The list of shipwrecks in 1816 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1816.

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Indian Chief	United States	The ship was wrecked west of Cuba.[1]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Iris	United Kingdom	St. Mary ( United Kingdom) discovered the galiot capsized and crewless in the English Channel off the Owers Sandbank.[2]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Flora	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Greyhound	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Galver Sands, in the Bristol Channel off Bridgwater, Somerset with the loss of about 100 lives. There were no survivors. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[4][5]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Betsey	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in Bigbury Bay with the loss of at least 28 lives.[6]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Ann	United States	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[7]
Mary & Alicia	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the Bramston Sands, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[2]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Eliza	United States	The ship was wrecked on the Brenton Reef, Narragansett Bay. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York.[8]
Hirondelle	France	The ship was wrecked on the Île de Ré. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint-Malo, Finistère[9]
James	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France.[7] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. James was refloated on 11 January and arrived at Rouen on 15 January.[10]
Romulus	United States	The ship foundered off Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Boston, Massachusetts.[8]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Joven Zuylo	Spain	The brig was wrecked at Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gijón to Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands.[7][11]
Robert & Mary	United Kingdom	The ship struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Sheerness, Kent.[2]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Betsey	United Kingdom	The transport ship was wrecked in Bigbury Bay with the loss of 28 lives. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to a French port.[7]
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea off Douglas, Isle of Man. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Waterford or Wexford.[11][12]
Maria Elizabeth	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore near Noordwijk, North Holland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland.[10]
Speculation	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Hamburg.[13]
Union	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Ayr. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Larne, County Antrim.[9]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Betsey	United Kingdom	The ship struck the Home Sand and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[7]
Eliza	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Duncannon, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Waterford.[11] Eliza was later refloated.[10]
Fame	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Banks, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Newry, County Antrim.[7]
Father and Sons	Missouri Territory	The ship was wrecked at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[14][15]
Twee Gebroeders	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gironde River. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Bayonne, Gironde, France.[16]
Union	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Ayr.[11]
William & Francis	United Kingdom	The ship was lost off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[7]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Clara	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Mundesley, Norfolk for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[8]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Lydia	United States	The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Gironde River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bordeaux, Gironde.[9]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Speculation	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe.[15]
Queen Charlotte	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Skull Martin Rock, in the Irish Sea off Ballywalter, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.[14]
Zephyr	United Kingdom	The ship struck the Whitton Sand, in the Humber and sank. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[10]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Mary Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Newry, County Antrim. Her crew survived.[17]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Ann	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Ravenglass, Cumberland with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12]
Ant	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of four lives.[14] She was on a voyage from Padstow to Swansea, Glamorgan.[15]
Cerberus	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Jura. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool.[13]
Forsoket	Norway	The ship was driven ashore on Islay, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, United Kingdom to Christiansand.[16]
Helen and Agnes	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Torr's Point with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Liverpool.[9]
Johanna Jacoba	Netherlands	The ship was wrecked at Saint Barthélemy.[18] She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam, North Holland.[19]
Quebec Packet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[10] She was refloated on 2 February and put back to Greenock.[16]
Russell	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Hempstead, New York. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[8] Russel was refloated and taken in to New York by 6 February.[20]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Wilmington, Delaware.[21]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Estramina	New South Wales	The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Hunter River. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney.[22]
Elizabeth and Mary	New South Wales	The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the Hunter's River. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Sydney.[22]
Plough	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Haaks Sandbank, in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[14][15]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Alert	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wexford. She was on a voyage from St. Domingo to Liverpool, Lancashire,[14] and/or Portsmouth, Hampshire.[15]
Amiable	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Campbeltown, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[9]
Hound	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground near Stade, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg.[23]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Lyra	United Kingdom	The ship was driven onto the Fairness Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands to London. Lyra was refloated.[10]
Sophia	France	The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Martinique.[20][24]
William & Mary	United Kingdom	The ship struck rocks at Exmouth, Devon and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Exmouth.[10]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Virgin del Rosario	Spain	The ship was wrecked on a reef off Point Salines, Granada.[18] She was on a voyage from Cádiz to A Coruña.[19]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Balsamao	Portugal	The ship was destroyed by fire at Pernambuco, Brazil.[25]
Nancy	United States	The ship was wrecked near Newburn, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to a port in North Carolina.[21]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Duchess of Wellington	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire at Saugur, India with the loss of at least five lives. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[26]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Columbus	Russia	The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[16] She was on a voyage from Riga to Amsterdam, North Holland. Columbus was refloated on 30 January.[27]
Martha	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from New York to Demerara.[28] Martha was refloated on 3 February and put back to New York.[29]
Vittoria	France	The ship struck a rock off Quimper, Finistère and foundered with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[8]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Euphemia	Jamaica	The ship foundered off San Bernando. She was on a voyage from Carthagena to "Lispata".[30]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Boadicea	United Kingdom	Wrecking of the Sea Horse, Boadicea and Lord Melville: The transport ship, a brig, was wrecked in Tramore Bay with the loss of 196 lives. At least 84 people survived. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent to Cork.[31][32][33][34]
Esperance	France	The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off the mouth of the Loire. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[35]
Lord Melville	United Kingdom	Wrecking of the Sea Horse, Boadicea and Lord Melville: The transport ship was wrecked in Tramore Bay with the loss of 12 lives. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate to Cork.[31][32][33]
Molly	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores.[36]
Rover	United Kingdom	The ship was lost near Devil's Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Plymouth, Devon.[16]
Sea Horse	United Kingdom	Wrecking of the Sea Horse, Boadicea and Lord Melville: The transport ship was wrecked in Tramore Bay with the loss of 376 of the 402 people on board. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate to Cork.[31]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Appolonia	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked in Tramore Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Cork.[37]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date January 1816

