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The list of shipwrecks in 1812 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1812.

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January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1812
Ship State Description
Lady Alice   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Barbary Coast. All nine people on board survived the wreck only to have the local inhabitants kill them. [1] She was on a voyage from Sicily to London. [2]
Sarah and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa. Her crew survived. [1] She was on a voyage from Sicily to London. [2]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1812
Ship State Description
Alfred   United States The ship was wrecked near Cape Ann, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Boston, Massachusetts. [3]
Cleopatra   United Kingdom The ship departed from Tenerife, Canary Islands for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [4]
John   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Sunderland, County Durham. [5]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1812
Ship State Description
Portland   United States The ship was captured and burnt off Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Cádiz. [6]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1812
Ship State Description
Clifford   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured off St. Lucar, Spain while on a voyage from Limerick to Cádiz. She was subsequently lost. [7]
Speedwell   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. [8] Speedwell was refloated on 11 January and taken in to Dover, Kent. [9]
William   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Liffey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Barbadoes. [5]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1812
Ship State Description
Duchess of Gordon   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Banff, Aberdeenshire. [6]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1812
Ship State Description
William Scott   United Kingdom The schooner was lost at Madeira. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to the West Indies. [10]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1812
Ship State Description
Content's Increase   United Kingdom The ship struck the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and foundered. Her crew were rescued. [11]
Neutrality   United States The ship was wrecked on Cats Key, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Savannah, Georgia. [12]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1812
Ship State Description
Commerce   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Holyhead Bay. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Waterford. [13]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1812
Ship State Description
Charles Fox   United Kingdom The ship departed from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk for Heligoland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [14]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1812
Ship State Description
Amalthea   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the St. Petre River. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Gibraltar. [15]
Eagle   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Coulderton, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. [16]
Portland   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Ravenglass, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. [16]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1812
Ship State Description
Badger   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Portrush Bay. Her crew survived. [17]
Lively   United Kingdom The ship departed from Lisbon, Portugal for Greenock, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [18]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1812
Ship State Description
Fortitude   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 50°20′N 7°25′W / 50.333°N 7.417°W / 50.333; -7.417). Her crew were rescued by Charlotte (  United Kingdom). Fortitude was on a voyage from Dublin to Cádiz, Spain. [17]
Juno   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. [16]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1812
Ship State Description
Caroline Denmark Norway The ship was wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands with the loss of all hands. [19]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1812
Ship State Description
Joseph and Phœbe   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Hempstead, New York United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to New York City. [20]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1812
Ship State Description
Jane and Betsey   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Berwick upon Tweed. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Leith, Lothian. [21]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1812
Ship State Description
HM Hired armed brig Black Prince   Royal Navy The hired armed brig was wrecked at Gerace, Kingdom of Sicily with the loss of two of her 58 crew. The survivors were taken prisoner. [22]
HMS Carlotta   Royal Navy The brig- corvette was driven ashore and wrecked at Capo Passaro, Sicily.
Chatham   United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Palermo, Sicily. [23]
Magnum Bonum   United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Palermo. [23]
Maria   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Oporto, Portugal. [21] Maria was refloated on 14 March and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. [24]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1812
Ship State Description
Comet   United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was subsequently lost off Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. [7]
Dubordieu   France The privateer was lost in Bizerta Bay. [25]
Peace   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dublin. [26]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1812
Ship State Description
Charlotte   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Bristol. [21] Charlotte was later refloated and taken in to Penzance. [27]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was later refloated. [21]
Jemima   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from London to São Miguel Island, Azores. [21]
HMS Manilla   Royal Navy The frigate was wrecked on the Haaks Sand, in the North Sea off Texel, Zuyderzée, France with the loss of six or 36 of her crew. About 180 survivors were taken prisoner. [7] [28]
Maria   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off Dublin. [21]
Providence   United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea and was abandoned off Penzance. She was later brought back in to port by some pilots. Providence was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Swansea, Glamorgan. [21]
Sir Francis Baring   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth. [21]
Victory   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Bull. She sank the next day. Her crew were rescued. [21]
Watt   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from London to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Watt was later refloated. [21]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1812
Ship State Description
Adventure   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay and was wrecked. [17]
Badger   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portrush, County Antrim. [29]
Indefatigable   United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore in Pwllheli Bay. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Cork. [19]
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire. [19]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Laurel   Royal Navy The fifth rate was wrecked in Quiberon Bay. Her crew were rescued, but made prisoners of war. [30] [31]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Alligator   United Kingdom The ship was run ashore on the coast of Surinam in mid-January. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Cayenne. [10]
Asia   United States The ship was captured and burnt by Andromaque and Herald and Mameluke (all   French Navy). Asia was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Lisbon, Portugal. [32]
Chance   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Maranhão, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Maranhão. [7]
Constance   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape St Mary, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire. [6] [26]
Courier   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Sunderland, County Durham. [9]
Gershom   United States The ship was captured and burnt by Andromaque and Herald and Mameluke (all   French Navy). Gershom was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Oporto, Portugal. [32]
Justicia   United Kingdom The transport ship was lost near Figueira da Foz, Portugal. [13]
Lion   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Bay of Bona with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from La Cala de Mijas, Spain to Gibraltar. [16]
Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was in collision with another vessel in the North Sea and was abandoned by her crew. She was taken in to Heligoland on 16 January by HMS Exertion (  Royal Navy). Margaret was on a voyage from Heligoland to London. [21]
Maria   United Kingdom The ship was lost on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. [9]
Mary   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London. [6]
Nancy   United Kingdom The ship was lost off Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British North America in mid-January. [33]
Peggy   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked off Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Greenock, Renfrewshire. [34]
Pocohantus   France The ship was wrecked at Calais at the end of January. [15]
Regent   United Kingdom The ship was run ashore on the coast of Surinam in mid-January. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Surinam. [10]
Success   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at North Meols, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire. [9]
Traveller   United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore near Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was later refloated. [11]
Two Friends   United Kingdom The whaler was lost on the coast of Iceland. [9]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1812
Ship State Description
Ranter   United Kingdom The ship departed from Cork for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [27]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Conqueror   Royal Navy The third rate ship of the line was driven ashore between Sheerness and Chatham, Kent. [21]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank near Walmer Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon. [21] Elizabeth was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. [26]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent. Elizabeth was later refloated and was reported as heading for Portsmouth, Hampshire. [21]
Richard   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in St. Austell Bay. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Hayle, Cornwall. [26]
Totnes   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand, off the coast of Kent and was damaged. She was later refloated and taken in to Sheerness. Totnes was on a voyage from London to Dartmouth, Devon. [21]
Wilhelmina   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Spain. [21] Wilhelmina was later refloated and taken in to the River Thames. [26]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1812
Ship State Description
Fortitude   United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at St Ives, Cornwall and sank. [35]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1812
Ship State Description
Eliza   United Kingdom The sloop was run down and sunk in the English Channel off the Dodman Point by a brig. Her crew were rescued. [19]
James and Ann   United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk by a collier brig at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. [19]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1812
Ship State Description
Hope   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at St Alban's Head, Dorset. She was on a voyage from São Miguel, Azores to London [7]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1812
Ship State Description
Hornet   United Kingdom The ship was lost at the mouth of the Kennebec River, United States. [36]
Sally   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork. [37]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1812
Ship State Description
Rose   United Kingdom The sloop was run down and sunk off Spittal Point by the brig Ocean (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [20]
Three Brothers   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Malta. Three Brothers was later refloated. [2]
Three Sisters   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Broadstairs, Kent. She was later refloated. Three Sisters was on a voyage from London to Brighton, Sussex. [27]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1812
Ship State Description
Esperanza Unknown The ship was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands. [4]
Henry   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex in an engagement with a French privateer and was wrecked. [38] Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to South Shields, County Durham. [39]
Industry   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was later taken in to Great Yarmouth. Industry was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London. [27]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1812
Ship State Description
Peace and Plenty   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Boston Deeos. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. [20] [40]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1812
Ship State Description
Thetis   United Kingdom The snow ran aground on the Planter Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. [37] [41]
Twin Sisters   United States The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Havana, Cuba. [42]
Unity   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. [37]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1812
Ship State Description
Charlotte   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Swansea, Glamorgan. [20]
John and William   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sligo. [23]
Orion   United States The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [42]
Young Charles   United Kingdom The ship departed Lisbon, Portugal for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [43]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1812
Ship State Description
Blackbird   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. [44]
Endeavour   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. [44]
Fox   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Exeter, Devon. [20] [45]
Henrietta   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport. She was on a voyage from London to Bridport. [17] [45]
Juno   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wexford or Waterford. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Irvine, Ayrshire. Juno was later refloated and resumed her voyage. [37] [46]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1812
Ship State Description
Cumberland   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of North Shields, County Durham with the loss of all hands. [44]
Themis   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats, Northumberland. [44] She was later refloated and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland for repairs. [47]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1812
Ship State Description
Cynthia   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Alderney, Channel Islands. [48]
John and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. [44]
Salus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. [44] [49]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1812
Ship State Description
Britannia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent. [20]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1812
Ship State Description
Britannia   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Duddon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire. [14] [50]
Rapid   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Malta. Rapid was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. [51]
Thetis   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Platter Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. [51]
Unity   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Harwich, Essex, She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. [51]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1812
Ship State Description
John and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Broad Sound Rocks, Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Cork. [23]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1812
Ship State Description
Fame   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Henry (  United Kingdom). Fame was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to an Irish port. [52]
Francis   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Poole to Liverpool, Lancashire. [53]

