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The list of shipwrecks in 1798 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during 1798.

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January

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5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1798
Ship State Description
Chéri  France War of the First Coalition: The privateer frigate was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by HMS Pomone (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy). Pomone rescued her 220 crew.[1][2]

23 January

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1798
Ship State Description
Berezan  Imperial Russian Navy The cruiser ran aground and sank in Artillery Bay, off Sevastopol. Her crew were rescued.[3]

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Ship State Description
Adriana  Great Britain The ship was lost near Stavanger, Norway. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[4]
Aid  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Leith, Lothian.[1]
Ann  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Torreshaw. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Lisbon, Portugal.[5]
Atkinson  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bridport, Dorset. Atkinson was later refloated.[6]
Castor  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Braen Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia, to Hull.[7]
Castor  Great Britain The ship collided with Minerva ( Great Britain) in The Downs and was beached at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London.[6]
Commerce  Great Britain The ship capsized in the Humber upstream of Hull with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Selby, Yorkshire.[8]
Diligent  Great Britain The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire, for São Miguel Island, Azores. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9]
Elizabeth & Mary  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to a Scottish port.[1]
Favourite  United States The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic.[10]
Fortitude  Ireland The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Belfast, County Antrim.[11]
Freede Hamburg The ship was lost on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[7]
Friends Endeavour  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Falmouth, Cornwall.[6]
George  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Saltcoats, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]
Goodhope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Beachy Head, Sussex.[1]
Hector  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Lune. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Lancaster, Lancashire.[12]
Henry  United States The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam.[7]
Paris  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[6]
Pritzler  Great Britain The whaler was lost near Beachy Head with the loss of her captain.[13]
Robert  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[7]
Sophia  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by a French privateer and was subsequently lost near the Île d'Yeu, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira.[1]
Surprize  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Neath, Glamorgan.[6]
Three Friends  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Coleraine, County Antrim, with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Londonderry, Ireland.[4]
Virginia and Philadelphia Packet  United States The ship departed from Jamaica for Norfolk, Virginia in mid-January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
Warsuch Hamburg The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Hamburg to Copenhagen.[15]

February

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3 February

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List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1798
Ship State Description
Phœnix  Great Britain The ship was lost near Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[16]
HMS Raven  Royal Navy The Albatross-class sloop ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Elbe.[17]

17 February

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List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1798
Ship State Description
Enfant de la Patrie  French Navy The Etna-class corvette was wrecked on the coast of Norway.

25 February

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List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1798
Ship State Description
General Eliott  Great Britain Her crew abandoned the West Indiaman in the North Sea after she ran aground without loss of life on the Goodwin Sands during a voyage from Jamaica to London and was rescued by an unidentified vessel ( Denmark–Norway). Later the frigate HMS Astraea and ship of the line HMS Veteran (both Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy), salvaged General Elliot and towed her in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.[18][19][20]

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Ship State Description
Ceres  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst bound for Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Commerce  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Edington.[22]
Dudden  Great Britain The ship was lost at Guernsey, Channel Isles. She was on a voyage from London to Guernsey.[23]
Ebenezer  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Mountbatten, Plymouth, Devon.[24]
Favourite  Great Britain The ship was lost near Waterford, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Waterford.[25]
Favourite  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Bergen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[26]
Fly  Great Britain The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork, Ireland to Liverpool.[22]
Gloman Bremen The ship was wrecked on Föhr, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, Gironde, France to Bremen.[18]
Griffin  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Irvine, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Cork, Ireland.[22]
Hope  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to Liverpool.[25]
James  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Blakeney, Norfolk, to Plymouth.[27]
Maria Frederica Bremen The ship was lost on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen.[18]
Mermaid  Great Britain The ship sank at Weymouth.[28]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship capsized in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex.[28]
Nile  Great Britain The ship was lost at Oporto, Portugal.[22]
Oporto Packet  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by a French privateer and sunk. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, to São Miguel Island, Azores.[26]
Peace & Plenty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Happisburg, Norfolk.[16]
St. Nicholo Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was lost in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Dublin, Ireland or Liverpool.[16]
Venus  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Waterford.[25]
Vrow Engelina  Hanover The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Embden to London.[29]

March

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7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1798
Ship State Description
Arendal Denmark Danish Asiatic Company The ship was destroyed by fire at Batavia, Dutch East Indies.[30]