Ship	State	Description
Adventure	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. Adventure was refloated on 9 January and put back to Hamburg.[10]
Alexander and Mary	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[3]
Albion	United Kingdom	The ship was sailing from Jamaica to London when she put into Charleston in distress. She was condemned there as unseaworthy and sold there on 11 January.[38]
Amelia	New South Wales	The brig departed Sydney for Java between 8 and 17 January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Assistance	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands.[2]
Bee	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off the Cornish coast.[17]
Bengal	United States	The ship capsized at Île de France, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from China to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[39]
Ceres	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Limerick.[9]
Chasseur	Netherlands	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Galicia, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Lisbon, Portugal.[7]
Cuba	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana, Cuba. Cuba was refloated on 9 January and put back in to Hamburg.[10]
Daphne	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sicily. She was on a voyage from Malta to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11]
Dennevitz	Russia	The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder.[2] She was refloated on 12 January.[10]
Diana	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick.[9]
Diligence	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Aberdeen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[40]
Five Brothers	United Kingdom	The ship was lost near Bridgwater, Somerset.[7]
Fortitude	Stettin	The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Stettin. Her crew were rescued.[17]
General York	Prussia	The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark.[10]
Goede Hoop	Hamburg	The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hamburg. Goede Hoop was refloated on 9 January and arrived at Hamburg.[10]
Good Intent	United Kingdom	The ship sank in Melloch's Bay, Scotland.[11]
Isabella	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground and was damaged near Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Penang. Isabella was later refloated.[41]
Jane	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands.[40]
Jonge Martha	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder.[2] She was refloated on 9 January and taken into the Nieuwe Diep.[11]
Liebre	Spain	The ship foundered off Cuba with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Veracruz, Veracruz, Viceroyalty of New Granada.[42]
Louisa Ulrica	Hamburg	The ship was lost at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[43] Louisa Ulrica was later refloated.[44]
Luna	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Baubiquay". She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.[2]
Maria	Hamburg	The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Tenerife, Canary Islands. Maria was refloated on 9 January and put back in to Hamburg.[10]
Maria	United Kingdom	The ship was lost on the Saintes. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[16]
Mercurius	Norway	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[9] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, United Kingdom to Drontheim.[13]
Oscar	United States	The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Oscar was later refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, South Holland.[7]
Plenipo	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the East Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Liverpool.[3]
Ravensworth	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne. Ravensworth was refloated on 9 January and put back in to Hamburg.[10]
Talavera	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[2]
Thomas and Mary	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire.[43]
Tay	United Kingdom	The ship sank in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Sligo.[9]
Tyrone	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the East Hoyle Sandbank. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool.[3]
Vriendschaft	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder.[2]
Vrouw Swantje	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore near Den Helder.[2]