Francis was later refloated. [14]

Lord Duplin   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Poole. She was on a voyage from Poole to Liverpool. [53] Lord Duplin was later refloated. [14]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Fly   Royal Navy The sloop-of-war ran aground on The Knobber Reef, off Anholt, Denmark. She was set afire by her crew the next day before they were rescued. [54]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Alice   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Sicily to London. [38]
Allaluia e Santa Maria Trocato   Portugal The ship was lost near Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Oporto. [26]
Bon Fim   United Kingdom The ship foundered while on a voyage from Dublin to Lisbon, Portugal. [2] [38]
Eindragtigheden   Sweden The ship was lost off Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. [26]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Sandbank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin. [3]
Intrepide   France Napoleonic Wars: The privateer was set afire by her crew to avoid capture by HMS Richmond (  Royal Navy). She exploded and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Cept. [46]
HMS Laurel   Royal Navy The frigate was lost in Quiberon Bay. Her crew survived but some of them were taken prisoner by the French. [3]
Lord Vernon   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in Whitesand Bay. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to a Welsh port. Lord Vernon was later refloated. [14] [37]
Magdalena Denmark Denmark-Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Prussia to London, United Kingdom. [55]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth in late February. Her crew survived. She was on her maiden voyage. [56]
Nancy   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Guernsey, Channel Islands. [52]
Ocean   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands towards the end of February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. [57] [58]
Orienten Unknown The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Bothnia. [53]
Osprey   United States The ship was driven ashore at New London, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to New York. [36]
Sarah and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Sicily to London. [38]
Severn   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Maravina". She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Surinam. [57]
Swallow   United Kingdom The ship foundered off the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Belfast, County Antrim. [20]
Thomas and John   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the French coast. [3] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Plymouth, Devon. [30]
Venus   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off São Miguel, Azores. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to São Miguel. [7]
Young Factor   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Wilmington, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Wilmington to London. [38]

March

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1812
Ship State Description
Fly Packet   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of 78 lives. she was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. [24] [59]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1812
Ship State Description
Beginning   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked off Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Plymouth, Devon. [46] [60]
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship was in collision with a brig in the River Suir and was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Waterford. [48]
Fly   United Kingdom The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay with the loss of 78 lives. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire. [61] [62]
Providence   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off St Alban's Head, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. [14]
Rose   United Kingdom The ship was lost in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Westport, County Mayo. [10]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1812
Ship State Description
Maryann   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to London. [48]
Pursuit   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off Corton, Suffolk Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to London. [48]
Swallow   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London. Swallow was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate. [46]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1812
Ship State Description
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean 29°46′N 67°00′W / 29.767°N 67.000°W / 29.767; -67.000. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. Mary was on a voyage from Tobago to London. [63]
Medway   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to London. [64]
Two Patricks   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Ross, Northumberland to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [48]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1812
Ship State Description
Endeavour   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Penzance, Cornwall. [18]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1812
Ship State Description
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [65] She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. [66]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1812
Ship State Description
Fanny   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Portreath, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Portreath to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [59]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship foundered off St Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. [62]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hayle, Cornwall. [59]
Stag   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked off the South Rock Lighthouse, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Newfoundland, British North America. [62] [67]
Two Sisters   United Kingdom The ship foundered while on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [62] Her crew were rescued. [24]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1812
Ship State Description
Clarissa   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to London. [62]
Gibraltar   United Kingdom The ship was lost off Cap Spartel, Morocco. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar. [25]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1812
Ship State Description
Two Marys   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Ives, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Plymouth, Devon. [62]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1812
Ship State Description
Duncan   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Dublin. [62]
Hope   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Penzance, Cornwall. she was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon. [68] She was later refloated. [24]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Foyle. [24]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1812
Ship State Description
Bacchus   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer Juno (  France). She was on a voyage from Limerick to Greenock, Renfrewshire. [47]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1812
Ship State Description
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Porthlethen, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Plymouth, Devon. [24] [62]
Peter and Hannah   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Falmouth, Cornwall. [62]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1812
Ship State Description
Ant   United Kingdom The ship foundered in Dublin Bay. [65]
Blackbird   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Shields Lifeboat. [69]
Cumberland   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland with the loss of all hands. [69]
Eclipse   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London. Eclipse was later refloated and taken in to Whitstable, Kent. [24]
Eleanor   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [69]
Eleanor   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats, Northumberland. [65]
Elizabeth and Sarah   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [69]
Endeavour   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Meggy's Bourn, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. [69]
Fame   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Colleywell Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. [69]
Fly   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Plymouth, Devon and Portsmouth, Hampshire. [24] [62]
George   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth. [24]
George   United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire Her crew were rescued by Hero (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham. [69]
Henry   United Kingdom The ship foundered in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. [65]
Holdsworth Trader   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at St Andrews, Fife. Her crew were rescued. [10]
John and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Warkworth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. [69]
Lively   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Howick, Northumberland with the loss of a crew member. [69]
Margaret and Ann   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sow and Pigs Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of county Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland for repairs. [47] [69]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Bude, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Travennance, Cornwall to Llanelli, Glamorgan. [65]
Salus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ryhope, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. [69]
St. Erie   Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitburn, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. [69]
Themis   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cresswell, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. [69]
Salome   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay. Her crew were rescued. [62]
Speedwell   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hartley Bates's Isle, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. [69]
Wellwood   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Wexford. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Brazil. [65]
William and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [62]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1812
Ship State Description
Agriculture   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Whitby. [24] Agriculture was later refloated and taken in to Whitby for repairs. [70]
Ann & Maria   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Aberdaron Bay. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to the Isle of Man. [70]
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Mount's Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon. [44]
Bonito   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin. [62]
Citizen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Virgin Islands Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured off "Cape Roxo" by the privateer Marengo (  France) while on a voyage from Saint Croix to Curaçao. She was set afire and sunk. [71]
Comet   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Whitehaven, Cumberland. [70]
Friends   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Mounts Bay. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. [24]
Friendship   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. [62]
Gage   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Mount's Bay. [62]
Happy Return   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Aberdaron Bay. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth to Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. [70]
Harmony   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Burnt Island, Fife. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. Harmony was refloated on 23 March and taken in to North Shields, County Durham for repairs. [24] [47]
Hibernia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Jamaica. [66] Hibernia was later refloated and taken in to Belfast. [47]
Invariable   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Mounts Bay. Her crew were rescued. [44]
Langston   United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Liffey, Dublin. [65]
Nancy   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Mounts Bay. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Plymouth. She was later refloated. [70]
Nettle   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Mounts Bay. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Fowey. [24]
Nimble   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Mounts Bay. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London. [24] She was later refloated. [70]
Salome   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay. Her crew were rescued. [24]
United Friends   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Mounts Bay. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Fowey. [24] She was later refloated. [70]
William Dumaresq and Charles   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Mounts Bay. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Swanage, Dorset. [24]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1812
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland, British North America. [44]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Ardglass, County Down with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. [65]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1812
Ship State Description
Exchange   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [44] She was later refloated and put into Whitby for repairs. [10]
William   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Chepstow, Monmouthshire to Dublin. [65]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1812
Ship State Description
Hope   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Saltee Islands, County Donegal with the loss of one of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Caernarfon. [72]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1812
Ship State Description
Hope   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Caernarfon. [36]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1812
Ship State Description
Industry   United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [73]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1812
Ship State Description
Blandinah   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. [12]
Effort   United Kingdom The whaler ran aground on the Shipwash Sand and sank. Her crew survived She was on a voyage from London to Greenland. [65] [70] Effort was later refloated. [36]
Reliance   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and taken in to Aldeburgh, Suffolk. [70]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1812
Ship State Description
Harmony   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Kinghorn, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. [69]
Nanny   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to London. [69]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1812
Ship State Description
Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was lost in Ross Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Limerick. [36]
Pensacola Spain New Spain The ship struck rocks on the west coast of Bermuda and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, East Florida to London, United Kingdom. [74]
Thomas and Nancy   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. [12]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1812
Ship State Description
St. David   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Carmarthen. [15]
Tomas   Imperial Russian Navy The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sevastopol to Yevpatoria. [75]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1812
Ship State Description
Susannah   United Kingdom The ship was lost in Whitsand Bay near Rame Head, Cornwall with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London. [10]
St. Patrick   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Killough, County Down. she was on a voyage from London to Belfast, County Antrim. [36] 'St. Patrick was refloated on 16 April and resumed her voyage. [47]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Beginning   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Cardigan with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Plymouth, Devon. [48]
Camel   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by the French Navy between 9 and 29 March while on a voyage from Cork to Barbados. She was set afire and sunk. [33]
Coaster   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Warkworth, Northumberland. [65]
Cruden   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cobler's Rock, Barbados before 7 March. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Grenada. [57]
George and William   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by the French Navy between 9 and 29 March while on a voyage from São Miguel, Azores to London. She was set afire and sunk. [33]
Goodintent   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Teignmouth, Devon. [65] [70]
Havkormen Denmark Norway The ship was lost at Ballyshannon, County Donegal, United Kingdom. [44]
Hector   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Arklow, County Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Dublin. [62]
Hillsborough   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Alderney, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to London. [59]
Indiana   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Warkworth. [65]
Jenny   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey with the loss of most of her crew. [44]
Joan   United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) before 25 March. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [76] [77]
John   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by the French Navy between 9 and 29 March while on a voyage from Surinam to London. She was set afire and sunk. [33]
Maria   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Guernsey, Channel Islands. [44]
Morning Star   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on The Skerries with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dundalk. [65]
Nancy   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Dunbar Bay. She was on a voyage from the River Tay to London. [44]
Neptune   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by the French Navy between 9 and 29 March while on a voyage from Aberdeen to Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. She was set afire and sunk. [33]
Ocean   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by the French Navy between 9 and 29 March while on a voyage from Surinam to London. She was set afire and sunk. [33]
Polly   United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) before 25 March. She was on a voyage from Newberryport, Massachusetts to Saint Barthélemy. [76] [77]
Recovery   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Land's End, Cornwall. [44]
Rosina Denmark Norway The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. [10]
Russell   United Kingdom The ship was lost near South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. [44]
St. Eric   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitburn, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Liverpool. [69]
Swansea   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Baldoyle, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Chepstow, Monmouthshire to Dublin. [70]
Thetis   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitburn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Carron, Stirlingshire. [65]
Thomas   United States The schooner was captured by HMS Medusa and HMS Niemen (both   Royal Navy) while on a voyage from Salem, Massachusetts to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was ordered in to Plymouth, Devon but foundered. Her crew were rescued. [48]
William and Ann   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Warkworth. [65]