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Ship State Description
Alexander and Alexander  Batavian Republic The ship was lost in the Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London, Great Britain.[18]
Holderness  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Gibraltar.[31]
Iris  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth.[32]
Mary  Great Britain The ship collided with another vessel and foundered in the North Sea.[33]
Thames  Great Britain The ship was lost in Ballyshannon Bay, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Limerick, Ireland.[34]
Twee Gebroeders  Hanover The ship was driven ashore at Hemsby, Norfolk, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Embden to London.[35]

April

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4 April

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List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1798
Ship State Description
Blessed Endeavour  Great Britain The whaler was wrecked on Fair Isle with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian, to Greenland.[36]
HMS Pallas Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fifth rate frigate was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, with the loss of a crew member.[37][38]

5 April

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List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1798
Ship State Description
Princess Amelia British East India Company The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at 14°01′N 74°19′E / 14.017°N 74.317°E / 14.017; 74.317 off Pigeon Island, India with the loss of about 40 lives.[39][40]

11 April

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List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1798
Ship State Description
Penryn  Great Britain The ship departed St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[41][42]

12 April

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List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Lively Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy War of the Second Coalition: The fifth rate frigate ran aground at Rota, Cadiz, Spain. She was fired on by shore based artillery and was abandoned and set afire by her crew. HMS Seahorse (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy) rescued all but one of her crew.

20 April

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List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1798
Ship State Description
Woodcot British East India Company War of the Second Coalition: The East Indiaman was captured off Tellicherry, India by Preneuse ( French Navy).[40] Early reports that she had been sunk were incorrect.

26 April

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List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1798
Ship State Description
Fanny  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Newfoundland, British America.[43]

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Ship State Description
Aurora  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at "Ekerhaven", Norway.[44]
Brothers  Ireland The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Galway to Londonderry. Her crew were rescued.[45]
Duchess of York  Great Britain The ship was wrecked off Portland Bill, Dorset with the loss of all hands.[37][38]
Jenny  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk off Anholt, Denmark by a Prussian vessel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Copenhagen, Denmark.[46]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost at Memel, Prussia.[44]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was lost in Mevagissey Bay. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Falmouth, Cornwall.[45]
Oporto Packet  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered whilst on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[47][48]
Quatorze Juillet  France The Téméraire-class ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Lorient, Morbihan, before commissioning.

May

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11 May

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List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1798
Ship State Description
"Hope"  United States The schooner ran aground off Currituck, North Carolina while escorting/providing possible lifesaving service for the leaking Williamson. Was expected to be refloated.[49]
"Williamson"  United States The brig was wrecked on a reef off Currituck, North Carolina after springing a leak earlier. One crewmember, a boy, died.[50]

14 May

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List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1798
Ship State Description
"Harmony"  United States The schooner capsized and sank in a storm 9 days after leaving Surinam. 10 crewmen were lost, survivors rescued by "Betsy".[51]

23 May

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List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Braak Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The brig-sloop capsized in Delaware Bay with the loss of 48 lives.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1798
Ship State Description
Cicero  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[52]
Eliza  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London.[43]
Success  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The brig was captured and burnt by two French privateers.[43]
Unknown  France Quasi War: Napoleonic Wars:The privateer was run ashore following a battle with an Anglo-American convoy in which 6 other privateers were captured, sometime in May.[53]

June

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23 June

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List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Rover Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sloop-of-war was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British America. Her crew survived.

28 June

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List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1798
Ship State Description
Lion  Great Britain The East Indiaman was condemned at Delagoa Bay. Three whalers were hired to take her cargo back to England.[54]

30 June

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List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Pique Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy War of the Second Coalition, Action of 30 June 1798: The fifth rate frigate was scuttled by burning off Brest, Finistère, France, following damage sustained in a battle with the frigate Seine ( French Navy).

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1798
Ship State Description
Avon  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[55]
Dolphin  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark.[56]
Farmar  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gothenburg, Sweden.[57]
Harlequin Kingdom of Great Britain Jersey The privateer was wrecked near Brest, Finistère, France.[58]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London.[56]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was destroyed at Ross-on-Wye.[59]

July

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16 July

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List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1798
Ship State Description
Akhill  Imperial Russian Navy The ship capsized and sank in the Black Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew.[3]

18 July

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List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Aigle Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The frigate was wrecked on Plane Island, Cape Farina, Beylik of Tunis, Ottoman Empire.[60]

24 July

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List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Resistance Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fifth-rate caught fire and exploded in Bangka Strait. 332 people died; 13 survivors made a raft but only 4 succeeded in reaching Sumatra where they were enslaved by pirates but rescued later in the year.[61]

26 July

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List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Garland Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Enterprise-class frigate struck a rock and foundered in the Indian Ocean off Port Dauphiné, Madagascar. Her crew survived.


