wrecked at Guernsey, Channel Islands.[5]
Mercey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to London.[8]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from the Isles of Scilly to London.[17]
Mermaid  Great Britain The ship was lost in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[1]
Minerva  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Portugal.[16]
Molly and Nancy  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the Isle of Mull.[17]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Celtic Sea off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[22]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia to London.[12]
Olive Branch  Great Britain The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Baltic to a Scottish port. Olive Branch was towed in to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire in a capsized condition.[7]
Peter Munck Dantzig The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Dantzick.[8]
Phillis  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Carlingford. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[10]
Pomona  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven. She was on a voyage from Cork to London[8]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was lost near St. David's, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol.[8]
Ranger  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire.[5]
Resolution  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured off "Cape Clare" and was subsequently lost.[15]
Sarah  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark.[8]
Sincerity  Great Britain The sloop was lost at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Tenby, Pembrokeshire to Dartmouth, Devon.[15]
Sisters  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured of the Isles of Scilly by the French and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Falmouth to Lisbon.[1]
Sovereign  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland whilst on a voyage from Quebec to London. Her crew were rescued by Hebe ( United States).[9]
Speedy Packet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyager from Jersey, Channel Islands to Southampton, Hampshire.[22]
St. John  Great Britain The ship was lost at Domesnes, Norway.[13]
Surveillante  French Navy Expédition d'Irlande: The Iphigénie-class frigate was scuttled in Bantry Bay.
Syrene Stettin The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bourdeaux, Gironde, France.[13]
Thames  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[8]
Thetis  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham whilst on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[22]
Three Friends  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork.[23]
Two Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Brighton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from the Strait of Gibraltar to London.[13]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Carlingford. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[10]
Volunteer  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cork to Falmouth.[1]
Westmoreland Packet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Falmouth.[20]
William  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Irish coast and was plundered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to London.[9]
William and James  Great Britain The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Liverpool.[20]
Wye  Great Britain The brig was wrecked on Lundy Island with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Chepstow, Monmouthshire to Plymouth.[9]

February

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1 February

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List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1797
Ship State Description
Ocean British East India Company The East Indiaman ran aground on a reef off Kalatea (7°09′S 121°00′E / 7.150°S 121.000°E / -7.150; 121.000). She was scuttled on 5 February with the loss of two of her crew.

3 February

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List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1797
Ship State Description
Greyhound  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Faial Island, Azores with some loss of life.[24]

7 February

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List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1797
Ship State Description
Sydney Cove Kingdom of Great Britain New South Wales The ship was beached on Preservation Island, Van Diemen's Land. All on board survived.

18 February

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List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1797
Ship State Description
Arrogante  Spanish Navy
Spanish ships burning at Trinidad.

War of the First Coalition, Invasion of Trinidad: The third rate ship of the line was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.[25][26]

Gallardo  Spanish Navy War of the First Coalition, Invasion of Trinidad: The third rate ship of the line was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.[25][27]
Santa Cecilia  Spanish Navy War of the First Coalition, Invasion of Trinidad: The fifth rate frigate was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.[25][28]
San Vicente Ferrer  Spanish Navy War of the First Coalition, Invasion of Trinidad: The third rate ship of the line was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.[25][29]

23 February

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List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1797
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Londonderry.[18]

25 February

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List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1797
Ship State Description
Wyndham  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Watchet, Somerset.[30]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797
Ship State Description
Apphia  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk off the coast of Ireland by the French. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[31]
Bueno Elenna  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to London.[31]
Chance  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull to Leith, Lothian.[32]
Charlotte flag unknown The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Barcelona, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Daniel  Great Britain The ship was lost near Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire.[34]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Ramsgate and London.[35]
Falmouth  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured in the English Channel by the privateers Ferret and Unitie (both  France). She was subsequently lost off Dunkerque, Nord, France Falmouth was on a voyage from Cork to London.[36]
Iris  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[37]
Julie  Denmark The ship was lost on Texel, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix.[32]
Maria Christiana  Portugal The ship was lost near Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool.[36]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[37]
Tristram  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French and was scuttled in Galway Bay. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Poole, Dorset.[37]
William  Ireland The ship was lost at Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Jamaica.[37] William later came ashore on the Galloway coast.[31]

March

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10 March

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1797
Ship State Description
Princess Elena  Imperial Russian Navy The cruiser was driven ashore and wrecked at Odessa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Sevastopol.[38]