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1812
Ship State Description
Charming Sally   United States The ship foundered while on a voyage from New Providence, New Jersey to Saint Vincent. [78]
Lady Charlotte   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gijón, Spain to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [12]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1812
Ship State Description
City of Edinburgh   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 46 leagues (138 nautical miles (256 km) off the Azores with the loss of seven of her 51 crew. Survivors were rescued by Fame (  United Kingdom). City of Edinburgh was on a voyage from Lima to Cádiz, Spain. [43] [79] [80]
Star   United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk by Victory (  United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. [12]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1812
Ship State Description
Felicidade de Madeira   Portugal The ship foundered off Madeira. [76]
Mars   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Plymouth, Devon. [12]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1812
Ship State Description
William and Ann   United States The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 39°N 50°W / 39°N 50°W / 39; -50) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Mandarin (  United States). She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Cádiz, Spain. [43]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1812
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Malta to London. [81]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1812
Ship State Description
Hope   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the River Suir She was on a voyage from Waterford to Teignmouth, Devon. [47]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1812
Ship State Description
Dispatch Packet   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the west end of Sicily while coming from Malta for England. All on board and the mails were rescued. [74]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1812
Ship State Description
Brisk   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by Pauline (  French Navy) and a French brig. She was set afire and sunk. Brisk was on a voyage from London to Salonica, Greece. [42]
Hawker   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica. [25] Hawker was later refloated and resumed her voyage. [82]
Vine   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock at Donaghadee, County Down and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to London. Vine put into Donaghadee. [47]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1812
Ship State Description
Enterprize   United States The ship was wrecked on Abaco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island to Havana, Cuba. [83]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1812
Ship State Description
Ocean   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. [57] She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. [84]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1812
Ship State Description
Gipsey   United States The ship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts. [83]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1812
Ship State Description
I. O. Small   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered while on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Limerick. Her crew were rescued. [81]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1812
Ship State Description
Duke of Kent   United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice off the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. [85]
Mariner   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Dornoch, Sutherland with the loss of all hands. [32]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1812
Ship State Description
King of Prussia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Dundalk Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newry, County Antrim. [32]
Maria   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa. [86]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1812
Ship State Description
Ontario   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Amelia Island, East Florida, New Spain and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amelia Island. [87]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1812
Ship State Description
Iris   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Orinoco River. She was on a voyage from London to Berbice. [88]
Success   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock off Land's End, Cornwall and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Dartmouth, Devon. [33]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Adventure   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Lopez, Africa with the loss of her captain. [86]
Charlotte   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) before 27 April. [77]
Commerce   United Kingdom The ship was lost off Cape Jaci. She was on a voyage from Malta to Sicily. [25]
Conceição   Portugal Napoleonic Wars: The brig was captured by a French Navy squadron and was scuttled. [76]
Lee   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Antrim. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to a port in North America. [89]
Louisa   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was subsequently lost off the Île de Batz, Finistère, France. Louisa was on a voyage from Cork to Guernsey, Channel Islands. [90]
Thomas and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Holderness coast, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire. [91]
Unity   United Kingdom The ship was lost at Majorca, Spain. [90]

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1812
Ship State Description
Eliza   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by the privateer L'Aigl (  France). She was subsequently driven ashore on the French coast by HMS Arrow (  Royal Navy) and was destroyed. Eliza was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to London. [77]

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Apelles   United Kingdom The Crocus-class brig-sloop was driven ashore at Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was captured by the French the next day and was refloated.
Enterprize   United Kingdom The ship struck the Runnel Stone and was consequently beached at Penwith, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to London. [32]
HMS Skylark   Royal Navy The sloop-of-war ran aground at Étaples. She was blown up and destroyed by her crew. [33]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1812
Ship State Description
Mariner   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Dornoch, Sutherland with the loss of all sixteen crew. [92] [93]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1812
Ship State Description
Apelles   France The Crocus-class brig-sloop was driven ashore on the coast of Pas-de-Calais by HMS Bermuda and HMS Rinaldo (both   Royal Navy). She was subsequently recaptured by HMS Bermuda.

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1812
Ship State Description
Alictum   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to an Irish port. [52]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1812
Ship State Description
Nimrod   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingroad, Avonmouth, Gloucestershire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Malta to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [81]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1812
Ship State Description
Albion   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Atherfield, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to London. [71]
Diamond   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Zakynthos, Greece to Hull, Yorkshire. [81]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Andrews, Fife to London. [71]
Flor   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Abbotsbury, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to London. [71]
Irlam   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Tuskar Rock. All on board were rescued by Sarah and another vessel (both   United Kingdom). [94]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1812
Ship State Description
Hector   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. [4]
Selina   United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penlee Point, Rame, Cornwall with the loss of all on board. [4] [95]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1812
Ship State Description
Hector   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Anglesey and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [71]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1812
Ship State Description
Prince Regent   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and was beached at Margate, Kent. She was later refloated. [42] [76]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1812
Ship State Description
Frederick William   United States The ship was wrecked on Calf Island, Massachusetts with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Boston, Massachusetts and Havana, Cuba. [96] [97]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1812
Ship State Description
John Watson   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near New York, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to New York. [96]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1812
Ship State Description
Andromaque   French Navy
Ariane (second left), Andromaque (second right) and HMS Northumberland (right).

Napoleonic Wars, Action of 22 May 1812: The Ariane-class frigate ran aground off L'Orient, Morbihan in an engagement with HMS Growler and HMS Northumberland (both   Royal Navy). She was set afire and scuttled by her crew.

Ariane   French Navy Napoleonic Wars, Action of 22 May 1812: The Ariane-class frigate ran aground off L'Orient in an engagement with HMS Growler and HMS Northumberland (both   Royal Navy). She was set afire and scuttled by her crew.

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1812
Ship State Description
Dover Castle British East India Company The East Indiaman ran aground at Saugor, India and was severely damaged. She was later refloated and taken in to Calcutta for repairs. [98]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1812
Ship State Description
Hercules   United States The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. [99] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire and the United States.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast after 1 May. [76]
General Small   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off São Miguel, Azores. [71]
Janet   United Kingdom The ship was werecked on the coast of the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. [76] She was on a voyage from County Clare to Greenock, Renfrewshire. [77]
Queen Charlotte   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Frio, Brazil. [100]
Sportsman   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Atherstone, Isle of Wight and was wrecked. [81] She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London. [101]
Superior   United States The ship was wrecked in the Azores, Portugal. [76]

June

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1812
Ship State Description
Discovery   United Kingdom The coaster, a brig, was driven ashore in Table Bay. [100]
Lion   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. [102]
Restaurador   Portugal The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in Table Bay. [100]
Thomas and Sally   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hornsea, Yorkshire. [99]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1812
Ship State Description
St. Thomas   United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to Tenerife, Canary Islands. [103]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1812
Ship State Description
Thomas and Sally   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Hornsea, Yorkshire. [104]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1812
Ship State Description
Campbell Macquarie   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship struck rocks off Macquarie Island and was wrecked with the loss of four of her 42 crew. She was set afire on 28 June for her ironwork. [105]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1812
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. [106]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1812
Ship State Description
Incomparable   France Napoleonic Wars: The privateer, a lugger was captured in an engagement with HMRC Hind ( Board of Customs) but foundered due to damage sustained. Nine of her crew were rescued. [63]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1812
Ship State Description
Friends   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank in the River Suir. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Waterford. [107]
Trafalgar   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the west coast of Saint Croix and was damaged. She was refloated on 2 July. Trafalgar was on a voyage from Tobago to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [88]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1812
Ship State Description
Three Brothers   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [108]
Woodside   United Kingdom The ship was lost in Red Bay, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Belfast, County Antrim. [63]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1812
Ship State Description
Lady Holland   United Kingdom The ship was run ashore at Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [108]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1812
Ship State Description
Jenny   United Kingdom The ship was lost on Sooty Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Prince Edward Island, British North America. [109]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1812
Ship State Description
Brutus Blunt   United States War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by HMS Shannon and other vessels (all   Royal Navy). [110]
Mount Hope   United States War of 1812: The schooner was captured and burnt by HMS Shannon and other vessels (all   Royal Navy). [110]
HDMS Najaden Denmark Dano-Norwegian Navy Gunboat War, Battle of Lyngør: The frigate was sunk off Lyngør by HMS Dictator (  Royal Navy) with the loss of 133 of her 336 crew.