29 July

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List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1798
Ship State Description
Unanimity  South Carolina The revenue brig was run ashore following an exchange of fire with HMS Musquito ( Royal Navy) at Dewee's Inlet, South Carolina.[62]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1798
Ship State Description
Boreas  Russia The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Pärnu to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain.[63]
Bristol Trader  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to St. Ives, Cornwall.[64]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[56]
Tinley  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a Spanish Man-of-War on or about 8 July. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to London.[65]
Unity  Great Britain The ship foundered.[66]

August

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1 August

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List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1798
Ship State Description
Mercure  French Navy War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Séduisant-class ship of the line ran aground and was captured by HMS Alexander (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy. She was set afire and burnt.
Orient  French Navy
Orient.

War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Océan-class ship of the line was set afire during the battle. She was destroyed by the explosion of her magazine with the loss of most of her crew.

Sérieuse  French Navy
Sérieuse
War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Magicienne-class frigate was sunk due to damage inflicted by HMS Orion (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).

2 August

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List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1798
Ship State Description
Artémise  French Navy War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Magicienne-class frigate was set afire and scuttled to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.
Guerrier  French Navy War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Magnifique-class ship of the line was captured by the Royal Navy. She was so severely damaged in the battle that she was set afire and destroyed.
Heureux  French Navy War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Centare-class ship of the line ship of the line was captured by the Royal Navy. She was so severely damaged in the battle that she was set afire and destroyed.
Timoléon  French Navy War of the Second Coalition, Battle of the Nile: The Téméraire-class ship of the line ship of the line ran aground during the battle. She was set afire and exploded.

4 August

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List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1798
Ship State Description
Canada  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship, a prize of the privateer Heureux ( France), was recaptured by HMS Indefatigable (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy) and was run ashore and wrecked near Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Canada was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[67][68]

21 August

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List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1798
Ship State Description
Bee Kingdom of Great Britain Jersey The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, British America.[69]

25 August

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List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Etrusco Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The stores ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London.[70][71]
Nancy  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt off Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland by three French frigates. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[72]
Spooner  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six lives. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London.[71]

September

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7 September

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List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1798
Ship State Description
Dolly  Great Britain The ship capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States.[73]

11 September

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List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1798
Ship State Description
Charlotte  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Labrador, British America.[69]

12 September

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List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1798
Ship State Description
Alliance  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship ran aground off "Korge-Sari" and was beached. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kotka to Hamina, Grand Duchy of Finland.[3]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by Bacchus Her crew were rescued.[74]

20 September

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List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1798
Ship State Description
Esther  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Montrose.[70]

21 September

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List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1798
Ship State Description
Eliza  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the "Western Islands" to Saint-Domingue.[75]

23 September

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List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1798
Ship State Description
St. Nicholas  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Northern Dvina with the loss of five lives.[3]

25 September

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List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1798
Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.[76]
Bernstorff  Denmark The ship, a prize, was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Duncan  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax. She was on a voyage from Halifax to London.[76]
Elizabeth Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Freemason  United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Henrietta  United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Liberty  United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Little Mary  United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Matilda Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Prince Edward Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
Sally Kingdom of Great Britain British America The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]
William  United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Halifax.[76]

27 September

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List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1798
Ship State Description
"Tryal"  United States Quasi War:The brig was sunk after entering Bayonne, France, mistaking it for Bilbao, Spain.[77]

28 September

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List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1798
Ship State Description
Fame  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Banff, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[78]