20 March

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List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1797
Ship State Description
Jason  Great Britain The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[39]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1797
Ship State Description
Betsey  Great Britain The ship departed from the Isles of Scilly for Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. No further trace; presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[40]

28 March

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List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1797
Ship State Description
Sally flag United States The snow was wrecked on "Georgie Island". Her crew were rescued by the whaler Young William ( Great Britain).[41]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797
Ship State Description
Belle Flore Hamburg The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Hamburg.[42]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Parsey ( Great Britain). Betsey was on a voyage from Wiscasset, Maine, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[43]
Charlotte  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Bangor. She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to Liverpool.[44]
Commerce  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Limerick, Ireland.[45]
Delia  Denmark The ship was lost on the Anholt Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Copenhagen.[42]
Grizzie  Ireland The ship was driven ashore in Galway Bay. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[24]
Jong Jacob  Batavian Republic The ship was lost near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[42]
London Packet  Great Britain The ship sank at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Down, Ireland to London. London Packet was later refloated.[24]
Louisa Christina  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Uddevalla to Cork, Ireland.[44]
Margaretta Elizabeth Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Altona, Hamburg to New York, United States. Margaretta Elizabeth was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[46]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[44]
Paisley  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boston, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to London.[24]
Queen of Naples  Great Britain The ship foundered in Youghal Bay before 10 March. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lisbon, Portugal.[21][45]
Success  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Castlemaine, County Kerry, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[42]
William Henry  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Long Island, County Cork, Ireland.[45]

April

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14 April

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List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1797
Ship State Description
Worcester British East India Company The East Indiaman ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from London to India.[47]

16 April

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List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1797
Ship State Description
Harmonie  French Navy War of the First Coalition, Battle of Jean-Rabel; Haitian Revolution: The Virginie-class frigate was deliberaterly run ashore and burnt near Jean-Rabel, Saint Domingue to avoid capture by HMS Thunderer and Valiant (both Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).
Salvina  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London, Great Britain.[40]

26 April

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List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1797
Ship State Description
Santa Elena  Spanish Navy War of the First Coalition, Action of 26 April 1797: The frigate was run aground and wrecked in Conil Bay having surrendered to HMS Emerald and HMS Irresistible (both Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[41]

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HMS Albion Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Albion-class ship of the line ran aground in the Thames Estuary. She broke her back two days later and was a total loss.
Anna Maria  Sweden The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London Great Britain.[48]
Cremorne  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Sound of Beaumaris.[49] She was on a voyage from Martinico to Liverpool, Lancashire.[43]
Dunbar  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the privateer Voltigeur ( France) and was subsequently wrecked near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[23]
Happy Return  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at St. Agnes, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall.[49]
Nautilus  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Swansea, Glamorgan and Dartmouth, Devon. Nautilus was later towed in to Marazion, Cornwall.[47]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Ely, Glamorgan to Memel, Prussia.[50]
Prince Charles of Hesse  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire off Cape Finisterre, Spain. She was on a voyage from Calabria to London.[48]
Venus  Great Britain The ship sank on the Nore.[51]
William & Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel.[23]
Winskabet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel, Morocco whilst on a voyage from a Cornish port to Venice. Her crew were rescued.[49]

May

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16 May

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List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1797
Ship State Description
HMS Providence  Royal Navy The sloop-of-war was wrecked on a coral reef at the northwestern tip of Yabiji, a reef group in the Miyako Islands south of Okinawa. She filled from the bottom and sank after striking the reef.[52][53][54][55]

18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1797
Ship State Description
Hazard  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer Vengeance ( France). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British America.[56]

19 May

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List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1797
Ship State Description
Travancore British East India Company The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to China.[57][58]

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Ship State Description
Conradi and Lovisa  Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Reval, Russia.[40]
Fame  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[59]
Favourite  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[40]
Goodintent  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Darete ( France). She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Newfoundland, British America.[60]
Holderness  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dantzig.[61]
John and Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to a Baltic port.[62]
Lady St. Clair  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt off "Wingo" by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife to Memel, Prussia.[56]
St. George  Great Britain The ship foundered off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Kingdom of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Cork.[41]