February

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Eners	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to St. Ubes, Portugal.[45]
Johanna	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Amsterdam.[35]
Race Horse	United Kingdom	The ship lost her rudder and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Adele and Marie ( France). Race Horse was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Newfoundland, British North America.[28]
Shark	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire at Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[18]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Harriet	United Kingdom	The ship was lost off Cape St. Mary's, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London.[46]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Ann and Betty	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Bray, County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]
Fingal	United States	The ship was wrecked on the Warren Hastings Shoal, in the Indian Ocean off Java, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York to China.[47]
Fortitude	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to London.[42]
Integrity	United Kingdom	The ship was drivern ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.[35]
Margaret and Nancy	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast.[35]
Mary Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Howth, County Dublin with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Down to Liverpool.[35][48]
Mercurius	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Vila do Conde, Portugal with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Livorno. Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[49]
Mersey	United Kingdom	The sloop was wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued by the Dublin Lifeboat.[35][48] She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Lord Wellington	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore between Deal and Sandwich, Kent whilst on a voyage from London to Jamaica. She was refloated on 11 February.[35]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Argonaut	United States	The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (37°30′N 71°30′W / 37.500°N 71.500°W / 37.500; -71.500). The ship came ashore at Cranbury Inlet on 5 March.[50]
Esperanza	Spain	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Cartagena to Port Antonio, Jamaica and Saint Domingue.[51]
Harmonie	France	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Prior, Spain. She was on a voyage from Labroredut, Finistère to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[52]
Hero	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Cádiz, Spain with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Belfast, County Antrim.[28]
Hopewell	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Rota, Cádiz with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[28]
Polperro	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Waterford.[28]

11 February

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Anna	Norway	The ship was driven ashore on "Flickero". She was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom to Arendal.[21]
Speculation	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from A Coruña, Spain to Lisbon, Portugal.[49]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Emilia	Portugal	The ship was lost in the Straits of Gaspar. She was on a voyage from China to Lisbon.[54]
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[55]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Belise	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[36]
Catherine	United Kingdom	The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8]
Maria	Norway	The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Trondheim.[25]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Rigersdaal	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore at Medemblik, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Amsterdam.[45]
Vries en Hoop	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore at Medemblik. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam.[45]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Johanna Catherina	Norway	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Ireland to Norway.[56]
Sarah Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands.[45] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland.[57]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Percy	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire at Saugur, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal to Bencoolen, India and an English port.[26]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
HMS Phoenix	Royal Navy	The Perseverance-class frigate was driven ashore and wrecked at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. Her crew survived. The wreck was set afire on 2 March.

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Margaret	United Kingdom	The ship was reported to have foundered off "Berbice". She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[49][53]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Alice	United States	The ship ran aground off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to New York.[28]
Friends	United Kingdom	The transport ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands.[45] Friends was later refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[46]
George	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Greenwich, Kent. She was refloated but discovered to be severely damaged.[45] George was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to London.[57]
Nossa Senhora de Livramento	Portugal	The ship ran aground and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Faial Island, Azores to Havre de Grâce.[46]
Peggy	United Kingdom	The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Bervie, Aberdeenshire with the loss of three of her four crew.[58]
Sultana	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire at Bengal, India. Her crew were rescued.[59][60]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
La Lis	United States	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. All on board were rescued.[61]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Swiftsure	United Kingdom	The smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by Robert ( United Kingdom) with the loss of all but one of her crew. Swiftsure was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London.[24]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Lively	United Kingdom	The ship caught fire and was beached at Landguard Fort, Suffolk. She was subsequently taken in to Harwich, Essex.[46]
Sanderson	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Speculation	United Kingdom	The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from A Corunna, Spain to Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[53]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1816

