The list of shipwrecks in 1808 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1808.

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Barrett	United Kingdom	The ship was holed by an anchor and sank at Falmouth, Jamaica.[1]
Brisk	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Africa.[2]
Jenny	United Kingdom	The sloop collided with a brig off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and was abandoned by her crew. She was then driven ashore. Jenny was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to London.[3]
Leighton	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Skye. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[4]
Lucena	United States	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Lisbon, Portugal.[5]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Marlborough	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbados.[6]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Mars	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Savannah, Georgia, United States, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]
Melantho	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Falsterbo, Sweden, and Møn, Denmark.[8]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Spy	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Hannah ( United Kingdom) rescued the crew. Spy was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[9]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Henrietta	Sweden	The ship ran aground in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, United Kingdom.[10]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk.[11] She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to London.[12]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
America	United States	The ship was driven ashore in the Saltee Islands, County Donegal, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[13]
Choice	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Haiti.[4]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Crawford	United States	The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Amsterdam, Holland.[4]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Robert	United Kingdom	The sloop ran aground on the Glenstokan Rocks, off Colvend, Kirkcudbrightshire, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Robert Bollon	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico (27°10′N 87°00′W / 27.167°N 87.000°W / 27.167; -87.000). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[2]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
John	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in Broadhaven Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Galway.[15]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Success	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire.[16]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Agincourt	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was later refloated.[4]
Alexander	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[4]
Anges	United Kingdom	The transport ship was driven ashore at Cowes. She was later refloated.[4]
Argo	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[17]
Beaufoy	United Kingdom	The victualling hoy sank at Dover, Kent.[18]
Betsey	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to London.[19]
Betsey	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in The Downs with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[4]
Blanchland	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Norfolk coast between Wells-next-the-Sea and Cromer with the loss of nine of her crew.[20]
Calliope	United Kingdom	The West Indiaman was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She later refloated but was driven ashore and wrecked at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.[16]
Flora	United Kingdom	The ship was in collision with Lovell ( United Kingdom) in The Downs and sank Lovell was abandoned by her crew.[4]
Flora	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Hornsea, Yorkshire.[4]
Flora	Denmark	The sloop, a prize, was abandoned in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Dover to London. She came ashore on the French coast.[4][21]
Fountain	United Kingdom	The brigantine sank at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, with the loss of a crew member.[22]
Frederick	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Margate.[4]
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent.[23]
Hope	United Kingdom	The ketch was driven ashore at Walmer, Kent.[4]
Industry	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Cowes.[4]
Jenny and Phoebe	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Margate.[4]
John	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in Sheephaven Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galway.[24]
Levant	United Kingdom	The ship was run into by a collier and was abandoned by her crew. She consequently foundered in the English Channel off the east Kent coast.[4]
Maida	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[4]
Mary and Ann	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the English Channel off Margate. She was on a voyage from Surinam to London.[4]
Nordstern	Bremen	The ship was wrecked on Heligoland.[9]
Northumberland Packet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.[4]
Nottingham	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated but consequently foundered.[4] Nottingham was on a voyage from Deptford, Kent, to Portsmouth.[25]
Sally	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Hornsea.[4]
Susannah	United Kingdom	The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Whitby.[4]
Thomas and Mary	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Exeter, Devon.[4]
Union	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[4]
Venus	United Kingdom	The collier was driven ashore at Deal, Kent.[23] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Gibraltar.[25]
Vervandering	Bremen	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[9]
William and Henry	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent.[4] She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope.[25] William and Henry was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[26]
William and James	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[4]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Lord Keith	Royal Navy	The same storm that wrecked HMS Sparkler drove His Majesty's hired armed cutter Lord Keith into Cuxhaven where the French captured her entire crew.[27]
Ohio	United States	The ship was wrecked at Cape Florida, East Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[2]
HMS Sparkler	Royal Navy	The gun-brig was wrecked on Terschelling, Holland with the loss of 17 of her 53 crew.[28][29]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Levant	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore on the French coast. She was refloated on 26 January and taken in to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme.[30]
Orpheus	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east south east of Coquet Island, Northumberland, with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Eliza ( United Kingdom). Orpheus was on a voyage from Dram, Norway, to Leith, Lothian.[17]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Jane	United Kingdom	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both  French Navy). Jane was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Grenada.[31]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Mary Anne	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork, to Dublin.[32]
Catherine Green	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale to Dublin.[32]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Hope	Dominica	The brig ran aground at Caernarfon. Her crew were rescued. She was destroyed in a storm on 28 January. Hope was on a voyage from Dominica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[33]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Carrier	Royal Navy	The cutter ran aground off Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was abandoned by her crew, who tried to set her afire without success. They were rescued and became prisoners of the French. HMS Carrier was subsequently taken into French service as the privateer Anacreon.