June

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1 June

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List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1797
Ship State Description
Minerva  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk off Skagen, Denmark by the privateer Courageaux ( France). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Ystad, Sweden.[63]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797
Ship State Description
Arno  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was driven ashore at Skagen, Denmark by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Riga, Russia.[64]
Cronberg Denmark Danish Asiatic Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore near Elsinore. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Copenhagen.[65]
Friendship  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the North Sea by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Hamburg.[66]
Langton  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a privateer.[67]
HMS Pandora Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.
Providence  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured off Skagen, Denmark and was burnt. She was on a voyage from London to Narva, Russia.[68]
HMS Resolution Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy After capturing the privateer Pichegru ( France) on 3 June, the brig disappeared in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.
Sarah & Betty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the "Ross River". She was on a voyage from "Ross" to Liverpool, Lancashire.[56]
Sophia  Great Britain The ship foundered off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[69]
Three Sisters  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Onega, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[69]

July

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16 July

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List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1797
Ship State Description
Calliope  French Navy War of the First Coalition: The corvette was driven ashore and wrecked on the Îles des Saintes in an engagaement with HMS Anson and HMS Sylph (both Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[70]
La Freedom  French Navy War of the First Coalition: The ship was driven ashore on the Îles des Saintes in an engagement with HMS Anson and HMS Sylph (both Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy). She was burnt by the British.[70]

18 July

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List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1797
Ship State Description
Auspicious  Great Britain A fire aboard Auspicious at Calcutta almost destroyed her. She was preparing to sail to London and had about 400 tons of goods on board.[71]

31 July

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List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1797
Ship State Description
HMS Artois Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The 38-gun Artois-class frigate was wrecked with no loss of life on the north-west coast of Île de Ré while attempting to reconnoitre the harbour of La Rochelle.[72]

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Ship State Description
Dorothea Stettin The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Riga, Russia.[73]
Orange  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk off Land's End, Cornwall by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Milford, Pembrokeshire.[74]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea.[73]
Prince of Orange  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[75]
Providence  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Fair Ness Rock, off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to London.[76]
Thomas  Great Britain The ship caught fire in the River Thames at the Tower of London and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford, Ireland.[76]
Sv. Mikhail  Russian Empire The vessel was wrecked on Umnak Island in the Catherine Archipelago.[77]

August

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2 August

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List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1797
Ship State Description
Helen  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada.[78][79]
Jackson  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[78][79]
Prince William Henry  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from London to Martinico.[78][79]
Three Brothers  Great Britain The transport ship was wrecked at Barbadoes.[78][79]

10 August

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List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1797
Ship State Description
Martha British East India Company The East Indiaman was lost in the Bengal River, India.[80]

29 August

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List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1797
Ship State Description
Britannia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Trindade, Brazil to London.[81]

31 August

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List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1797
Ship State Description
Peggy  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to a British port.[82]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797
Ship State Description
HMS Artois Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Artois-class frigate struck a rock off the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[83]
Clyde  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the North Sea by a privateer.[84]
Ceres  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the North Sea by the privateer Courageaux ( France). She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Copenhagen, Denmark.[85]
Commerce  United States The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina for Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[58]
Courageaux  France War of the First Coalition: The privateer exploded and sank in the North Sea during an engagagement with Exeter ( Great Britain). Only four of her 43 crew survived.[85]
Eliza  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London.[86]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost on Nixman's Ground, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[85]
Hannah  Sweden The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Sweden to London.[87]
Hilda  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Lausholm, near Visby, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Whitby, Yorkshire.[85] She was refloated and taken in to "Sleet" for repairs.[88]
John  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the North Sea by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[89]
Jubilee  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Rügen, Swedish Pomerania to Dublin.[86]
Pointer  Great Britain The ship caught fire at Gothenburg, Sweden and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool, Lancashire.[88]

September

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1 September

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List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1797
Ship State Description
Chasseur  France War of the First Coalition: The privateer was sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norway by HMS Brilliant (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[82]
L'Intrepid  France War of the First Coalition: The privateer was sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norway by HMS Brilliant (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[82]

3 September

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List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1797
Ship State Description
Hunter  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Bristol ( Great Britain). Hunter was set afire. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[90]

6 September

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List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1797
Ship State Description
Betsey  United States The sloop was wrecked in the Currituck Inlet.[91]

11 September

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List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1797
Ship State Description
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[79]

12 September

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1797
Ship State Description
John  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by a privateer and burnt. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Newfoundland, British America.[92]