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1812
Ship State Description
Peace   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cobbler's Rock, Barbados. She was on a voyage from Cape Breton Island, British North America to Barbados. [111]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1812
Ship State Description
Argus   United States War of 1812: The schooner was captured and burnt by HMS Shannon and other vessels (all   Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to New York. [110]
HMS Exertion   Royal Navy The gun-brig ran aground at the mouth of the Elbe. She was scuttled by HMS Redbreast (  Royal Navy). [112] [113]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1812
Ship State Description
Mechanic   United States War of 1812: The full-rigged ship was captured and burnt by HMS Shannon and other vessels (all   Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Limerick, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [110]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1812
Ship State Description
Eliza Gracie   United States War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by HMS Shannon and other vessels (all   Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to New York. [110]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1812
Ship State Description
Amaranth   United States War of 1812: The schooner was captured and burnt by HMS Shannon and other vessels (all   Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts. [110]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1812
Ship State Description
Citizen   United States War of 1812: The schooner was captured and burnt by HMS Shannon and other vessels (all   Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Boston, Massachusetts. [110]
Highlander   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [108]
Milford   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. [85]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1812
Ship State Description
Fame   United States War of 1812: The schooner was captured and burnt by HMS Shannon and other vessels (all   Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Boston, Massachusetts. [110]
Juno   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. [100]
Sally United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Pacific Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south east of the mouth of the Hunter's River. Her crew survived. [114]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1812
Ship State Description
Eleanor   United States War of 1812: The schooner was captured and burnt by HMS Shannon and other vessels (all   Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands to Boston, Massachusetts. [110]
Three Sisters   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. [115]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1812
Ship State Description
Venture   United Kingdom The ship sank at "Armino". She was on a voyage from London to Leeds, Yorkshire. [116]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1812
Ship State Description
Abercromby (Abercrombie)   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Caramata Passage. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to China. [117]
Polly   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to London. [118]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1812
Ship State Description
James   United States The ship was driven ashore at Cape Ann, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to Salem, Massachusetts. [119]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1812
Ship State Description
Fisher   United Kingdom The ship departed Rio de Janeiro for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. [120]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Alectum   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dundee, Forfarshire with some loss of life. [121]
Althea   United Kingdom The vessel was lost on Fultah Point on the Hooghli River in India.
Betsey United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Vincent The ship was wrecked on Amelia Island, East Florida, New Spain. [111]
Boyd United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in late July between the mouth of the Hunter River and Port Stephens with the loss of two of her crew. [114]
Julia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and scuttled off Start Point, Devon by the privateer Turbulent (  France) in early July. [116]
Lindisfarne   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Miquelon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [102]
Rambler   United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. [83]
Volunteer   United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland by a French privateer. [100]

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1812
Ship State Description
Eight Sisters   United States War of 1812: HMS Ringdove (  Royal Navy) captured Eight sisters while she was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts. She was set afire and sunk. [122]
Royal Bounty   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Yankee (  United States). Royal Bounty was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Prince Edward Island, British North America. [123]
Thetis   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Yankee (  United States). [123]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Emulous   Royal Navy The Cruizer-class brig-sloop ran aground and was wrecked 19 nautical miles (35 km) off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued by HMS Colibri (  Royal Navy).

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1812
Ship State Description
Pomona   United States War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by HMS Aeolus (  Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to an American port. [110]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1812
Ship State Description
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 44°27′N 41°09′W / 44.450°N 41.150°W / 44.450; -41.150). Sarah (  United Kingdom) rescued all on board. [124]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1812
Ship State Description
Abeona   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured by the USS Constitution (  United States Navy) while on a voyage from Buctush, British North America to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. [125]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was lost on São Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. [126]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1812
Ship State Description
Crown   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk and sank. [127]
Jason   United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk. Her crew were rescued by Hopewell (  United Kingdom). Jason was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to London. [108]
Pellew   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands. [127]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Chub   Royal Navy The Ballahoo-class schooner was wrecked off the Sambro Island Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of all twenty crew.
Fame   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Antigua (  United Kingdom). Fame was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [108]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1812
Ship State Description
Samuel   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Otterton, Devon. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Sidmouth and Exmouth, Devon. [127]
William   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Austell, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Fowey, Cornwall. [111]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1812
Ship State Description
Africaine   United Kingdom The ship was capsized by a water spout off Cape Matapan, Greece. She was on a voyage from Malta to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. [128]
Lord Nelson   United Kingdom The ship schooner ran aground on the McCammon Rock and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saltcoats, Ayrshire. Lord Nelson was later refloated. [124]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Guerriere   Royal Navy
USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere.

War of 1812, USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere: The fifth-rate frigate was captured by the frigate USS Constitution (  United States Navy). She was set afire and sunk due to battle damage received.

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1812
Ship State Description
Alchimedes   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at New Orleans, Louisiana. [129]
Betsey   United States The schooner was driven ashore at New Orleans. [129]
HMS Brazen   Royal Navy The Bittern-class ship-sloop was driven ashore at the mouth of the Mississippi River and was severely damaged. [122]
Buckskin   United States The privateer was lost at New Orleans. [129]
Ceres   United States The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at New Orleans. [129]
Cumberland   United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed at New Orleans. [129]
Devina Pastora United States Louisiana Territory The Polacre was driven ashore and severely damaged at New Orleans. [129]
Enterprize   United States The brig was driven ashore at New Orleans. [129]
Erie   United States The ketch sank at New Orleans. [129]
Felix   United States The privateer was driven ashore and damaged at New Orleans. [129]
Harlequin   United States The ship foundered at New Orleans with the loss of all but two of ner crew. [129] [130]
Iris   United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at New Orleans. [129]
Juno   United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at New Orleans. [129]
Liberty United States Louisiana Territory The schooner sank at New Orleans. [129]
Maria   United States The brig was destroyed at New Orleans. [129]
Missouri   United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at New Orleans. [129]
Oliver Elsworth   United States The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at New Orleans. [129]
Paragon   United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at New Orleans. [129]
Reliance   United States The brig was driven ashore at New Orleans. She was deemed irreparable. [129]
Sally Ann   United States The brig was driven ashore at New Orleans. [129]
HMS Southampton   Royal Navy The Southampton-class frigate was driven ashore at the mouth of the Mississippi River and severely damaged. [122]
Suffolk   United States The ship was driven ashore at New Orleans. [129]
Viper   United States The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at New Orleans. [129]
Washington   United States The full-rigged ship was irreparably damaged at New Orleans. [129]
William   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at New Orleans. [129]
William & Mary   United States The schooner sank at New Orleans. [129]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1812
Ship State Description
Marina   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. [128]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1812
Ship State Description
Lord Cochrane   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of the Bahamas with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the United Kingdom. [131]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1812
Ship State Description
Jamaica Planter   United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Bermuda while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [117]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1812
Ship State Description
Harry   United Kingdom The ship capsized off "St. Salvadore" with the loss of a crew member. [132]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was lost at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Colchester, Essex. [124]
Louth Packet   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire to London. [109]
Mariner   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 32°30′N 70°00′W / 32.500°N 70.000°W / 32.500; -70.000) in a hurricane with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [133]
Minerva   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 32°30′N 70°00′W / 32.500°N 70.000°W / 32.500; -70.000) in a hurricane with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [133]
Nile   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 32°30′N 70°00′W / 32.500°N 70.000°W / 32.500; -70.000) in a hurricane with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [133]
Providence Endeavour   United Kingdom The ship was lost at Huntcliff Foot, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [124]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1812
Ship State Description
True Blue   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned. HMS Amaranthe (  Royal Navy), rescued the crew. True Blue was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Waterford. [134]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1812
Ship State Description
Sophrona   United Kingdom The ship was lost off Sandy Point, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Dublin. [135]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Lady Warren   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured by USS Constitution (  United States Navy while on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was set afire and sunk. [125]
Rosario   United Kingdom The ship departed from Gibraltar for Madeira. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [136]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1812
Ship State Description
Caliban   United States The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Boston, Massachusetts. Caliban was later refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex. [109] [137]
Enterprize   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was later refloated. [109]
Friendship   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand. She was later refloated. [109]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand. [109]
Medway   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sands. She was later refloated. [109]
Oughton   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand. [109]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1812
Ship State Description
Sir John Borlase Warren   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 28°00′N 68°20′W / 28.000°N 68.333°W / 28.000; -68.333). She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Bermuda. [138]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1812
Ship State Description
Danaé   French Navy The Consolante-class frigate was destroyed by an onboard explosion at Trieste, Austrian Empire.

