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List of shipwrecks in 1820

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The list of shipwrecks in 1820 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1820.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1820
Ship State Description
Amie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Lucia The drogher was wrecked at Saint Lucia in late January or early February.[1]
Auguste  France The ship was lost in the Old Bahama Channel. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Havana, Cuba.[2]
Brothers  United Kingdom The whaler was lost in the Davis Strait.[3]
Cruttendon  United States The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Charleston, South Carolina. Her crew survived.[4]
Ebenezer  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Plate.[5]
Eolus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Barbados to St. Andrews.[6]
Four Sons  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Tobago. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship foundered. All on board were rescued by Deux Sœurs ( France).[8]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Bay of Fundy.[9]
Grape  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Dart ( United Kingdom).[10]
Highflyer  United Kingdom The whaler was lost in ice off Greenland.[11][3] Her crew were rescued.[12]
Hippolite  France The ship was lost on the coast of East Florida, New Spain. She was on a voyage from Havana to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[13]
Hope  United Kingdom The whaler was lost off Greenland.[3] Her crew were rescued.[14]
Johannah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Poorhead, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to Barbados and Trinidad.[15]
John & Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America.[16]
Liverpool  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Cape St. James, Africa. She was on a voyage from Old Calabar to Liverpool.[17]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off the coast of British Honduras.[18] Her crew were rescued.[4]
Mary United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Carriacou The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Levera, Grenada in late January or early February.[1]
USS Niagara  United States Navy The brig was scuttled in Misery Bay, Lake Erie sometime in 1820. Refloated in 1913 and rebuilt for use as a museum ship.[19][20]
Nore  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Barbados. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to a Bolivian port.[21]
Oceano  Portugal The ship foundered off Maranhão, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Maranhão.[22]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Mary ( United Kingdom). Peggy was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[23]
Prueba  Spanish Navy The frigate foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile.[24]
Resource  United States The ship was lost in the Marianas Islands.[15]
St. Jose Fama  Portugal The ship was lost in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from Mozambique to Bombay, India. Her crew were rescued by the Portuguese Navy brig of war which was escorting her.[25]
Tamar  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Bocas. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Trinidad.[26]
Thomas Henry  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Venus ( United Kingdom). Thomas Henry was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British North America to Liverpool.[26]
Welcome Return  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (32°38′N 69°00′W / 32.633°N 69.000°W / 32.633; -69.000).[27]
William  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at New London, Prince Edward Island, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[28]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lloyd's Marine List – March 28". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15380. 3 April 1820.
  2. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5572). 23 February 1821.
  3. ^ a b c "(untitled)". The Times. No. 11697. London. 21 November 1820. col C, p. 2.
  4. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5539). 3 November 1820.
  5. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5491). 16 May 1820.
  6. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – March 10". Caledonian Mercury. No. 13571. 13 March 1820.
  7. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5562). 23 January 1821.
  8. ^ "REWARDS FOR RESCUING PERSONS IN DANGER AT SEA". The Times. No. 10896A. London. 1 April 1820. col D, p. 3.
  9. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5546). 28 November 1820.
  10. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5560). 16 January 1821.
  11. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5515). 8 August 1820.
  12. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5516). 11 August 1820.
  13. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5554). 26 December 1820.
  14. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5510). 21 July 1820.
  15. ^ a b "Lloyd's Marine List June 30". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15419. 3 July 1820.
  16. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5555). 29 December 1820.
  17. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 15436. 6 September 1820.
  18. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 15487. 4 November 1820.
  19. ^ "American Marine Engineer July, 1911". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 9 December 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
  20. ^ "The Brig Niagara". Pennsylvania Center for the book. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  21. ^ "London". The Glasgow Herald. No. 1828. 30 June 1820.
  22. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Dec. 5". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15488. 11 December 1820.
  23. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5545). 24 November 1820.
  24. ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 11070. London. 21 October 1820. col E, p. 3.
  25. ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – March 21". Caledonian Mercury. No. 15376. 25 March 1820.
  26. ^ a b "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5563). 26 January 1821.
  27. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5497). 6 June 1820.
  28. ^ "PLYMOUTH". Trewman's Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser. No. 2880. 23 November 1820.