Ship	State	Description
Achilles	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Martha's Industry, Georgia, United States.[45]
Alexander	Prussia	The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Königsburg to Oporto, Portugal.[21]
Almira	United States	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[8]
Bella Allianza	Portugal	The ship was discovered off the Berlengas dismasted and crewless by HMS Wasp ( Royal Navy). She was towed in to Gibraltar. Bella Allianza was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Lisbon.[53]
D'Jacob	Netherlands	The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Amsterdam, North Holland.[62]
Fortuna	Norway	The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Sint Maarten to Trondheim.[49]
Frederickstein	United Kingdom	The ship foundered on a voyage from Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro on or before 9 February. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Friends Integrity	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of two of her crew.[16]
Grey	United Kingdom	The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) north of Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[46]
Harmonie	France	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Martinique.[21]
Hercules	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Charleston.[35]
Johanna Sophia	Netherlands	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.[64]
John & Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Galway to Liverpool, Lancashire.[46]
Little Dick	United States	The ship was wrecked at Wilmington, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Wilmington.[49]
May Flower	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Cork.[16]
Minerva	United Kingdom	The snow sank at Harwich, Essex.[64]
Morrell	United States	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Langlee Island, Massachusetts with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Newfoundland.[35]
Palafox	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Lisbon. Palafox put back in to Portsmouth.[57]
Rover	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast in early February with the loss of all hands.[45] She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Oporto.[57]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Charming Sally	United States	The schooner struck a reef in the Atlantic Ocean and was wrecked. Her eight crew survived.[65]
Isaac	Saint Vincent	The sloop foundered in the St. Lucia Channel. Her crew were rescued.[55]
Phœnix	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Maranilla Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Nassau, Bahamas.[55]
Success	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Fairness Rock, off Margate, Kent and sank. She was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset to London.[28]
William and Mary	United Kingdom	The sloop was wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[66] She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Padstow.[28]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Claudine	France	The ship was driven ashore at Lillo, Antwerp, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Antwerp. Claudine was later refloated.[53]
John	United Kingdom	The ship was run ashore and severely damaged at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. John was later refloated and taken in to Dover.[28]
Orion	France	The ship was struck by lightning and sunk at L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer, Vendée.[67] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[68]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Flinders	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground and was wrecked off the Laccadive Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India.[69]
Kron Prins	Netherlands	The ship ran aground and was damaged in the Nieuw Diep. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Kron Prins was subsequently refloated.[24]
Ocean	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Gibraltar.[70]
Velina	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Savannah, Georgia, United States.[71]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Baltimore	United States	The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland. She was discovered by Rapid ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[24]
Favourite	United Kingdom	The ship foundered 80 nautical miles (150 km) off the mouth of the Surinam River. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Cork.[72]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dumfries to Liverpool, Lancashire.[49]
Favourite	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) off the mouth of the Surinam River. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Johanna Carolina	Sweden	The galiot was lost near Quimper, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Hamburg.[73]
HMS Liverpool	Royal Navy	The Endymion-class frigate was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dover, Kent.[49] She was later refloated and taken in to The Downs.[21]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Chesterfield Packet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Gibraltar.[74] She was refloated the next day.[73]
Eliza	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Grand Reef, off Negril, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica.[75]
Minerva	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in the Abaco Oslands. She was on a voyage from New York to Havana, Cuba.[76]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
HMS Ister	Royal Navy	The Scamander-class frigate ran aground off Cape de Gat, Spain with the loss of nine or eleven of her crew.[77][78] She was later refloated with assistance from "HMS Arachar" and HMS Montagu ( Royal Navy) and was towed in to Gibraltar on 24 March.[51]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Eliza	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Grand Reef, off Negril, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Jamaica.[79]
Minerva	United States	The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from New York to Havana, Cuba.[30]
Plymouth	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk.[52]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Betty	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Littlehampton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Littlehampton.[24]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Good Hoop	Netherlands	The ship struck the pier and sank at Porthleven, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Antwerp, Netherlands.[1][52]