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
John	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked near Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Waterford.[20][34]
Othello	United States	The ship was wrecked near Bideford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[20][34]
Summer	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Gothenburg, Sweden, with the loss of all but three of her crew.[30] She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port.[35]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Little George	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Long Island, New York, United States.[36]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Canopus	Bremen	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Gothenburg, Sweden.[20] Canopus was refloated on 1 February.[37]
Grace	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on a reef north east of Nevis. She was on a voyage from London to Nevis.[38]
Mary and Sally	United States	The ship was wrecked at Westport, County Mayo, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[30]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1808

Ship	State	Description
Abby & Sally	United States	The ship was driven ashore and damaged at the Cape of Good Hope. She was refloated on 2 February.[39]
HMS Leda	Royal Navy	The Leda-class frigate was wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Ariel	Royal Navy	The sloop-of-war ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was severely damaged. She was refloated and put into Harwich, Essex, on 30 January.[40]
Belfast	United Kingdom	The ship was lost near Sligo. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Dublin.[41]
Betsey	United States	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at North Meols, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her 24 crew were rescued.[20][33] She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[40]
Brothers	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in The Wash off Boston, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[42]
Carl	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg.[30] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to a Baltic port.[35]
Courier	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Dartmouth, Devon.[4]
HMS Delight	Royal Navy	War of the Fourth Coalition: The Seagull-class brig-sloop ran aground off Reggio Calabria, Kingdom of Sicily, where she came under fire from French shore-based artillery. She was burnt to prevent her capture.
Divina Providentia	Portugal	The ship was driven ashore near Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to London.[43]
Edwin	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[15] She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Boston, Lincolnshire.[24]
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast.[44]
Endeavour	United Kingdom	The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland.[45]
Excell	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in The Downs. Her crew were rescued.[42]
Endeavour	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Highlands. She was on a voyage from Messina, Kingdom of Sicily, to Liverpool.[26]
Fanny	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in Carmarthen Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[3]
Flora	United Kingdom	The ship, as cartel, was lost in Carmarthen Bay.[44]
Flora	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Leith, Lothian.[17]
HMS Flora	United Kingdom	The fifth-rate was wrecked on the Dutch coast.[46]
Friends Delight	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Pill, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol.[15]
Gabriel	United Kingdom	The ship was sunk in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland, by the privateer Eglé ( France).[44]
George	United Kingdom	A boat from the ship was discovered off the Isles of Scilly by HMS Plover ( Royal Navy).[17]
Globe	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Islay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Galway.[47]
Good Intent	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in a gale.[30]
Goodrich	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Poole, Dorset.[4]
Grove Hill	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Hull.[48]
Haabet	Unknown	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[49] Her crew were rescued by the privateer Crescent ( United Kingdom).[50]
Harmony	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Barry Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Milford, Pembrokeshire.[17]
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent.[42] She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[15]
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship foundered with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz, Portugal, to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[20][40]
Johannes	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg.[30] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to a Baltic port.[35]
John and Joseph	United States	The ship was wrecked off Middelburg, Kingdom of Holland.[51] She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Amsterdam, Kingdom of Holland.[43]
Joseph	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in Aberdaron Bay. Her crew were rescued.[52] She was on a voyage from Milford to Liverpool.[17]
Knud	Unknown	The ship was lost at Cape La Hague, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London.[53]
Maria	Danzig	The ship was wrecked at Varberg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Belfast, County Antrim.[20][40]
Mercurius	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg.[30][35] She was on a voyage from Hull to Gothenburg.[35]
Neutrality	Denmark	The ship was detained by Caledonia ( United Kingdom). She subsequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[4][13]
Nottingham	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the English Channel off Deal. She was on a voyage from Deptford, Kent, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[42]
Novo Conto	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg.[30] She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg.[35]
Peggy	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[53]
Pope	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Liverpool.[45]
Prosperity	United Kingdom	The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Ireland to New York. All on board were rescued by Patriote ( French Navy).[15]
Renown	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Tenby, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Swansea, Glamorgan.[11] She was later refloated and taken in to Tenby for repairs.[17]
Rising Star	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, to London.[45]
Roxburgh Packet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Leith to London.[15]
Sandwich	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in a gale.[30]
Speculation	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gothenburg.[30] She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire, to Gothenburg.[35]
Sugnal	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Mull. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Limerick.[52]
Sultana	United States	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hellevoetsluis, Kingdom of Holland.[4][13]
Ulysses	United Kingdom	The ship was lost at Newport, County Mayo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wiscasset, Maine, United States, to Liverpool.[44]
Venus	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Deal. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Gibraltar.[42]
Vine	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. she was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[44]
Vine	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Gothenburg. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Baltic port.[20]
William Murdoch	United States	The ship was lost near the Virginia Capes in late January. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Kingdom of Holland, to Georgetown.[54]
Zalema	United States	The ship was lost near New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Rotterdam, Kingdom of Holland.[3]