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1812
Ship State Description
Pomona   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Dublin. [86]
Unicorn   Imperial Russian Navy French invasion of Russia: The sloop-of-war ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Domesnes, Courland Governorate. Her crew were rescued and the ship was burnt to prevent capture by the French. [75]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1812
Ship State Description
Minerva   United Kingdom The ship departed from Grenada for Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [139]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1812
Ship State Description
Juffrouw Etje Buss flag unknown The ship departed Saint Petersburg, Russia for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [140]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1812
Ship State Description
Fernando Septimo   Spain Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt in Ensinada Bay by a squadron of ships from the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. [132]
Olive   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Captaincy General of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. [141] [142]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1812
Ship State Description
Yeoman's Glory   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the King's Channel and sank. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire. [86]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1812
Ship State Description
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [143]
Sally   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Cádiz, Spain. [144]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Barbados   Royal Navy The frigate was wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of one crew member. The rest of her crew were rescued. [129] [145] [146]
Emmeline   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Sable Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Newfoundland, British North America. [129]
Espadarte   Portugal The ship departed Rio de Janeiro for Lisbon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [147]
Swift   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Sable Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Newfoundland. [129]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1812
Ship State Description
President Adams   United States The ship was wrecked on the coast of China. Her crew survived. [148]
Matilda   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Brixham, Devon. [149]
Trafalgar   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sizewell, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London. [149]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1812
Ship State Description
Mercury   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gotland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. [144]
Young William   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Berry Head, Devon and was severely damaged. She was later refloated and taken in to Brixham, Devon. Young William was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Oporto, Portugal. [149]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Hero United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey War of 1812: The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 46°N 57°W / 46°N 57°W / 46; -57) by USS Essex (  United States Navy) while on a voyage from Guernsey to Miramichi Bay. She was set afire and sunk. [86]
HMS Magnet   Royal Navy The brig-sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States with the loss of all hands. [150] [151]
Mary   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured by the Americans and scuttled. [86]
Nancy   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland by USS Essex (  United States Navy) while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Newfoundland, British North America. She was set afire and sunk. [86]
Rhadamanthe   United Kingdom The ship was lost between Huelva and Ayamonte, Spain. [149]
St. Zotik   Imperial Russian Navy The ship was wrecked near Bolsheretsk. Her crew were rescued. [75]

October

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1812
Ship State Description
James Dunlop   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City. Lower Canada. [152] [153]
Lady Augusta   United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Sligo. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [154]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1812
Ship State Description
James Dunlop   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [155]
Norge Denmark Norway The ship was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. [156]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1812
Ship State Description
Brown   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Little Caicos Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to London. [141]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was lost at Mazzara, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to London. [157]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Nimble   Royal Navy The Nimble-class cutter struck a rock in the Kattegat and was wrecked. [158]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1812
Ship State Description
Enterprize   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. [159]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1812
Ship State Description
Nancy   United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Swansea, Glamorgan. [125] [156]
Sally   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Shields Lifeboat. [125]
No. 52   Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship sprang a leak and was beached on Ruhnu. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sveaborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Riga. She was subsequently wrecked by ice. [75]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1812
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   Sweden The ship sailed from Karlshamn. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [160]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1812
Ship State Description
Amelia Sophia   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Carlscrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. [161]
Catherine   Russia The ship was driven ashore near Cross Island, County Down, United Kingdom. [152]
Harmony   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. [125]
Mangalore   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Sumatra while on a voyage from Calcutta to Port Jackson, New South Wales. [162]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1812
Ship State Description
Arthur Unknown The ship was driven ashore on Rügen, Swedish Pomerania. She was either wrecked or was burnt by HMS Aquilon (  Royal Navy) on 14 October. Her crew were rescued. [144]
HMS Centinel   Royal Navy The gun-brig was driven ashore on Rügen. She was destroyed by her crew before they were rescued. [144] [163]
Eleonora Henrietta Unknown The ship was driven ashore on Rügen. She was either wrecked or was burnt by HMS Aquilon (  Royal Navy) on 14 October. Her crew were rescued. [144]
Enigheit Unknown The ship was driven ashore on Rügen. She was either wrecked or was burnt by HMS Aquilon (  Royal Navy) on 14 October. Her crew were rescued. Einigheit was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London, United Kingdom. [144]
Fortuna Unknown The ship was driven ashore on Rügen. She was either wrecked or was burnt by HMS Aquilon (  Royal Navy) on 14 October. Her crew were rescued. [144]
Johannes Unknown The ship was driven ashore on Rügen. She was either wrecked or was burnt by HMS Aquilon (  Royal Navy) on 14 October. Her crew were rescued. [144]
Johannes & Sigismund Unknown The ship was driven ashore on Rügen. She was either wrecked or was burnt by HMS Aquilon (  Royal Navy) on 14 October. Her crew were rescued. [144]
Neptunus Unknown The ship was driven ashore on Rügen. She was either wrecked or was burnt by HMS Aquilon (  Royal Navy) on 14 October. Her crew were rescued. [144]
Prefung Unknown The ship was driven ashore on Rügen. She was either wrecked or was burnt by HMS Aquilon (  Royal Navy) on 14 October. Her crew were rescued. [144]
Rammen Unknown The ship was driven ashore on Rügen. She was either wrecked or was burnt by HMS Aquilon (  Royal Navy) on 14 October. Her crew were rescued. Rammen was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. [144]
Speedwell   United Kingdom The ship departed Cork for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [164]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1812
Ship State Description
Agnes   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Kingston, Jamaica. [165]
Atlas   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Fort Augusta, Jamaica. [165] [166]
Aurora   United Kingdom The schooner sank at Kingston. [165]
Australien   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Archangelsk, Russia. [167]
Bachelor   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Kingston. [165]
Caroline   Spain The schooner was driven ashore at The Narrows, Jamaica. [165]
Catherine Lane   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingston. [165]
Clarendon   United Kingdom The sloop sank at Kingston. [165]
Cumberland   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at The Narrows. [165] [166]
Cyrus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lucea, Jamaica. [165]
Dal   United States The barque, a prize, was driven ashore at The Narrows, Jamaica. [165] [166]
Dos Amigos   Spain The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Kingston. [165]
Endeavour   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Black River, Jamaica. [165]
Enterprize   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Fort Augusta. [165]
Esperanza   Spain The schooner was driven ashore at Kingston. [165]
Hassan   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in The Narrows. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Havana, Cuba. [166] [168]
Henry   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Montego Bay, Jamaica. [165]
Hercules   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Morant Bay, Jamaica. [165]
James   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingston. [165]
Little Mary   United Kingdom The schooner capsized in Milk River, Jamaica with the loss of all but one of her crew. [165]
London   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Black River. [165]
Madisonia   United States The schooner, a prize, was driven ashore at The Narrows, Jamaica. [165] [166]
Maria   Spain The schooner sank at Kingston. [165]
Mary   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingston. [165]
Melville   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingston. [165]
Minorca   United Kingdom The schooner sank at Kingston. [165]
Nancy   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingston. [165]
Nelson   United Kingdom The schooner sank at Kingston. [165]
Nostra Señor del Carmen   Spain The schooner sank at Kingston. [165]
Perseverance   United Kingdom The sloop sank at Kingston. [165]
Peru   United States The brig, a prize, was driven ashore at Kingston. [165] [166]
Phœnix   United Kingdom Captain Sinclair's schooner sank at Kingston. [165]
Phœnix   United Kingdom Captain Oliver's schooner sank at Kingston. [165]
Planter   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Kingston. [165]
Pomona   Spain The sloop was driven ashore at Kingston. [165]
Poor Sailor   United Kingdom The privateer schooner was driven ashore at Hunt's Bay, Jamaica. [165]
Prince   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Kingston. She was later refloated. [165] [166]
Rose   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Montego Bay. [165]
San Isidero   Spain The schooner sank at Kingston. [165]
Santa Clara   Spain The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingston. [165]
Santa Margaretta   Spain The schooner was driven ashore at Kingston. [165]
Supply   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingston. [165]
Swift   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Fort Augusta. [165]