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Albion  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[74]
Amity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Gothenburg, Sweden.[74]
Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[71]
Castor  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Cuckold's Point, Surrey. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada.[79]
Enterprize  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Hull to Saint Petersburg.[74]
Esther  Great Britain The ship was lost at Montrose, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Montrose.[71]
George  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Estonia whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[70]
Goede Hoop  Batavian Republic The ship was wrecked on Ameland with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Embden, Hanover.[70][71]
Hazard  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Holland.[80]
Integrity  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[74]
Kitty  Great Britain The ship was lost near the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[80]
Lark  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on "Smithr Steert". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bremen.[81]
Martin  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[81]
Polaskie Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg.[81]
Racehorse  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[71]
Richard and Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to London.[81]
Sea Gull  Great Britain The ship was wrecked off Plymouth, Devon.[79]
Sophia  Great Britain The ship eas driven ashore near Castletown, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Baltic port.[82]
Two Brothers  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Cork and Bristol, Gloucestershire.[71]
Two Sisters  Ireland The ship was wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Antrim on Sept 12,1798, Capt Jones.[83] She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Belfast, County Antrim.[84]

October

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4 October

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List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1798
Ship State Description
Royal Recovery  Ireland The ship was run down and sunk in the Sound of Isla. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Hamburg.[85]

7 October

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List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1798
Ship State Description
"Amphitrite"  United States The schooner was wrecked on the Isle of Avis in the Caribbean Sea while sailing from Grenada to Curaçao. She was stripped by privateer "Fleur de la Mer" ( France) on 21 October, rescuing/capturing most of her crew.[86]

11 October

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List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1798
Ship State Description
Fyodor Stratilat  Imperial Russian Navy The frigate sank at the mouth of the Danube with the loss of 269 of her 382 crew.[3]
Tsar Konstantin  Imperial Russian Navy The Tsar Konstantin-class ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Danube with the loss of 398 of her 417 crew.[3]

13 October

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List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Jason Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Artois-class frigate struck a rock in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[87]

28 October

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List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1798
Ship State Description
Dolphin  Great Britain The ship departed from Bristol, Gloucestershire, for Dublin, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[88]

30 October

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List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1798
Ship State Description
Prints Gustaf  Imperial Russian Navy The battleship ran aground in the "Gulf of Ekvog". Her crew were rescued on 4 November by Izyaslav ( Imperial Russian Navy and she sank.[3]

31 October

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List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1798
Ship State Description
William and Mary  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in Tramore Bay.[89] She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[90]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1798
Ship State Description
Active  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cork, Ireland.[91] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Martinico.[92]
Barbara  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark.[93]
Bess  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Martinico.[85]
Catharina Margaretta  Sweden The ship was lost on the Longsand. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, Great Britain.[87]
Charlotte  Great Britain The ship was lost at Memel, Prussia.[87]
Cicero  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to North Carolina, United States.[94]
Cleopatra  Great Britain The ship was lost on the north coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Liverpool.[92]
Diana  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Cuckold's Point, Surrey. She was on a voyage from London to Boston.[73] She was later refloated.[76]
Dolly  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from London to Memel.[87]
Fame  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Liverpool.[92]
Fortitude  Great Britain The ship was lost in Riga Bay. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Lisbon, Portugal.[85]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was lost in the White Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hull.[90]
Happy Enterprize  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Baltic. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Wyburg".[92]
Hardman  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Baltic. She was on a voyage from Hull to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[87]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Deal, Kent, to Sunderland, County Durham.[78]
Kingston  United States The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to New York.[78]
Mercurius Hamburg The ship was lost on the Whitesand. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Hamburg.[87]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen.[93]
Shields  Great Britain The ship was severely damaged by fire at Chatham, Kent.[78]
St. Constantine  Russia The ship was driven ashore near Banff, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool.[78]
Tillstone  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire off Bornholm. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool.[78]
Twee Bruders Hamburg The ship was lost near Vlieland, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[85]
Tyger  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Pitcher's Point, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London[95]
Vigilante  France War of the Second Coalition: The privateer was captured and sunk in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, Great Britain by HMS Racoon (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[94]
Vriendschap  Batavian Republic The ship struck an anchor and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam.[94]

November

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1 November

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List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1798
Ship State Description
North Star  United States The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Carlisle ( Great Britain). North Star was on a voyage from Hamburg to Charleston, South Carolina.[69]

2 November

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List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1798
Ship State Description
Athletic  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet 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.[69]

3 November

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List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1798
Ship State Description
HSwMS Dragon  Swedish Navy The sloop-of-war was wrecked in Bigbury Bay with the loss of six of her 106 crew.[96]

9 November

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List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1798
Ship State Description
Doves  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[97]