February

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Catharine	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Dispatch	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[55]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Comerciante	Spain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gibraltar.[1]
Euphrates	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to an Irish port.[1][56]
Mary	United States	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gibraltar.[1]
Minerva	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to Gibraltar.[1]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Peggy	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent, for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[57]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Joseph and John	United Kingdom	The ship struck rocks in the North Sea off Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[49]
Matilda	United Kingdom	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by a French privateer whilst on a voyage from Halifax, British North America, to Saint Domingue. She was set afire and sunk.[2]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Dove	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[49]
Havant	United Kingdom	The ship struck the pier and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. she was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[48]
Mayflower	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Clonakilty, County Cork, to Dublin.[49]
Robert Bollon	United States	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (27°10′N 37°00′W / 27.167°N 37.000°W / 27.167; -37.000. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia.[58]
Washington	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Cape Wrath, Sutherland, with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[49]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Harriet	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of 25 of the 32 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Berbice.[49]
Sygnet	French Navy	The 20-gun corvette was driven ashore and wrecked at Cherbourg, Manche.[59]
Seine	French Navy	The 20-gun corvette was driven ashore and wrecked at Cherbourg.[59]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Amity	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London.[49][60] Amity was later refloated and brought into that port.[30]
Amphitrite	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was later refloated.[49]
Benjamin	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gore-end Bay, Margate, Kent, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London.[49]
Brothers	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent.[49]
Buxar	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore between Corton, Suffolk and Gunton, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62]
Charleston	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to London.[49]
Clyde	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gore-end Bay, Margate, with the loss of four of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, to London.[49][63]
Countess of Elgin	United Kingdom	The cutter was driven ashore in Margate Bay.[62]
Crompton	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62]
Diana	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Dublin, United Kingdom.[30] She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin.[35]
Douro	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from Hull to Surinam.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62]
Eliza	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Savannah, Georgia, United States. Eliza was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[60]
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	Captain Jeffries' ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62]
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	Captain Prowton's ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Elizabeth	Denmark	The ship, a prize, was driven ashore at Queenborough, Kent.[30][64]
Governor	United Kingdom	The hoy was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate.[65]
Griffin	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62]
Harmony	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Hull to London.[49][60]
Heroine	United Kingdom	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Limerick.[66]
Huntress	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States, to Liverpool. Huntress was later refloated.[60]
Jane	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin.[30]
Jenny	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[49] Her crew were rescued.[62]
John and Margaret	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to London.[66]
Leith	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to London.[49][60]
Little Jane	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Ryde. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope.[49][65] She was later refloated.[30]
Lucy and Alida	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore in Marsh Bay, Isle of Thanet. She was on a voyage from Africa to London.[60][65] Lucy and Alida was refloated on 13 March and taken in to Margate.[67]
Malcolm	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Ryde.[49]
HMS Mariner	Royal Navy	The brig was driven ashore in Margate Bay.[62]
Martha	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[49][61][62]
Mary	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Ryde.[49]
Marys	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[49][61][62]
Mayflower	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued.[55]
Mercator	United States	The ship was driven ashore near Dún Laoghaire.[30]
Neptune	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Kingsgate, Kent. She caught fire the next day and was destroyed. Neptune was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent, to Chepstow, Monmouthshire.[62]
Neptune	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset, whilst on a voyage from Arundel, Sussex, to Bridport, Dorset. She was later refloated.[49]
Norfolk	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Harwich. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to London.[49][60]
Olympus	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dún Laoghaire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Dublin.[30][35]
Perseverance	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Gore-end Bay, Margate. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[49] She was refloated on 3 March.[5]
Providence	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira, Portugal.[68]
Quebec	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk, and was abandoned by her crew. She subsequently refloated and drifted out to sea.[49]
Racehorse	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Liverpool.[49][62]
Ravensworth	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Harwich with the loss of six of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London.[49] Her crew were rescued.[62]
Rochdale	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton. She was on a voyage from Hull to London.[49][61]
Snake	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to London.[49]
St. Michael	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Dún Laorghaire.[30]
Swift	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Montrose, Forfarshire.[49][61][62]
Telemachus	United Kingdom	The sloop ran aground on the Knock John Sandbank, at the mouth of the River Thames and was wrecked with the loss of two of her three crew.[69]
Thomas and Judith	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gore-end Bay, Margate, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to London.[49]
Union	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Gunton.[49][61] Her crew were rescued.[62]
Union	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Dublin.[30] She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Dublin.[35]
Unity	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Portland. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Penryn, Cornwall. Unity was later refloated.[60]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Boston, Lincolnshire.[30][49][61]
Lord Melville	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[49][61]
Robin Redbreast	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[49][61]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in The Downs. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Weymouth, Dorset.[70]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Ohio	United States	The ship was wrecked on Martyr's Reef, off the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[71]
HMS Raposa	Royal Navy	The corvette ran aground 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Cartagena, New Granada. She was set afire and scuttled by her 55 crew, who were rescued by the Spanish and taken prisoner.