14 September

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1797
Ship State Description
Brothers  Great Britain The brig was wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) east of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British America.[93]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797
Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[94]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[94]
Carl Pieter  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Eastbourne, Sussex, Great Britain whilst on a voyage from Stockholm to Waterford, Ireland.[82]
Diana  Ireland The ship sank in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Dublin.[95]
Eliza Hamburg The ship departed from Hamburg for Africa and Surinam. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[96]
Fanny  Great Britain The ship was lost near Penzance, Cornwall.[97]
Glückleickeweiderkurs Hamburg The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[94]
Lethe  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.[98]
Providence  Great Britain The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[81]
Sophia Magdalena  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Chichester, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Lisbon, Portugal.[97]
Triumph  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Newton, Gloucestershire whilst on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[82]
Weetwood  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[94]
Xenophen  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near "Hornbeck".[97]

October

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11 October

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List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1797
Ship State Description
Royal Charlotte  Great Britain The East Indiaman was destroyed by an explosion in the Bengal River at Calpee, India with the loss of all on board.[99] A bolt of lightning had hit her mast, travelled down it, and exploded her magazine.

15 October

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List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1797
Ship State Description
Delft  Great Britain War of the First Coalition, Battle of Camperdown: The fourth rate ship-of-the-line foundered 0.5 nautical miles (930 m) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain, following damage sustained in battle.[100]

17 October

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List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1797
Ship State Description
Orakabeza  Great Britain War of the First Coalition:The ship was illegally captured and burned in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina by a French privateer, possibly after running aground.[101]

19 October

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List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1797
Ship State Description
David  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the West Indies.[102]

20 October

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List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1797
Ship State Description
Beginning  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Leith, Lothian.[102][103]
Eliza  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Leith. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. Eliza was later refloated and taken in to Leith for repairs.[102][103]

28 October

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List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1797
Ship State Description
Grenville Bay  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was subsequently abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Ranger. Grenville Bay was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[104]
Nepobedimyy  Imperial Russian Navy The floating battery caught fire and exploded at Cronstadt.[38]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797
Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Berwick upon Tweed. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Hamburg.[105]
Barbara  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Martinico.[105]
Carl Peter  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Eastbourne, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Waterford, Ireland.[106]
Carolina  United States The brig foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham, Great Britain.[107]
Carolina Wilhelmina Stettin The ship was lost near "Porttith", Cornwall, Great Britain with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stettin.[108]
Dublin Packet  Great Britain The ship was lost near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States.[109]
Eendraght Dantzig The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.[107]
Eliza  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica.[102]
Elizabeth Bremen The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Cork, Ireland.[90]
Endeavour  Great Britain The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[110]
Fox  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Limerick, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool.[90]
Friede Sweden Swedish Pomerania The ship was driven ashore near Amrum, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Wolgast to London.[105]
Friendship British East India Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Rye Harbour, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London.[105]
George  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin, Ireland.[105]
Hibernia  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[107]
John  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[107]
Liddle  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Dantzig to London.[109]
London  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British America to London.[107]
Maria  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Sheerness. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts.[107]
Mersey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[105]
Monnikendam  United Netherlands Navy The frigate was beached at Westkapelle, Zeeland and was wrecked.[111]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Tönning, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Montrose, Forfarshire.[90]
Trial  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London.[102]
William and Mary  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Dartmouth and Exeter, Devon.[108]

November

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2 November

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List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1797
Ship State Description
Audacious  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Madeira.[93]
Myra  Ireland The ship was wrecked at Madeira.[93]
Nelly  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Madeira. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.[93]

3 November

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List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1797
Ship State Description
North Carolina  United States The ship was wrecked on "Albicoa Island", West Indies with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal to Washington.[112]

6 November

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List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1797
Ship State Description
Gofnung  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Tyuten". Her crew were rescued.[38]

10 November

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List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1797
Ship State Description
Martha  Great Britain The East Indiaman was lost near the mouth of the Ganges.[113]
Princess Amelia  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British America. Her crew were rescued.[114]

14 November

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List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1797
Ship State Description
Mary  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to London. She was recaptured by HMS Jason (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy and burnt.[115]

16 November

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List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1797
Ship State Description
HMS Tribune Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fifth rate frigate ran aground off Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, British America with the loss of over 240 lives. There were twelve survivors.