Swift	United Kingdom	The ship was run down and sunk by a collier with the loss of nineteen of the twenty people on board.[80]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Batidor	Spain	The ship was wrecked 13 leagues (39 nautical miles (72 km)) from Gijón. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rivadeo, Gijón and Santander.[73]
Freyheit	flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to London, United Kingdom.[20]
Hoffnung	Norway	The ship was driven ashore at Hythe, Kent and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated and taken in to Folkestone Kent.[20]
Sophia Vorbrodt	Unknown	The ship was wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[74]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Caroline	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated but drove on shore again. Caroline was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Southampton, Hampshire.[52]
Harrington	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[67][68]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Antiope	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[1][81]
Curaçoa	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Wereingen". She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Curaçao.[25]
Hazard	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore at Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Antwerp. Hazard was later refloated and taken in to Vlissingen.[70]
Sarah Johansen	Netherlands	The ship ran aground off Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Ligurian Republic to Amsterdam, North Holland. Sarah Johansen was refloated on 18 March and arrived at Amsterdam on 21 March.[74]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Antiope	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[52]
Maria	Norway	The ship was driven ashore and sunk in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Drontheim.[74]
Retablissment	France	The ship was wrecked at Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig.[25]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
George	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Gothenburg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Baltic port. George was refloated the next day.[70]
Margaret	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to Liverpool, Lancashire. Margaret was later refloated.[70]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Ariadne	United States	The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Lewis, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stromness, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[18]
Catharine	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near "Alemouth". She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[74]
Donald	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Church Bay, Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antigua. Donald was refloated on 20 March,[74] and put into the Clyde on 1 April.[56]
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[68]
Melantho	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Milltown Malbay, County Clare, United Kingdom with the loss of all 20 people on board. She was on a voyage from Limerick, United Kingdom to Barcelona.[82]
Peggy	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the mouth of the River Spey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Cromarty.[74]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
America	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[67]
Arabella	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pará, Brazil.[67]
Eleanor	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on The Shingles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Southampton, Hampshire.[67]
Ida	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at "Shelburn". Her crew were rescued.[30]
James	United Kingdom	The whaler was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Greenland. James was later refloated.[68]
Richard Staples	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Liverpool.[67]
Sachem	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool. Sachem was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[68]
Thomas Gibbons	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah. Thomas Gibbons was later refloated.[68]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Arabella	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. she was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pará, Brazil.[68]
Eleanor	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Southampton, Hampshire.[68]
Maria Elizabeth	France	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Wismar.[82]
Mary Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire.[83]
Patriarch	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands with the loss of nine of her crew.[25]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Defiance	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was refloated but was consequently beached.[70]
Duke of Wellington	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore a second time and wrecked at Bermuda,[75][79] Having previously been ashore and refloated before 15 March.[72] She was on a voyage from London to Bermuda and Jamaica.[71]
La Balance	France	The transport ship, a brig, was wrecked on the coast of Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of 36 of the 108 people on board. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Manche to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[77][84]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Shannon	United States	The ship foundered off Dunoff Head, County Donegal, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from New York to Drogheda, County Louth, United Kingdom.[82][85][86]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Hermina	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore in the Courantyne River, Surinam. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Berbice. It was reported that Hermina was expected to be refloated around 9 April.[55]
Nile	United States	The ship was wrecked on Little Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica.[65]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Navigator	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Rota, Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cádiz. She was refloated on or about 12 April.[63]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Three Sons	United States	The brig was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia. Her crew were rescued.[50]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1816