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Ida	United States	The brig was driven ashore at Cape May, New Jersey.[1] She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[72]
Nelson	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall, to Newport, Monmouthshire.[30]
Thetis	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Cape May.[1]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Rhine	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland.[66]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Hirondelle	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground off Cape Bon and capsized, becoming a wreck, and waves swamped one of her boats as it tried to reach shore. Four members of Hirondelle′s crew survived.[73]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Chalmers	United Kingdom	Atlantic slave trade: The ship was wrecked on the Spanish Main. She was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies. The slaves were rescued by the Spanish.[74]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Boreas	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk.[70]
Nancy	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[5]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Lars Johan	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.[5] She was on a voyage from Helsingfors to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[56]

29 February

List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1808

Ship	State	Description
Jupiter	United Kingdom	The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both  French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes.[7]
London	United Kingdom	The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both  French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes.[7]
Magdalen	United Kingdom	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both  French Navy). She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Barbadoes.[7]
Richmond	United Kingdom	The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both  French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes.[7]
Trafalgar	United Kingdom	The ship was captured and destroyed off Madeira by Pénélope and Thémis (both  French Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Surinam.[7]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808

Ship	State	Description
Active	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Guernsey, Channel Islands.[30]
Albion	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber.[30]
Anna Maria	Norway	The ship departed from Arundahl for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[75]
Bristol Packet	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Minehead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[49]
Brutus	United States	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both  French Navy). Brutus was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to New York.[31]
Cecilia	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London.[48] Cecilia was refloated on 12 February and put into Margate.[60]
Delight	United States	The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She subsequently came ashore on the coast of Essex. Delight was refloated and taken in to Sheerness, Kent.[64]
Dutchman	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Whitby after 24 February. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne.[76]
Eliza	United States	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by French frigate Hermione (1804) and Hortense (both  French Navy). Eliza was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[31]
Europe	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on South Uist, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America, to Ayr[37]
Fortitude	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Alnwick, Northumberland, with the loss of all hands.[55] She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Liverpool.[77]
Friend	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire.[30] She was on a voyage from London to Falmouth, Cornwall.[64] Friend was refloated on 1 March.[78]
Industry	United Kingdom	The ship departed Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[68]
Lochnell Packet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at "Red Noses". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[49][60]
Margaretta Barbara	Sweden	The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Varberg to London.[5]
Mars	United States	The brig was detained by Redbridge ( French Navy) but was subsequently lost off Nassau, Bahamas.[79]
Matilda	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Montevideo to London.[49]
Mentor	United Kingdom	The ship struck an anchor and sank at the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Bristol.[49][60]
Neptune	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire.[70]
Pomona	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at "Red Noses" She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Liverpool.[49]
Sally	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[49]
Spraycombe	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the Scilly Islands.[59]
Star	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Bridlington, Yorkshire.[80]
HMS Tang	Royal Navy	The Ballahoo-class schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 25 people on board.
True Briton	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash 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.[48]