San Bernardino   United States The brig, a prize, was driven ashore at Kingston. [165] [166]
Surprise   United Kingdom The sloop foundered off Port Maria, Jamaica. [165]
Susan   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingston. [165]
Tamer   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Kingston. [165]
Venus   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingston. [165]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1812
Ship State Description
Harriet British East India Company The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at Bengal, India. Her crew survived. [169]
Scourrier   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Newport, Monmouthshire. [119]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1812
Ship State Description
Friendship   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hurst Castle, Hampshire. she was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London. [119] She was later refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight. [138]
Rover   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to Guernsey. [122]
West Indian   United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. Three survivors were rescued on 29 October by Washington (  United States). She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. [170]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1812
Ship State Description
Concordia   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Helsingør, Denmark. [171]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1812
Ship State Description
Cyrus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship departed Newfoundland for Jamaica. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [172]
Flying Fish   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Bury". [129]
General Moore   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Duncannon, County Wexford. [129]
Nile   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on later refloated and put into Weymouth, Dorset. [129]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1812
Ship State Description
Belize   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. [98] [173]
Betsey   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Youghal, County Cork. [173] [174]
Betsey   United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. [175]
Boston   United States The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. [130]
Brothers   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [98]
Brothers   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Lundy Island. She was later driven ashore at Oxwich, Glamorgan and was severely damaged. Brothers was later refloated. [174] [176]
Buckle   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dale, Pembrokeshire. [173]
Caroline   United States The schooner was driven ashore at Plymouth. [175]
Castle Maquin   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. [175]
Coventry   United Kingdom The West Indiaman was driven ashore at Plymouth. She was later refloated. [98]
Eclipse   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth. [98]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [174]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London. [174]
Emlyn   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. [173]
Evrington   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [98] [174]
Fortitude   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [174]
Friendship   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall. [174] she was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to London. [98]
Gascon   United States The schooner was driven ashore at Plymouth. [175]
Gascoyne   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth. [98]
General Gates   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. [173]
Geni   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. [174]
Harmony   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [174]
Hebe   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Hull, Yorkshire. [144]
Hirondelle   United States The schooner was driven ashore at Plymouth. [175]
Horace   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. [175] She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to London. [98]
HMS Insolent   Royal Navy The gun-brig was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [174]
Irish Miner   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. [98] [173]
Jane & Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [174]
Jeanie   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swansea. [174]
Jewel   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. [173]
John Edward   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. [173] [174]
Joseph   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [174]
Lucy   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Waterford. [173] [174]
Minerva   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork. [173] [174]
Perseverance   United Kingdom The ship sank at Swansea. She was later refloated. [174]
Perseverance   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galway. [174]
Prince William   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Llanelli, Glamorgan to Cork. [174]
Providence   United Kingdom The ship, homeported in Galway, was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. [173]
Providence   United Kingdom The ship, homeported in Liverpool, was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. [173]
Providence   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Mill Bay, Plymouth. [175]
Providence   United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Swansea. [174]
Redress   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. [174]
Royal George   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Newport to Cork. [173] [174]
Sally and William   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [174]
Salt Cat   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Mawes, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Liverpool. [174]
Sandwich   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pill, Pembrokeshire. [173]
Shelalagh   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cork. [173] [174]
Skylark   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Swansea. [130] She was later refloated. [98]
Shylock   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [174]
Sophia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swansea. [174]
Star   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork [173] [174]
Susannah   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Newport to Cork. [173] [174]
Thracian   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. [173]
Vere   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [174]
William   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. [174]
Young Connecticut   United States The schooner was driven ashore at Plymouth. [175]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1812
Ship State Description
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. [177]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1812
Ship State Description
Judith   United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and sank. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset [174]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1812
Ship State Description
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Shields Lifeboat. [178]
Trader   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ilfracombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [179]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1812
Ship State Description
Antonio   Spain The ship was wrecked on the North Rocks, Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Tenerife, Canary Islands. [160]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1812
Ship State Description
Hannah   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Inner Dowsing Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [144]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1812
Ship State Description
Assiduous   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Burry, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newport, Monmouthshire. [129]
Caledonia   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Moray Firth. [180]
Catharina   Portugal The ship was wrecked at Oporto. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Oporto. [154] [180]
Orozembo   United States The cartel was wrecked on the Irish coast with the loss of over 200 lives. There were six survivors. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [181]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1812
Ship State Description
Commerce   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hammersley, Yorkshire. [144]
Cupid   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hammersley. [144]
Edward   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [182] She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to London. [129]
Emelius   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Sable Island. Her crew were rescued. [146]
Endeavour   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. [182] She was later refloated. [129]
Fricktar   Sweden The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg. [129]
George   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London. George was later refloated and put into Harwich, Essex. [129]
Juno   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats and sank. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal. [129]
Nestor   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. [129]
Prosperous   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued. [182]
Providence   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued by a fishing vessel. [129] [182]
Swift   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on Sable Island. Her crew were rescued. [146]
Thomas   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. [129]
Union   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Limerick. [129]
Vigilant   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. [129]
Vigilant   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Corton, Suffolk. [182]
Walter   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats and sank. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jersey, Channel Islands. [129] She was refloated on 31 October and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. [144]
York Merchant   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and put into Great Yarmouth. [129]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1812
Ship State Description
Saratov   Imperial Russian Navy The battleship struck a rock and sank off Harmaja, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued. [75]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1812
Ship State Description
Fly   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Start Point, Devon with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Mevagissey, Cornwall to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [183] [184]
Sea Nymph   United Kingdom The schooner capsized at Ramsgate, Kent and was severely damaged. [129]
Thetis   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Miramichi. [135]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1812
Ship State Description
Lady Augusta   United Kingdom The ship departed Liverpool, Lancashire for Sligo. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. [180]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Basto   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Oulu, Finland. [122]
Benjamin   United Kingdom The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for Poole, Dorset. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [185]
Boreas   Russia Gunboat War: The ship was captured by a Danish privateer while on a voyage from Pärnu to an English port. She was subsequently wrecked on Dragør, Denmark. [183]
Don Rodrigo   Portugal The ship was lost in the Bengal River. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Brazil. [186]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. [156]
Friendship   United Kingdom Gunboat War: The ship was captured off Langeland,