18 November

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List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1797
Ship State Description
Shepherdess  Great Britain The ship was lost in Loch Eriboll. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Lancashire.[116]

19 November

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List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1797
Ship State Description
Speedwell  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[57]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797
Ship State Description
Aurora  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[117]
Dædalus  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Chester, Cheshire.[118]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost near Brighton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to London.[57]
Frederick  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Stockholm.[104]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk.[119]
George  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wallasey, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[120]
Happy Meeting  Great Britain The ship was lost near Scarborough, Yorkshire.[104]
Hope  Great Britain The lugger was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex by Belfast ( Great Britain) with the loss of eleven of her crew.[57]
Itrehoe  Portugal The ship departed from Oporto for Dublin, Ireland between 10 and 15 October. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[121]
Jonge Sykau Fleet  Prussia The ship departed from Königsberg for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[122]
Latona  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Lightship ( Great Britain).[123]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[124]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough.[104]
Mars  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Memel, Prussia.[57]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore.[104]
Partridge  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[119]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[119]
Royal George  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Milford, Pembrokeshire.[124]
Rufford  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Riga, Russia.[57]
Sisters  Great Britain The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan.[125]
Sisters  Great Britain The ship was lost near Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax.[126]
Spring  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore.[104]
Verandering  Batavian Republic The ship was lost on the Happisburgh Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Great Britain to Dort.[125]
Worcester  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sandown Castle, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[104]

December

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1 December

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List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1797
Ship State Description
Chance  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Carbonear Bay.[127]
Eagle  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Carbonear Bay.[127]

12 December

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List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1797
Ship State Description
Christian & Betsey  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Saints. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[128]

15 December

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List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1797
Ship State Description
Dolphin  France War of the First Coalition: The privateer was captured in the Bay of Biscay by HMS Clyde (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy). She foundered the next day.[115]

17 December

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List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1797
Ship State Description
Marquis of Worcester  Great Britain The West Indiaman was wrecked on Chesil Beach, Dorset with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[129] She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London.[130]

20 December

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List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1797
Ship State Description
Haabet flag unknown The ship departed from Oporto, Portugal for Guernsey, Channel Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[131]