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
Mentor	United Kingdom	The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by Berwick Merchant ( United Kingdom).[78]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
General Moore	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Wexford.[81]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
Dunkerquoise	France	Napoleonic Wars: The privateer was driven ashore at Katwijk, Kingdom of Holland and was then destroyed by Princess Augusta ( United Kingdom).[82]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
St. Michael	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off the Blasket Islands, County Kerry. Her crew were rescued. She was reported to have been on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork, to Cork.[83]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
Hope	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked at Mevagissey, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[84]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
Fanny	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Southampton, Hampshire, for the Bristol Channel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[85]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
Harry	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire, for Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[86]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by two French Navy frigates whilst on a voyage from Malta to London. She was set afire and sunk.[87]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
Diana	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Teignmouth, Devon.[83]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
Diamond	United Kingdom	The smack was wrecked on the Tyningham Sands, in the North Sea off the Lothian coast, with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian[83][88]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
Bremen Packet	United Kingdom	The ship foundered at the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued.[83]
HDMS Prins Christian Frederick	Dano-Norwegian Navy	Battle of Zealand Point: The 74-gun ship of the line ran aground whilst engaged in a battle with HMS Nassau and HMS Stately (both  Royal Navy). She was captured by the British and was subsequently set afire and destroyed on 23 March.[89]
Prosperity	United Kingdom	The ship foundered at the mouth of the Humber.[83]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Astraea	Royal Navy	The Active-class frigate was wrecked on the Horseshoe Reef, off Anegada,[90] Virgin Islands with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS St. Christopher ( Royal Navy)
HDMS Prinds Christian Frederick	Royal Danish Navy	Gunboat War, Battle of Zealand Point: The Prindcesse Caroline-class ship of the line was driven ashore on the coast of Zealand by HMS Nassau and HMS Stately (both  Royal Navy). She was burnt by the British.

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Milbrook	Royal Navy	A squall drive the ship onto a reef off Berlenga Grande Island in the Berlengas in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal. Her crew refloated her and anchored her in clear water for the night.
Resolution	Guernsey	Napoleonic Wars: The privateer was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both  French Navy).[31]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Electra	Royal Navy	The Seagull-class brig-sloop ran aground off Augusta, Sicily. Although salvaged, she was declared a total loss and was dismantled.
HMS Milbrook	Royal Navy	For the second day in a row, the ship was driven onto rocks off Berlenga Grande Island in the Berlengas in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal. She bilged, fell over onto her side, and was lost. Her crew survived.

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
Caledonia	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire, with the loss of seventeen or nineteen lives.[38][91]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
North Star	United Kingdom	The whaler was destroyed by fire.[92]
Providence	United Kingdom	The ship was sunk at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[38]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1808

Ship	State	Description
Totness	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Deal Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Dartmouth, Devon.[54]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808