Denmark by a Danish vessel and was run ashore. She was later burnt by a Royal Navy warship. [144]

Gute Hoffnung Unknown The ship was lost off Domesnes, Norway. She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port. [144]
Hobbacott   United Kingdom The ship foundered in Dublin Bay or Holyhead Bay. Her crew were rescued. [98] [174]
Hoop Unknown The ship was wrecked on Rügen, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Riga, to London, United Kingdom. [135]
Mary Ann   United Kingdom The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent. [122]
Preston   United Kingdom The ship foundered while on a voyage from Trinidad to London. [167]
Rhine   United Kingdom The ship sank in Scapay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Skye to Liverpool. [129]
See Eenhorn Unknown The ship ran aground on the Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. She was later refloated at taken in to the River Colne. [129] [184]
Trio   United Kingdom The ship capsized off the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. [135]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1812
Ship State Description
Union   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Great Orme, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. [184]
Unity   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Great Orme, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. [183]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1812
Ship State Description
New Friends   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. [180]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1812
Ship State Description
Hoffnung Unknown The ship was lost off the coast of Frise, France. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London, United Kingdom. [157]
Lord Nelson   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Whitby. [183]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1812
Ship State Description
Henry   United Kingdom The ship was lost on the "Savanna Quay". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montego Bay, Jamaica to the Musquito Shore, West Indies. [141]
Maria   United Kingdom The ship was lost at St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from St. John's to Liverpool, Lancashire. [132]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1812
Ship State Description
Trio   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Normand Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Hampshire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Curaçao. [171]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1812
Ship State Description
Earl of Leicester   United Kingdom The ship departed Portsmouth, Hampshire for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [187]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1812
Ship State Description
Irmelinda   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to New Providence, Bahamas. [135]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1812
Ship State Description
Milton   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Holm Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. Milton was later refloated and taken in to Hull. [154] [161]
Wilson   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Plymouth, Devon with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Plymouth. [180]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1812
Ship State Description
Brothers   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. Brothers came ashore near Swansea the next day and was wrecked. [154]
Fame   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London. [180]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1812
Ship State Description
Brothers   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Swansea. [180]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1812
Ship State Description
Phœnix   Spain The ship was lost while on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Vigo. Her crew were rescued. [188]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Avenger   Royal Navy The sloop-of-war was lost at Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. [135]
Fortune   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. [180] [189]
Robert and Sarah   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Caister-on-Sea. [180] [190]
Thomas and Eleanor   United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 48°N 7°W / 48°N 7°W / 48; -7) while bound for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [191]
William and Sarah   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [189]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1812
Ship State Description
Brothers   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Exmouth, Devon. [192]
Caroline   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cork. [132]
Diamond   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank at Whithorn, Dumfriesshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Whithorn. [193]
Friends   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to King's Lynn, Norfolk. [192]
Friends Goodwill   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. [192]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1812
Ship State Description
Susannah   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Blackstone Rock, off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire and Dartmouth. [192]
Thomas & Mary   United Kingdom The ship was run ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. [192]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1812
Ship State Description
Venus   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all hands. [194]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1812
Ship State Description
Concordia   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Kukno Island, in the Baltic Sea while on a voyage from Pernau, Livonia, Russian Empire to London. She was refloated on 24 November but found to be severely damaged and was taken in to "Boldero". [170] [195]
Little Henry   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Christiansand, Norway. [196]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1812
Ship State Description
Esther   United States The ship foundered while bound for Baltimore, Maryland with the loss of all on board. [197]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1812
Ship State Description
Noysonheid flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, in the North Sea off Amble, Northumberland, United Kingdom. [164]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Belette   Royal Navy The Cruizer-class brig-sloop struck a rock and foundered of Læsø, Denmark with the loss of 114 of her 120 crew.
Eleanor   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Glenluce Bay. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Greenock, Renfrewshire. [152]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1812
Ship State Description
Maria   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Strait of Belle Isle. All on board survived. [198] She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to the Clyde. [199]
Narova   Russia The ship was wrecked at Stockholm. She was on a voyage from Pernau, Livonia, Russian Empire to London, United Kingdom. [196]
Sea Nymph   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the English Channel off Brighton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar. Sea Nymph was subsequently taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. [193]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Southampton   Royal Navy The Southampton-class frigate was wrecked off Conception Island in the Bahamas. Her crew survived. [200] [201]
Virea   United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and scuttled north of Kinsale, County Cork by the schooner privateer Brestois (  France). She was on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon, Portugal. [202]
USS Vixen   United States Navy War of 1812: Five days after her capture by the frigate HMS Southampton (  Royal Navy), the schooner was wrecked on Conception Island in the Bahamas. Her crew survived. [201]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1812
Ship State Description
Fortitude   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on The Smalls with the loss of ten of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. [135]
HMS Subtle   Royal Navy The schooner foundered in a squall off Saint Barthélemy with the loss of all hands.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Alexander   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lisbon, Portugal. [161]
Armide   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire [192]
Boa Fama   Portugal The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London, United Kingdom. [154] [180]
HMS Bonne Citoyenne   Royal Navy The Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette ran aground in the River Plate in mid-November and was damaged. [139] Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
Bounty   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Burnt Island, Fife. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire. [136]
Christina Helena Unknown The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk, Russia. [192]
Espoir   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Highflyer (  United States). She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Antigua. [203]
Farmer   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Gulf of Finland. [152]
Favourite   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Shields, County Durham. [192]
Hannah   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean of Cape Finisterre, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon. [157]
Johanna   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Brighton, Sussex. [136]
Lady Madison   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool, Lancashire. [136]
Lord Nelson   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Blue Point. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg. [136]
Neva Russian-American Company The ship struck a rock and sank off Kruzof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeast Russian America. Only 26 of the 75 people on board were rescued a month later.
Queen   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured on 11 November by the privateer General Armstrong (  United States). She was subsequently wrecked on the Nantucket Shoals with the loss of all hands. [172]
Wilhelmina   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Rügen, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [192]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1812
Ship State Description
James   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Vila do Conde, Portugal. she was on a voyage from Waterford to Oporto, Portugal, [132]
Union   United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Junot (  France). She was on a voyage from Limerick to Lisbon, Portugal. [204]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1812
Ship State Description
Two Sisters   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal. [167]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1812
Ship State Description
Donna Maria   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Faial, Azores. [205]
Hope   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at São Miguel, Azores. [141]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Seshar Island. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [206]
Nostra Señora de la Victoria   Spain The ship was wrecked on the Anegada Reef, Virgin Islands. [191]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1812
Ship State Description
Amelia   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Clipper Rock. Her crew were rescued.
Lady Harriet   United Kingdom War of 1812: The brig, which had been captured in the Turks Islands, was driven ashore at New York, United States. [207] She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Stockholm, Sweden. [208]
Lively   United Kingdom The ship departed Portsmouth, Hampshire for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [209]
William   United Kingdom The ship was last sighted on this date. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Martinique to London. [117]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1812
Ship State Description
Active   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London. [167]
Emanuel   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Wexford. She was on a voyage from London to Dundalk, County Louth. [210]
Princess Royal   United Kingdom The ship was lost off Oporto, Portugal with the loss of seven of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Oporto. [208]
Two Friends   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Malahide, County Dublin with the loss of all hands. [211]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1812
Ship State Description
Rose   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Malta [212]
Worsly   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Kinsale, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. [213]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1812
Ship State Description
Lord Nelson   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham. [213]
Twee Brothers Denmark Denmark-Norway The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand. [213]
Two Sisters   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal. [153]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1812
Ship State Description
Mary   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Lisbon, Portugal and Cádiz, Spain. [214]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1812
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ballyneshar, County Wexford and was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Dublin. [157] [210]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1812
Ship State Description
Barbara   United Kingdom The ship foundered in Bantry Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Malta. [165]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar while on a voyage from London to Malta. She was refloated a few days later. [170]
Robert Augustus   United Kingdom The ship collided with HMS Crane (  Royal Navy) and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Surinam. [215]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1812
Ship State Description
Benjamin   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Huelva, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz, Spain.
Ceres   United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Marsala, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Heligoland to Malta. [172]
Eclipse   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Bob's Nose, Torbay, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon. [210] [214]
Rose   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Leith, Lothian. [216] [217]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1812
Ship State Description
Elizabeth Cornelia   United Kingdom The ship departed Villaviciosa, Spain for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [209]
Goodintent   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Lisbon, Portugal. [188]
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to New York, United States. [217]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Figueira da Foz with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from London to Malta. [188]
New Venus   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [217]
Thomas and Sally   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. [213]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1812
Ship State Description
John and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London. [213]
William   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Buenos Aires. [213]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1812
Ship State Description
HMS Alban   Royal Navy The Adonis-class schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk with the loss of 59 of the 61 people on board.
Cleopatra   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. [188]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1812
Ship State Description
Albert   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Alexander   United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was later refloated. [170]
Alliance   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Amphitrite   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus and was wrecked. [218]
Anne Maria   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Argo   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Beauty   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Bee   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. [213]
Betsey   United States The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in the Tagus. [188]
Britannia   United Kingdom The transport ship was damaged in the Tagus. [188]
Caroline   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Commerce   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Century   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Charleston   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Drake   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Tagus. [188]
Dry Harbour   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the Tagus. [188]
Duchess of York   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the Tagus. [188]
Eliza Barker   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Enterprize   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Fame   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Felicity   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Financier   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Findon   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the Tagus. [188]
Favorite   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Frederick   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Hannah   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Tagus. [188]
Huntress   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Jane Frances   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
John & Albert   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Leopard   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Liberty   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Little Cherub   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Lothaire   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Maria Penn   United States The ship was lost in the Tagus. Her crew were rescued. [188]
Meridian   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Minerva   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Œolus   United Kingdom The transport ship was damaged in the Tagus. [188]
HMS Nonpareil   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the Tagus and sold there the next year.
Oliver Cromwell   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Prince Regent   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [206]
Race Horse   United Kingdom The ship was damaged in the Tagus. [188]