Ship	State	Description
Anglem	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Point of Ayre, Isle of Man.[25] She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[74]
Ceres	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned off the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Limerick.[74]
Donald	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antigua.[83]
Drie Gebroeders	Kingdom of Hanover	The ship was wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom to Emden.[21][29]
Enigkeit	Bremen	The ship ran aground in the Jade and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bremen.[21][70][86]
Exchange	United States	The ship was wrecked near Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Vendée to Puerto Rico.[83]
Fortuna	Norway	The ship was lost on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from St Martin's to Drontheim.[53]
General Cockburn	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Les Sables d'Olonne. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle to the United States.[83]
Good Intent	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Liverpool.[85]
James	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned off Finistère, France before 4 March. She was subsequently taken in to "Melon", Finistère.[1]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea in early March. She was on a voyage from Madeira, Portugal to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[25] At least three of her crew survived.[74]
Perseverance	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in Loch Eriboll. She was on a voyage from Trondheim, Norway to Dublin.[52]
Pomona	France	The ship was driven ashore at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[21]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Ann & Fanny	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Platter Rocks, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Dublin.[78]
Rhoda	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Cape de Gatt, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[87] Rhoda was later refloated and put into Cartagena, Spain before proceeding to Almeria, Spain for repairs.[88]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Fanny	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on a reef off St. Domingo. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to St. Domingo.[89]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Rein Deer	United States	The ship was driven ashore on Bush Island. She was on a voyage from Naples to Boston, Massachusetts. Rein Deer was refloated and arrived at Boston on 10 April.[76]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Europe	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire off Antigua with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antigua.[63]
Frau Maria	Netherlands	The ship caught fire off Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Amsterdam, North Holland. Frau Maria put back to Copenhagen for repairs.[90]
Jane	Guernsey	The ship was wrecked at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Rotterdam, South Holland.[18][19]
Peggy	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked near Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued.[18]
Penrhyn Castle	United Kingdom	The snow came in to Cowes having lost her mast and having sustained other damage.[91]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Two Friends	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Tarragona, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[51] She was refloated on 15 April.[75]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Mary	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked on the Garth Banks.[87]
Samuel	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Bull Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to a Welsh port.[50]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Bell	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[63][72]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Earl of Fife	United Kingdom	The whaler was wrecked at Banff, Aberdeenshire.[50][92]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Ann and Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The oyster smack foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight with the loss of two of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère, France to London.[93]
Hyndman	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in Carlisle Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cork and Barbadoes.[94]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Mary	United States	The ship was driven ashore at Currituck, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Trinidad.[95]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Ariadne	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on a reef off Montevideo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Montevideo.[47]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Speedwell	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[71]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Lady Hood	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Lisbon, Portugal and Cádiz, Spain. Lady Hood was later refloated and towed in to Ensinado.[26][41]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Active	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in Freshwater Bay, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Montreal, Lower Canada, British North America.[95]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Bella Maria	Spain	The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Africa to Havana, Cuba.[96]
Flora	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[96]
Letitia	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Fiana. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire and Belfast, County Antrim. Letitia was refloated on 27 April.[88]
Methven Castle	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Pagan Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[97] She was later refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[72]
Rising Hope	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race. Newfoundland, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool. Lancashire to Montreal, British North America.[98]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Philip	United States	The ship was struck by a whale and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Charleston, South Carolina.[99]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date April 1816