Ship	State	Description
Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Wexford with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Conwy, Denbighshire, to Neath, Glamorgan.[54]
Argo	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon.[6] She was later refloated.[56]
Atalanta	Unknown	The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea.[67]
Enterprize	United Kingdom	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt on or about 18 March by Hermione and Hortense (both  French Navy). Enterprize was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31]
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Uist. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America, to Liverpool.[93]
Joseph and Janet	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the North Sea off Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[83]
King George	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bridlington, Yorkshire.[8]
Mentor	United States	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Hermione and Hortense (both  French Navy). Mentor was on a voyage from Catalonia, Spain, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her crew were taken prisoner.[31]
Sappho	United Kingdom	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was on a voyage from London to Madeira, Portugal, when the French Navy frigates Italienne and Sirène ( French Navy) captured her. They set her on fire and sank her.[83]
Sarah King	United Kingdom	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured by Italienne andSirène (both  French Navy) whilst on a voyage from London to Saint Domingue. She was set afire and sunk.[83]
Windham	United States	Napoleonic Wars: The schooner was captured by Sirène (both  French Navy). She was set afire and sunk.[83]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Governor Hunter	New South Wales	The schooner was driven ashore on Badger Island in a hurricane. She was subsequently repaired and arrived at Sydney on 3 April 1810[94][95]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Merchant	United Kingdom	The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham, with the loss of seven of her ten crew.[57]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Ann	United Kingdom	The sloop was capthred in the English Channel by the privateer Actif ( France): She subsequently came ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight.[68]
Lovely Cruiser	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rame Head, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cork to Plymouth, Devon.[96]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Whithorn, Wigtownshire.[97]
Mercury	United States	The ship was in collision with a Royal Navy warship in the English Channel. She was subsequently driven onto the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom, and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, to London, United Kingdom.[96]
Success	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rame Head. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[96]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Albion	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day.[68]
George	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon.[96]
George	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth.[68]
Hamlet	United States	The ship was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay, Kent, United Kingdom. She later refloated and consequently sank off Ramsgate, Kent.[68]
John	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth. She was refloated the next day.[68]
Lovely Cruizer	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ram Head, Devon. She was on a voyage from Cork to Plymouth, Devon.[98]
Success	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ram Head, Devon. she was on a voyage from Cork to London.[98]
Three Brothers	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the English Channel off Seaford, Sussex, with the loss of all hands.[68] She was on a voyage from Surinam to London.[99]
Thomas and Martha	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, norfolk. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Jersey, Channel Islands.[68]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Agatha	Lübeck	The ship wrecked near Memel, Prussia, with the loss of eighteen of the 29 people on board.[100][101]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Perseverance	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked west of Sker Point, Glamorgan. All 83 [people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her cargo of whiskey was plundered by the local inhabitants, two of whom drank themselves to death.[68][102]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Isabella	United States	The ship was lost off Hellevoetsluis, Kingdom of Holland.[31]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Dryade	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Marichoneal, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[103]
Four Sisters	United Kingdom	The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued.[97]
Nancy	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to a Baltic Port.[104]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Chalmers	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Isla Margharita.[105]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Four Sisters	United Kingdom	The ship was run down and sunk off the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Isabella	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Bervie, Aberdeenshire.[107]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Widgeon	Royal Navy	The Cuckoo-class schooner was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north west of Banff, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
James	United Kingdom	The sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Ilfracombe, Devon, to Plymouth, Devon.[108]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Bermuda	Royal Navy	The Bermuda sloop was wrecked on Memory Rock, Little Bermuda.
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship was run down and sunk by another vessel with the loss of nine of her crew.[105]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Elizabeth & Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Grand Caicos. She was on a voyage from Hayti to Jamaica and London.[109]
Fancy	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore at Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Galway to Newry, County Down.[108]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Penzance, Cornwall.[110]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Fame	United Kingdom	The ship sank on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Carron, Stirlingshire, to London.[108]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1808

Ship	State	Description
Adventure	United Kingdom	The whaler was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas[108][110] She was later beached near Margate, Kent.[111]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808

Ship	State	Description
Apollo	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex, to Sunderland, County Durham.[38]
Belfast	United Kingdom	The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Her crew were rescued by an American vessel.[108]
Brooke	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Point Corsel, Loch Ryan. She was on a voyage from Montevideo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[57][112]
Chalmers	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Margherita Island.[113]
Fox	United Kingdom	The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer whilst on a voyage from Malta to London. She subsequently foundered.[105]
Harmony	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in Luce Bay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Liverpool.[38]
Hermanest August	Unknown	The ship foundered off Marazion, Cornwall, United Kingdom, with the loss of all but two of her crew.[114]
Lauriana	Portugal	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool.[2][115]
Lochend	United Kingdom	The ship was lost near the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire, with the loss of all hands.[57]
Paramatta	New South Wales	The ship was wrecked at Cape Brett, New Zealand, after making a hasty departure from the Bay of Islands. The crew survived the wreck but were captured and killed after a violent exchange with local Māori.[116]
Speculation	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilnsea, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to South Shields, County Durham.[117]
William	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[68]

May

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1808

Ship	State	Description
Fairless	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Corton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London. Fairless was later refloated.[118]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1808

Ship	State	Description
Margaret	United Kingdom	The schooner was lost at Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[74]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1808

Ship	State	Description
Greenfield	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground and sank on Schooner Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Berry" to Alnwick, Northumberland.[119]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1808

Ship	State	Description
Nancy	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[85]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Rapid	Royal Navy	Napoleonic Wars: The gun-brig was sunk without loss of life by coastal artillery fire in the Tagus off southern Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the brig-sloop HMS Primrose ( Royal Navy).[120]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1808

Ship	State	Description
Minerva	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Great Saltee Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[121]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1808

Ship	State	Description
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship was run down and sunk with the loss of nine of her crew.[113]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808

Ship	State	Description
Amelia	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7] Amelia was later refloated and taken in to Holyhead.[113]
Fox	United Kingdom	The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer but subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Malta to London.[113]
Vengeance	France	The privateer was sunk off Guadeloupe by a Royal Navy ship with the loss of all 180 crew.[122]
Young Charles	United Kingdom	The ship was dismasted in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was later towed in to Appledore, Devon, by HMRC Shark ( Board of Customs).[113]

June

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1808

Ship	State	Description
Ann	Jamaica	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was driven ashore by a French privateer and wrecked.[87]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1808

Ship	State	Description
Hebe	United Kingdom	The ship struck a reef off Port Dalrymple, Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales, with the loss of a crew member.