20 November

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List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1798
Ship State Description
launch and pinnace  United States Navy In a storm the pinnace belonging to USS Constitution drifted out to sea from Hampton Roads and was lost, and her launch sank at dock in Norfolk, Virginia. Launch brought up on the 22nd.[98]

22 November

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List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Medusa Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fourth rate was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar.[99]

24 November

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List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1798
Ship State Description
Alert  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Black Rock, County Dublin, Ireland.[100]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1798
Ship State Description
Abbey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dublin, Ireland.[101]
Active  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dublin.[101]
Active  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Waterford. she was on a voyage from Dublin to Martinico.[102]
Alert  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to Halifax, British America.[103]
American  United States The ship was wrecked on the coast of Wales. She was on a voyage from Saint Barthélemy to Stockholm, Sweden.[104]
Bee  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Cork before 17 November.[91]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Sibersness", on the Baltic coast.[101]
Boyd  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Cork.[102]
Britannia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bamborough, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[105]
Castor  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Cork before 17 November.[91]
Christiana Maria  Denmark The ship was wrecked on Anholt.[89] She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to a Baltic port.[90]
Countess of Cardigan  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Stokes Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lisbon, Portugal.[106] She was later refloated.[90]
Eliza  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Martinico.[104]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost near Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Lisbon, Portugal.[101]
Four Friends  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The sloop was captured by the privateer Cameleon ( France) but was subsequently wrecked off Beachy Head, Sussex.[107]
Friends Goodwill  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Rye, Sussex, with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Sunderland, County Durham.[106]
Goodintent  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Goodintent  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Kingsbridge, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland.[101]
Hannah  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[101]
Hebe  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Revel Stone. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg.[72]
Henry  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[102]
Hero  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Islay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British America to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[104]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dartmouth, Devon.[108]
Isabella  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[106]
Jay  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of County Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from America to Liverpool.[105]
John & Betsey  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off Dublin. She was later refloated.[69]
Kent  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Ireland. she was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Jamaica.[108]
Llandovery  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and capsized on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Liverpool.[104]
Louisa Augusta Denmark Norway 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 Christiania to London.[75]
Margaret  Great Britain The tender was lost near "Ballyconnel", Ireland.[75]
Martin  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London.[106]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on "Derreary Point", Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[108]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon, Portugal.[106]
Phœbe  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull.[72]
Protecteur  Portugal The ship was destroyed by an explosion at Oporto.[104]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was lost near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Cork.[102]
Richmond  Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Jamaica.[101]
Robinson  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the North Bull.[69]
Rose  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in Bigbury Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Plymouth.[102]
Sarah  Great Britain The ship was lost near Newry. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[108]
Saratoga  United States The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[109]
Shortland  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Liverpool.[102]
Speculation  Ireland The ship was lost on Tory Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Sligo.[105]
Star  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[106]
Thomas and Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Kingsbridge, Devon.[102]
Thomas and Sally  Great Britain The ship was lost near Newry, County Antrim. she was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newry.[102]
Three Sisters  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Littlehampton, Sussex.[107]

December

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3 December

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List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Kingfisher Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sloop-of-war ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Tagus.

7 December

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List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1798
Ship State Description
Silver Eel  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Saltfleet, Lincolnshire whilst on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Deptford, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[110] Silver Eel was refloated in July 1799 and taken in to Hull, Yorkshire.[111]

8 December

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List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1798
Ship State Description
Augusta  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire.[112]

9 December

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List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1798
Ship State Description
Henry Addington British East India Company During a voyage from London to India and China, the East Indiaman was wrecked in heavy fog on the Bembridge Ledge on the Isle of Wight. She bilged the next day and was abandoned. Six members of her crew died while abandoning ship.[110][113][114][115]
unknown unknown probably  United States The coastal vessel was driven ashore on Portland Head, Maine and wrecked. Crew made it to shore safely.[116]

10 December

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List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Colossus Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The third rate ship-of-the-line was driven ashore on Samson, Isles of Scilly and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member.