Rockingham   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Ruth & Mary   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Sachem   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Sally & Mary   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Savage   United States The ship was lost in the Tagus. Her crew were rescued. [188]
Ten Brothers   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Trim   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Unice   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Venus   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]
Wanderer   United States The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. [188]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1812
Ship State Description
Alert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey War of the Sixth Coalition: The cutter was captured and sunk by the privateer La Mignilonuaise (  France). She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Gibraltar. [165] [166]
Falkirk   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at St. Lucar, Spain with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Cádiz, Spain. [170]
George and Dorothy   United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer La Mignilonuaise (  France). She was on a voyage from Limerick to Lisbon, Portugal. [165]
Samuel   United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer La Mignilonuaise (  France). She was on a voyage from Port Mahon, Spain to Dublin. [165]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1812
Ship State Description
Sir Sidney Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The ship, a prize to the US privateer General Armstrong, was totally lost off Nantucket, together with her prize crew. [219]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1812
Ship State Description
Alligator   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to a Mediterranean port. [170]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1812
Ship State Description
Minerva   United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by Gloire (  French Navy). She was on a voyage from Surinam to London. [220]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1812
Ship State Description
Sprightly   United Kingdom The ship departed Lisbon, Portugal for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [215]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1812
Ship State Description
Adventure United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore on the Spanish coast opposite Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Palma, Mallorca, Spain. [170] Adventure was refloated in February 1813. [221]
Apollo   United States The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. [170]
Bruce Grove   United Kingdom The transport ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar, [170] and was consequently condemned. She was destroyed by fire in February 1813. [222]
Camilla   United States The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. [170]
Ceres   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Algeciras Bay. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Surinam. [170] Ceres was refloated in February 1813. [223]
Chatham   United States The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. [170]
Clementson   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Colonsay, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. [188] [224]
Collingwood   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Málaga, Spain. [187]
Dunkin   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar. [205]
Henry   United States The ship was driven ashore at Algeciras, Spain. [170]
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. [187]
John   United States The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. [170]
Louisa   United States The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. [170]
Lydia   United States The ship was driven ashore at Algeciras. [170]
Miser   United States The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. [170]
Peregrine   United States The ship was driven ashore between Gibraltar and Algeciras. [170]
Providence   United States The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. [170]
San Joseph   Spain The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Gibraltar with the loss of 40 of the 42 people on board. [225]
Sophia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. [187]
Theresa   United States The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. [170]
Traveller   United Kingdom The ship departed Falmouth, Cornwall for The Downs. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. [205]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1812
Ship State Description
Fortitude   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on The Smalls with the loss of ten of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. [226]
Serdolik   Imperial Russian Navy The gukor was driven ashore and wrecked at Reval. Her crew were rescued. [75]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Anna   Sweden The ship was lost on the coast of Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Carlshamn to London, United Kingdom. [152]
Aquila   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Buenos Aires in early December. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to London. [220]
Cleopatra   United Kingdom The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon for Gijón, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [227]
Comet   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Colberg, Swedish Pomerania. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port. [139]
Curier   Prussia The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Bouches-de-la-Meuse, France to London, United Kingdom. [228] [229]
Eagle   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. [230]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. [226]
Encouragement   United Kingdom The ship sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. [213]
Enigheten   Russia The ship was wrecked on Götaland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [230]
Friendly Emma   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Lady Sherbrook (  United Kingdom). Friendly Emma was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [135]
Friends   United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by Aréthuse and Rubis (both   French Navy). She was on a voyage from Tenerife, Canary Islands to Belfast, County Antrim. [220]
Good Intent   United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Harwich before 10 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. [167] [212]
Harmony   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 47°00′N 9°57′W / 47.000°N 9.950°W / 47.000; -9.950). Her crew were rescued by Fairy (  United Kingdom). Harmony was on a voyage from Tenerife, Canary Islands to Hull and Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [221]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Youghall, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. [212]
Juliana Catharina   Russia The ship was wrecked on Texel, Zuyderzée, France. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [167]
June   United Kingdom The brig was driven onto the Sandwich Flats, Kent and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal. [231]
Little Belt   United Kingdom War of the Sixth Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by Aréthuse and Rubis (both   French Navy). She was on a voyage from Altea, Spain to London. [232]
Lively   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Gijón, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cádiz, Spain. [167]
London Packet   United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London. [202]
Maria   United Kingdom The ship foundered of St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from St. John's to Demerara. [226]
Maria Delorez   Spain The ship was driven ashore on "Menejo" and sank. She was on a voyage from Gijón to London. [165]
Mariner   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Oracabessa, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [172]
Najade   Russia The ship was wrecked on "Nawa Island". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [167]
HMS Pembroke   Royal Navy The ship was driven ashore near Portsmouth in late December. She was refloated on 29 December by HMS Niobe, HMS Pomone and HMS Rosamond (all   Royal Navy). [132]
HMS Plumper   Royal Navy The gun-brig was wrecked at Saint John with the loss of most of her crew. [188] [226]
Plymouth   United Kingdom The ship sank at Scarborough. [213]
Rebecca   United Kingdom The ship departed from Bermuda for Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [233]
Renown   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gogland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [230]
Ruby   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Great Cumbrae. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. [152]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1812
Ship State Description
Adventurer   United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands to Boston, Massachusetts. [52]
Alonzo flag  Portugal Napoleonic Wars: Andromaque, Ariane, and Mameluke (all   French Navy), destroyed Alonzo between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. [52]
Amelia Wilson   United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank at Saint Vincent before 6 May. She was later refloated and repaired. [87]
Amethyst   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Amelia Island, East Florida, New Spain to Martinique. [52]
Aureliano   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured in the Gulf of Mexico by a French ship and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to A Coruña, Spain and Vera Cruz, Captaincy General of Venezuela. [64]
Bella Africana   Portugal The ship was driven ashore at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. [234]
Bom Fim   Portugal The ship was lost at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to an American port. [234]
Briton   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tortola. [52]
Brothers   United Kingdom War of 1812: Captain Parmer's ship was captured and destroyed off the coast of Newfoundland, British North America by an American privateer. [134]
Brothers   United Kingdom War of 1812: Captain Penney's ship was captured and destroyed off the coast of Newfoundland by an American privateer. [134]
Brothers   United Kingdom Captain Thomas's ship was wrecked on Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [135]
Ceres   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Old Harbour, Jamaica and was beached. Having been unloaded, she was proceeding to Kingston, Jamaica for repairs when she struck a rock in Old Harbour and was damaged beyond repair. [83]
Charles   United Kingdom The ship was crushed by ice and sunk with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland. [76]
Charlton   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Red Sea. [117]
Clipper   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. [57]
Coromandel   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Caramata Passage. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. [117] She was apparently later salved and repaired.
Crescent   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Magdalen Islands, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to London. [132]
Devonshire   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and destroyed off the coast of Newfoundland by an American privateer. [134]
Dispatch   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Trapani. [235]
Duc de Dantzig   France The privateer was wrecked at sea with some loss of life.
Earl of Marchmont   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Whitby, Yorkshire. [53]
Emily   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Amelia Island. [52]
Endeavour United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Vincent War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Patriot (  United States). She was on a voyage from Berbice to Saint Vincent. [223]
Erin   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Seal Islands, off Cape Sable, East Florida, New Spain and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Wiscasset, Maine, United States to Dublin. [236]
Fame   United Kingdom The ship was lost at Tobago. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Tobago. [237]
Fame   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and destroyed off the coast of Newfoundland by an American privateer. [134]
Flying Fish United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Nevis War of 1812: The sloop was captured and burnt by the privateer Jacks Favourite (  United States). [223]
Ganges   United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Betsey (  United Kingdom). Ganges was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [52]
Ganges   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Bay of Fundy in late May or early June. [238]
Generous Planter   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira and Jamaica. [52]
Happy Couple   United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Oporto, Portugal. [52]
Harmony   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Pará, Brazil to Lisbon. [52]
Henry   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Demerara to London. [52]
Henry   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and destroyed off the coast of Newfoundland by an American privateer. [134]
Hero   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by USS Essex (  United States Navy). Hero was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. [239]
Imperial   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Brunswick, British North America. [115]
Industry   United Kingdom The ship capsized at Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America and was wrecked. [240]
Iris   United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island to Gibraltar. [52]
Jane   United Kingdom The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Quebec (  United Kingdom). [122]
Leander   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Alligator Pond, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [161]
Leonidas   United Kingdom The ship foundered at Spry Harbour, Nova Scotia. [122]
Little Mary   United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Lisbon. [241]
Lord Sheffield   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured by the privateer Marengo (  United States) whilse on a voyage from Tenerife, Canary Islands to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. She was set afire and sunk. [174]
Lord Wellington   United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Cork. [107]
Mãe de Deus   Portugal The ship was wrecked on Fernando de Noronha. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to São Miguel, Azores and was abandoned by her crew. She refloated herself and was later driven ashore and wrecked at Siara, Brazil. [15] [88]
Mary   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. [52]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice. [73]
Mary   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and destroyed by an American vessel. she was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Newfoundland. [239]
Mary Ann   United Kingdom The ship foundered while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [122]
Mentor Unknown The brig was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet. [242]
Mercury   United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from New York to Lisbon. [52]
Minerva   Portugal The ship was lost at Maranhão, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Maranhão to Oporto. [90]
Mediterranean Packet   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Plate. She was consequently declared a total loss. [18]
Mexicano   United Kingdom The ship foundered while on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Amelia Island. [23] [53]
Nancy   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship captured and destroyed in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland by USS Essex (  United States Navy). She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Gibraltar and Newfoundland. [239]
Pizzaro   Portugal Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Madeira to New York. [52]
Polly   United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Guadeloupe. [52]
Prince Regent   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The Andromaque, Ariane, and Mameluke (all   French Navy), captured and destroyed the ship between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Lisbon. [52]
Prince Regent   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in White Point Bay, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to New Brunswick. [243] Prince Regent was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. [156]
Princess Royal   United Kingdom War of 1812: An American privateer captured and burnt the ship. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America. [134]
Queen Charlotte   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 50°00′N 37°51′W / 50.000°N 37.850°W / 50.000; -37.850). Her crew were rescued by Mary (  United Kingdom). [239]
Race Horse   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and destroyed off the coast of Newfoundland by an American privateer. [134]
Rocket   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by an American vessel. [134]
Rosina   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Tobago. [52]
Sacramento   United States The ship foundered off Cape May, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from St Ubes, Portugal to New York. [234]
Sally   United States Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Majorca, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts. [52]
Sally United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island. Her crew were rescued. [165]
Sally   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the American coast. Her crew were rescued. [129]
Sally   United Kingdom The ship was lost on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. [166]
Sampson   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Saint Croix. [52]
Samuel Whitbread   United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Saint Lawrence River. [123]
Squid   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured and destroyed off the coast of Newfoundland by an American privateer. [134]
Thomas   United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice at St. John's, Newfoundland. [73]
Three Frieds   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed by Andromaque, Ariane and Mameluke (all   French Navy) between 21 February and 17 May. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Guadeloupe. [52]
Traveller   United Kingdom War of 1812: The ship was captured by USS President (  United States Navy). She was set afire and sunk. [122]
Unice   United States The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from New York to Oporto. [243]
United Kingdom   United Kingdom Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by a French privateer off the Caicos Islands. She was set afire and sunk. [76]
Washington   United States The schooner was scuttled by her crew off St. Lucia. [57]

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