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1808

Ship	State	Description
HM hired armed ship Harelequin	Royal Navy	The ship was driven ashore between Cowes and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.[123]
Robert	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked off Marichoneal Harbour, Jamaica.[124]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1808

Ship	State	Description
Young John	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Red Island, in the Saint Lawrence River. Her crew were rescued.[125]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Capelin	Royal Navy	The Ballahoo-class schooner struck the Parquette Rock, in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France, and consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by HM Hired armed cutter Adrian, HMS Champion, HMS Entreprenante, HMS Sybille and HMS Whiting (all  Royal Navy).

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808

Ship	State	Description
Charlotte	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned off Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire, when her crew spotted a vessel they supposed to be a privateer. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Leith, Lothian.[126]
Eliza	United States	The brig was wrecked south-southwest of Narai Island in Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. One of her crew was lost.
Neptune	United Kingdom	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and scuttled by Milan ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Jersey, Channel Islands.[123]
St. Thomas's	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Aldeburgh, Suffolk.[74]

July

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Netley	Royal Navy	The brig capsized off Barbados with the loss of all but nine of her crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Julia ( Royal Navy).

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1808

Ship	State	Description
Stag	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Roseau, Dominica.[127]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1808

Ship	State	Description
Chiswick	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Aux Cayes, Hispaniola.[128]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1808

Ship	State	Description
Hiram	United States	The ship was wrecked on Abaco. She was on a voyage from New York to Havana, Cuba.[129][130]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Pickle	Royal Navy	The topsail schooner was wrecked off Cape Santa Maria, Spain. Her crew survived.

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Meleager	Royal Navy	The Perseverance-class frigate was wrecked on the Barr Bush Keys, off Port Royal, Jamaica, with the loss of three of her crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1808

Ship	State	Description
Bayley	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Langness Point, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Gothenburg, Sweden.[109]
Courier	United Kingdom	The sloop sprang a leak and put into Whitby, Yorkshire, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Sandwich, Kent.[131]
Juno	United Kingdom	Gunboat War: The ship was captured and burnt off Dragør, Denmark, by the Danes.[132]

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1808

Ship	State	Description
Robert and Jane	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 South Shields, County Durham, to London.[133] f

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Delphinen	Royal Navy	The sloop of war Dolphio was wrecked on the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued but taken prisoner.[134]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Jaseur	Royal Navy	The ship-sloop departed Calcutta for Prince of Wales Island. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1808

Ship	State	Description
Helena	Sweden	The ship departed from Dalarö for Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[135]
Venture	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden.[136]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1808

Ship	State	Description
Diana	Imperial Russian Navy	The brig ran aground at the mouth of the Sulina branch of the Danube and was abandoned by her crew. She floated off and sank. Diana came ashore on 5 September and was wrecked.[137]
Hermione	French Navy	The Hortense-class frigate was lost in the Iroise Sea.

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1808

Ship	State	Description
Tentacao	United States	The ship was wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal, to Baltimore, Maryland.[129]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1808

Ship	State	Description
Vsevolod	Imperial Russian Navy	Anglo-Russian War: The 74-gun ship of the line ran aground in the Baltic Sea while in combat with the 74-gun third rate HMS Implacable ( Royal Navy). The frigate Poluks ( Imperial Russian Navy) towed her off, but Vsevolod ran aground again later the same day near Baltiski, about 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from Rager Vik. While still aground, she was captured on 25 August by HMS Implacable and the 74-gun third rate HMS Centaur ( Royal Navy). The British set the grounded Vsevolod afire and destroyed her on 26 August.

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Centaur	Royal Navy	Anglo-Russian War: The 74-gun third rate ran aground in the Baltic Sea near Baltiski, about 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from Rager Vik, while in combat with the grounded 74-gun ship of the line Vsevolod ( Imperial Russian Navy). The 74-gun third rate HMS Implacable ( Royal Navy) hauled her off.
George	United Kingdom	The ship departed from the Nore for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[138]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1808

Ship	State	Description
Charlotte	New South Wales	The sloop capsized in a squall 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia, with the loss of both members of her crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808