25 December

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1797
Ship State Description
HMS Hamadryad Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fifth rate frigate was wrecked on the Barbary Coast.[132][133][134]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797
Ship State Description
Agatha Phillipina Dantzig The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Dantzig.[135]
Alliance  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.[136]
Amphitrite  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[58]
Bartholomew  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Seaford, Sussex with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dantzig.[137]
Beaver  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the couast of County Durham.[138]
Boston  Great Britain The ship was lost at São Miguel Island, Azores.[139]
Cadiz Packet  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore in Stokes Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Lisbon, Portugal.[140][130] Cadiz Packet was later refloated.[127]
Caresfort  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Liverpool.[141]
Dominus Tecum Dantzig The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Dantzig.[127]
Economy  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock.[130]
Eagle  Great Britain The transport ship was wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent.[130]
Egremont  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[140] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Littlehampton, Sussex.[136]
Eliza  Great Britain The ship was in collision with another vessel in the English Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford, Ireland. Eliza was later towed in to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France.[142]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost at Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British America to Liverpool.[127]
Enigheit  Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Gotland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Liverpool.[127]
Fanny  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[93]
Fénix  Portuguese Navy The fourth rate frigate was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was subsequently refloated and returned to service.[143][144]
Gateshead  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne.[138]
George Brisset  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Liverpool with the loss of two of her crew.[58]
Guardian  Great Britain The ship was abandoned in the North Sea.[142]
Happy  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[140]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was lost near The Skerries, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[130]
Infant Thomas  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Memel, Prussia.[93]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the North and South Rock. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Belfast, County Down, Ireland.[127]
Jane & Sarah  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Stokes Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.[130] Jane & Sarah was later refloated.[127]
Jason  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock.[130]
Jong Juffrow Anna Margaretta Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[93]
Juffrow Anna Alida  Batavian Republic The ship was lost near "Weykopzee". She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to Rotterdam.[145]
Lady Alleyne  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Memel.[93]
Liverpool Packet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Liverpool.[138]
Maria Charlotta Stettin The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin.[146]
Mary  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand.[138]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Martinico to London.[115]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire and Jamaica.[130]
Neriod  Great Britain The ship was lost near Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of all but four of her crew.[93]
New Loyalty  Great Britain The ship was lost in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belfast.[58]
Olive  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near "Wigen".[93]
Planter  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand.[138]
Prince of Piedmont  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London.[130]
Rachael  Great Britain The ship was lost at São Miguel Island, Azores.[113]
Star  Great Britain The ship was lost near Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool.[145]
Success  Batavian Republic The brig was driven ashore in Stokes Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal.[140]
Success  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen.[115]
Swan  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to Liverpool.[136]
Twee Gebroeders  Batavian Republic The ship was driven ashore near Camperduin. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam.[115]
Two Brothers  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk.[145]
Union  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and put into Whitby, Yorkshire, where she sank. Union was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[138]
Zeelust Hamburg The ship was lost on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[93]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797
Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer La Eigle ( France). She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Gaspee, Lower Canada, British America.[66]
Bridget  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French. She was subsequently wrecked on Martinico. Bridget was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.[67]
Britannia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from the West Indies to a British port.[147]
Brothers  Great Britain The ship was lost at Old Calabar.[145]
Castle Semple  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to the West Indies[73]
Charlotte British East India Company The East Indiaman was lost near the mouth of the Ganges.[113]
Cornwallis  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured in the West Indies. She was sent in to Guadeloupe but was subsequently lost there. Cornwallis was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool, Lancashire.[64]
Eliza Kingdom of Great Britain Australia The sloop-rigged longboat disappeared during a voyage from Preservation Island in Bass Strait to Sydney, New South Wales.[148][149]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to the Teignmouth, Devon.[140]
Fame  Great Britain The ship was lost at British Honduras.[50]
Fanny  Great Britain The transport ship collided with Briton ( Great Britain) and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.[150]
Favourite  Ireland War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (34°N 35°W / 34°N 35°W / 34; -35) by Thétis ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Martinico to Cork.[64]
General Marian  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa whilst on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.[137]
General Warren  Great Britain The ship was lost.[150]
Gibraltar  Great Britain The ship was lost in Carbonear Bay.[127]
Governor Williamson  Great Britain The ship was lost on the African coast. She was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.[145]
Hull Packet  Great Britain The ship foundered before 12 December. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, United States to an English port.[151][141]
Henry & Eliza  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Port Antonio, Jamaica.[50]
James  Great Britain The ship was lost at Bonny, Nigeria.[60]
Janet  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Jamaica.[145]
John  United States The ship was wrecked in the Delaware River. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[126]
Kitty Cummings  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by Scipio ( Batavian Navy). She was on a voyage from Demerara to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[24]
Margarets  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[128]
Maria  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Newfoundland.[152]
Martin  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Hampton Roads, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[68]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Saint Croix, Virgin Islands before 2 June.[153]
Nelly  Great Britain The letter of marque ship was lost on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Nassau, Bahamas.[154]
Nelly  Great Britain The ship ran aground off Union Island. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool.[4] Nelly was later refloated and taken in to Saint Vincent.[48]
New Providence  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and subsequently lost at Saint-Domingue. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Saint-Domingue.[155]
Orracabezza  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured off Charleston, South Carolina, United States by a privateer and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[137]
Polly  Great Britain The ship was lost at Charleston, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Charleston.[42]
Powhaton  United States The ship was wrecked at Charleston, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charleston.[156]
Prince Frederick  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The East Indiaman was captured by Insurgente ( French Navy). She subsequently foundered but her crew were rescued. Prince Frederick was on a voyage from Bengal to London.[113]
Providence  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and subsequently run ashore at Saint-Domingue. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Domingue.[157]
Ranger  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Roebuck Packet ( Great Britain). Ranger was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, Gironde, France to New York.[59]
Recovery  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Barbadoes.[81]
Roebuck  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French off the coast of Africa and subsequently sank.[45]
Salter  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of British Honduras. She was on a voyage from London to British Honduras.[141]
Schonhoven  Batavian Republic The ship was lost in the Demarara River. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Grenada.[97]
Simeon I Anna  Russian Empire The vessel was lost during a voyage from Okhotsk in the Russian Empire to the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.[77]
Sisters  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Worms Head, Glamorgan with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from St Ives, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan.[30]
Sisters  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Halifax.[142]
Stag  Great Britain The ship capsized at Halifax.[140] She was on a voyage from Halifax to Jamaica.[137]
Susannah  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Halifax.[150]
Three Friends  Great Britain The ship was wrecked off Charleston, South Carolina whilst on a voyage from Charleston to London.[45]
Three Sisters  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts.[145]
Triton  Great Britain The schooner was lost in Carbonear Bay.[142]
Venus  Great Britain The whaler was losy in the Greenland Sea. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Vrees & Hoop flag unknown War of the First Coalition The ship was captured off Saint Lucia and was subsequently lost. She was on a voyage from Demerara to London.[81]
William  United States The schooner was wrecked on Heneaga.[154]
York  Great Britain The ship foundered off Jamaica whilst on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[45]

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