11 December

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List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1798
Ship State Description
Thames  Great Britain The West Indiaman was wrecked at Portsmouth, Hampshire, or Selsea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada.[110][113]

12 December

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List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1798
Ship State Description
Mary & Betsey  Great Britain The sloop was abandoned by her crew and subsequently wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.[117]

14 December

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List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1798
Ship State Description
HMS Coquille Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Coquille-class frigate caught fire, exploded and sank at Plymouth, Devon, with the loss of thirteen of her crew and two civilians.[117]
Endeavour  Great Britain The brig was destroyed by fire following the loss of HMS Coquille (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy). Her crew were rescued.[117]
Thetis  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off County Wicklow, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Ireland.[99]

20 December

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List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1798
Ship State Description
Amelia  Great Britain The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina, for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[109]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1798
Ship State Description
Admiral Stromfeldt  Sweden The ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London, Great Britain.[118]
Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Hornsea, Yorkshire.[117]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the White Rocks.[112]
Carl Frederick Dantzig The ship was wrecked in the Shetland Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Dantzig.[118]
Centurion  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington, Yorkshire.[117]
Charlotte  Ireland The ship was lost off Cork before 28 December. There was one survivor. She was on a voyage from London to Chester, Cheshire.[91][112]
Courteney  Great Britain The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for the West Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[119]
Dart  Great Britain The ship lost near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[114]
Dispatch  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Kinsale County Cork, Ireland before 6 December. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon, to Cork.[91]
Edwards  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Holderness coast, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Bridlington.[120]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[121]
Enterprize  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. she was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool.[122]
Fairy  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon.[99]
Faith  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Five of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[117]
Fredericksburg Denmark Danish Asiatic Company The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Diamond Sand. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Copenhagen.[113]
Friends Goodwill  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[112]
Friendship  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Invincible Buonaparte ( France). She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Falmouth, Cornwall.[123]
Gute Erwarting Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Hamburg.[105]
Harriot  Great Britain The ship was lost near Newry, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Londonderry, Ireland.[112]
Hero  Great Britain The ship was lost at Gibraltar.[112]
James  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Memel.[113]
John & Martha  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon.[99]
Jong Christian flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Herne Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dénia, Spain to Llondon.[112]
Jonge Fredericks flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Great Britain.[122]
Juffrow Johanna flag unknown The ship was lost near Lowestoft, Suffolk.[123]
Konningmine Louisa Van Prussia  Hanover The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Embden to Liverpool.[99]
Lucretia  Great Britain The ship was lost at Islay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to America.[117]
Mariam  Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from the West Indies to London. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth ( Great Britain).[124][125]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off The Rosses, County Donegal, Ireland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Bahamas to London.[118]
Morgenstern Dantzig The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig.[113]
Nova Aurora  Portugal The ship foundered off Oporto whilst on a voyage from Oporto to Rio de Janeiro, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.[110]
Ocean  Great Britain The ship was lost near Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Liverpool.[122]
Peace and Plenty  Great Britain The ship was lost near Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Saltcoats, Ayrshire.[112]
Phillippina  Denmark The ship foundered off Cleve, Norway with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Croix to Copenhagen.[110]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Holderness coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[113]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was lost near Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Milford, Pembrokeshire to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[122]
Recovery  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Bristol.[112]
St. Andrew  Great Britain The ship was lost near Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Dort, Batavian Republic.[122]
Success  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Milton.[121]
Superb  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[118]
Tarleton  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Cape Palmas, Pepper Coast.[124]
Teutonia Hamburg The ship was wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon.[114]
Thomas  Great Britain The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Teignmouth, Devon.[114]
Two Friends  Great Britain The ship foundered off Lisbon whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to London with the loss of four of her crew.[110]
Three Sisters  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Bridport, Dorset, to Sunderland, County Durham.[117]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Norderney, Hanover. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[113]
unknown  France War of the Second Coalition:The privateer was sunk by HMS Amphitrite, probably in early December.[126]
Young Christian  Great Britain The ship was lost at Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[112]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1798
Ship State Description
Active  United States The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to New Orleans, Louisiana, New Spain.[127]
Adventure  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Africa with the loss of all hands.[128]
Africa  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by Décade ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Madeira to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British America.[129]
Amphion  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lady Harriot ( Great Britain). Amphion was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg.[130]