Ship	State	Description
Albion	United Kingdom	The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to London. Part of the crew arrived at Rio de Janeiro.[139]
Catherina	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and was beached between Malmö and Ystad, Sweden.[140] She was on a voyage from London to Stockholm, Sweden.[141]
Dundee	New South Wales	The ship foundered at the mouth of the Hunter River with the loss of two of her crew.
Nossa Senhora de Conceico	Portugal	The ship was wrecked at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, to Brazil.[124]
Richard and Sarah	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Weymouth, Dorset, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[128]
Sarah & Elizabeth	United Kingdom	Napoleonic Wars: The ship was captured and burnt by Pelade ( France). She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Bermuda.[142]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1808

Ship	State	Description
Aurora	United Kingdom	The ship was run ashore near Eastbourne, Sussex, to avoid three French privateers. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Chatham, Kent.[127] Aurora was refloated on 4 September.[143]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1808

Ship	State	Description
Dove	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Swansea, Glamorgan.[144] Dove was later refloated and taken in to Wexford.[145]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1808

Ship	State	Description
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Baltimore, Maryland.[146]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1808

Ship	State	Description
Mary Ann (or Maryann)	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (42°14′N 41°35′W / 42.233°N 41.583°W / 42.233; -41.583) while sailing from Jamaica to London. Brook Watson rescued her crew ( United Kingdom).[147]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1808

Ship	State	Description
Geroi	Imperial Russian Navy	The Speshnyi-class frigate was driven ashore at Cronstadt. She was abandoned the next day and subsequently became a wreck.[137]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1808

Ship	State	Description
Sisters	United Kingdom	The ship struck rocks and foundered 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Grand Manan Island with the loss of sixteen of her 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America.[148][149]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1808

Ship	State	Description
Brothers	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[150]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1808

Ship	State	Description
HMS Maria	Royal Navy	The gun-brig was captured by the corvette Départment des Landes ( French Navy) off Guadeloupe and was beached by her French prize crew to prevent her from sinking due to damage she sustained in combat with Départment des Landes.

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1808

Ship	State	Description
Providence	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by Jemima ( United Kingdom). Providence was on a voyage from Waterford to Swansea, Glamorgan.[151]
Virginia	United States	The ship was lost near Drontheim, Norway, with the loss of all but two of her crew.[152]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1808

Ship	State	Description
Alexander	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Belfast, County Down.[144]
Charlotte	New South Wales	The ship was lost in late September with some loss of life.[153]
Fortuna	Sweden	The ship departed from Gothenburg for Visby. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[75]
Juliana	United States	The ship was captured by four French Navy warships and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to New York.[135] Juliana was later discovered at sea by a Royal Navy frigate and was taken in to Saint Kitts.[154]
Phœnix	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Dover, Kent.[155] She was on a voyage from London to Dover.

October

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1808

Ship	State	Description
Prosperous	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[151]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1808

Ship	State	Description
Adventure	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork.[156]
Ann and Sarah	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bideford, Devon.[156][157]
Apollo	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Liverpool with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.[157]
Ardent	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[158]
Ariel	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was later refloated.[158]
Bee	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate.[158]
Catherine Brigetta	Unknown	The ship was sighted in the Dogger Bank. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[159]
Defence	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Chester, Cheshire.[158]
Endeavour	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool.[160]
Experiment	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Chester.[158]
Fletcher	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at North Meols, Lancashire, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Heligoland.[151][160]
George	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was later refloated.[158]
Hannah	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica.[160] She refloated on 18 October, drifted upstream in a capsized state.[130]
Hibernia	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[161] She was on refloated in November 1809 and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire, where she arrived on the 11th of that month.[162]
Hopewell	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Ayr. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America, to Ayr.[163][164]
Industry	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Spain. She was later refloated.[156][157]
Isabella	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[165]
Jolly Major	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore at Greenock.[163]
Juno	United Kingdom	The ship was lost near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.[158]
King George	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[158]
Mentor	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.[151]
Neptune	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Berbice or Demerara. Neptune was later refloated.[129][156][160]
Phillipsburg	United States	The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[158]
Pomona	United Kingdom	The brig foundered in Liverpool Bay off Hoylake.[158]
Princess of Wales	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Battery, Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Brazil.[160] She refloated on 18 October and drifted out to sea.[130]
Princess Royal	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Chester.[158]
Sedulous	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Parkgate.[158]
Shannon	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Greenock.[163]
Three Brothers	United Kingdom	The transport ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Portugal to France with the loss of 283 of the 293 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Alert ( United Kingdom).[129][157][166] Date also reported as 27 September.[167]
Tiger	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Portugal.[157]