Anthony Mangia  United States The ship was lost near Cape Charles, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Baltimore, Maryland.[45]
Ark  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Biddiford, Devon to Newfoundland, British America.[42]
Aurora  United States The ship was lost on "Monasquan Beach". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[56]
Aurora  Great Britain The troopship was driven ashore and wrecked at Old Harbour, Jamaica.[131]
Betsey  Great Britain The stores ship was destroyed by fire at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[132]
Betsey  Great Britain The whaler was wrecked on South Georgia.[133]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was lost near Saint Pierre. She was on a voyage from Gaspeé, Lower Canada, British America to Portugal.[130]
Betty  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the French. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin, Ireland and Antigua.[95]
Bonetta  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[128] Her crew were rescued by a whaler.[82]
Britannia  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in New Brunswick, British America. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Brothers  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Tusker Rock. Her ten crew were rescued.[134]
Carleton  Great Britain The ship was lost near Jack's Bay. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British America, to Jamaica.[135]
Ceres  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Agincourt (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy). Ceres was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.[73]
Chance  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Leith, Lothian.[93]
Commerce  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Nantucket Shoals.[79]
Cornelia  United States The ship was lost at Jérémie, Saint-Domingue. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Charleston, South Carolina.[64]
Delight  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[121]
Dispatch  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the Jersey Shore, United States. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[121]
Edward  Great Britain The whaler was lost on South Georgia.[133]
Eliza  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition The ship exploded and sank whilst engaging privateers off Barbadoes. There were six to eight survivors. Eliza was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.[136]
Elizabeth  United States The ship was wrecked on a reef. She was on a voyage from New York to Grenada.[127]
Flora  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Florida Keys whilst on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Havana, Cuba.[38]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Princess Harbour", Africa.[79]
Friends  Great Britain The ship foundered in the White Sea whilst on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London with the loss of all but two of her crew.[89]
General Keppel  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the United States to the West Indies.[101]
Harmony  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland.[42]
Herald  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mercury ( Great Britain). Herald was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.[67]
Inclination  United States The ship was lost at Hog Island, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland.[137]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was lost at Jérémie. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to London.[138]
Industry  United States The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Virginia.[66]
Jemmy  United States The ship was lost near New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica.[139]
Jenny  United States The ship was wrecked on the Marinella Keys. She was on a voyage from Havana to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[140]
John Kingdom of Great Britain Tobago The schooner foundered whilst on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London.[70][80]
Joseph & Francis  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer Ferret ( France). She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Newfoundland.[94]
Jupiter Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Sugar Key Reefs, off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana.[141]
Kitty  Great Britain The ship was lost with the loss of 24 of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[142]
Lady Hammond  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Virginia.[131]
Liberty  Great Britain The whaler was lost off the coast of California ca. late 1798.[143]
Lion  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Nantucket Shoals. She was on a voyage from London to St. Ubes, Portugal and Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[23]
Lively  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Quebec City.[38]
Lovely Lass  Great Britain The ship foundered off Cape Lopez, Africa.[58]
Mable  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Colloradoes, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States.[38]
Mary  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk. She was on a voyage from Carolina, United States to Antigua.[84]
New Jersey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Delaware River. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[144]
Omoa  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Bahamas. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Parr  Great Britain African slave trade: The slave ship was destroyed by an explosion off the coast of Africa. Twenty-nine crew and about 200 slaves were rescued.[79]
Patty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the "Island of Hai". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Virginia.[145]
Princess Augusta  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer frigate Boulonnaise ( France). She was on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to London.[80]
Príncipe Real  Portugal The ship was lost in the Bay of Lancois Pequenos, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Pará, Brazil.[105]
Ranger  Great Britain The ship was lost at Port Antonio, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[93]
Rodney  Great Britain The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Boston to Tobago.[142]
Sally  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French and taken in to Puerto Rico. She was later burnt.[47] Sally was on a voyage from Tortola to Saint-Domingue and Jamaica.[48]
Saucy George  United States The ship exploded and sank off Fort Jackson with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Martinico.[94]
Sophia  United States The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to New York.[146]
Spooner Kingdom of Great Britain Tobago The schooner foundered.[70]
Star  Great Britain The schooner was lost at Barbadoes on "31 June".[79]
Tarantube  Great Britain The ship was wrecked west of Martinico.[147][148]
Trial  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Antigua.[149]
Triton  Great Britain War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Newfoundland.[69]
Triton  Great Britain The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bristol.[150]
Turner  Great Britain The ship was lost at Port Antonio. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[93]
unknown  Spain Quasi War:The 12-ton schooner was burned by a mob at Savannah, Georgia sometime before 22 September. She had operated previously as a French privateer.[151]
Vengeur  France The ship, a prize of Pilgrim ( Great Britain), was lost at Goree, Africa.[57]
York  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Halifax to Martinico.[152]

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