Ship	State	Description
Anglo	Grand Duchy of Tuscany	The ship was wrecked between Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis and Susa, Tripolitania before 20 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Susa to Livorno.[88][100]
Fair Reaper	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off Wexford. She was on a voyage from Cork to Dublin.[50]
General Lecor	United Kingdom	The ship capsized at Cork.[50]
Invija	Portugal	The ship was lost on the coast of Galicia, Spain with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[101]
Mowbray	United Kingdom	The ship was lost in the English Channel off Seaford, Sussex.[102]
Samuel	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in Barnstaple Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Barnstaple, Devon.[103]
San Antonio	Portugal	The sumacca ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was abandoned. She was reported to have been drifting in the river for at least two months before coming ashore in early June.[104]
Sunbury	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Georgetown. She was on a voyage from Georgetown to Liverpool, Lancashire.[105] She was later refloated and put into Charleston, South Carolina, United States for repairs.[76][101]

May

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Albertine Mariane	Netherlands	The ship ran aground off Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[30] Albertine Mariane was refloated before 11 May and resumed her voyage.[106]
Juno	Stettin	The ship was driven ashore at Pillau. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Stettin.[30] Juno was refloated and put into Pillau on 3 May.[106]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Emanuel	Norway	The ship was lost near "Runo" with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to Riga, Russia.[95]
Justina Sophia	Netherlands	The ship was wrecked at Brielle, South Holland. Her crew were rescued.[55]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Mary was later refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[106]
Providence	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Dantzig with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dantzig.[106]
Vrouw Maria	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland.[55]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Hinchinbrooke Packet	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to a Mediterranean port.[107]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Carl Anton	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore at Kalvsund. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Gothenburg.[55][105]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Collingwood	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gigha, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to the Clyde.[101]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Active	Hamburg	The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated but was subsequently beached at Deal, Kent and then taken in to Dover, Kent. Active was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg.[106]
Telemaque	Sweden	The ship was abandoned in the North Sea (56°28′N 6°05′E / 56.467°N 6.083°E / 56.467; 6.083). Five crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Uddevalla to Cádiz, Spain.[95]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Dash	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Barbados.[108]
Vrow Catharina	Hamburg	The ship was wrecked off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[100]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Margaret	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (46°10′N 22°30′W / 46.167°N 22.500°W / 46.167; -22.500). Her crew were rescued by Harriet ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British North America.[65][87]

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Nerina	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec, British North America.[65] Nerina was later refloated and put into Waterford on 11 June.[88]

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Duke of Wellington	United Kingdom	The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[109]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Christina Margaretta	Netherlands	The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[99]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1816

Ship	State	Description
Betsey	United States	The ship was wrecked at "Larenza", Grand Duchy of Tuscany in early May with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[110]
Caroline	France	The ship was lost off Martinique. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to "Louisiana".[111]
Epervier	France	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Candia, Crete and the Ionian Islands.[95]
Harriet	United States	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean Twenty-three people were rescued by Hannah ( United States).[65]
Hawke	United Kingdom	The ship was lost near Tarifa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[107]
James & Mary	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Riga, Russia for Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[112]
Mowbray	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked at Seaford, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Mulgrave Castle	United Kingdom	The ship struck rocks at Boa Vista, Cape Verde, and came into Port Praya, in May. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope.[41]
Rattler	United Kingdom	The ship sank on the South Ham Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[110]
Truimpho	Portugal	The ship ran aground and was damaged on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Triumpho was later refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[88]
Two Sisters	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex.[30]
Waaksamheid	Netherlands	The ship sank in the Seine at Tancarville, Seine Maritime, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[65][87]
William and Sally	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Brighton. She was refloated but was discovered to be so leaky that it was necessary to beach her.[30]

June

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Vrow Anna	Netherlands	The ship was lost off Hoorn, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to Riga, Russia.[88]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Apollo	Netherlands	The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Antwerp.[113]
Jess and Flora	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Portage Island, in the Saint Lawrence River.[111]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Atlas	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. Her crew were rescued.[114] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[60]
Cossack	United States	The brig was wrecked on the Martyra Reef, in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg.[114]
Iphigenia	Portugal	The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, off the coast of Sweden.[96]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Fairy	Bahamas	The sloop was driven ashore at "Key Tahmear".[115]
General Pike	United States	The schooner was wrecked at Sound Point, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Matanzas, Cuba.[114]
Martha Brae	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked in the Gulf of Florida near the mouth of the Indian River with the loss of two lives.[114][116][117] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[60]
Narragauset	United States	The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of Florida.[59] She was on a voyage from Havana to Bristol, Rhode Island.[60]
Zanga	Bahamas	The schooner was wrecked at Sound Point.[114]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Margaret	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[100]
Samuel	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (41°38′N 16°45′W / 41.633°N 16.750°W / 41.633; -16.750). She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. Recovery ( United Kingdom) rescued the crew.[108]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Aramion	United States	The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Garonne. She was on a voyage from New York to Bordeaux, Gironde.[99]
Christiana	Norway	The ship was wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Tønsberg to London, United Kingdom.[83]
Jane	New South Wales	The sloop foundered off Cape Hawke with the loss of all three crew.[118]
Margaret	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[96]
Orpheus	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew were rescued by Competitor ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[108]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Indian Lass	United Kingdom	The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[109]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Antonion Teresa de Artanza	Spain	The ship was wrecked at Brest, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bilbao and A Coruña.[113][119]
Homer	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Charleston, South Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[111]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
St. Anthony	Hamburg	The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam, North Holland.[89]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Christina	Duchy of Holstein	The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Tonsberg to London, United Kingdom.[120]
Schwalbe	Duchy of Holstein	The ship was lost off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Flensburg to St. Croix.[89]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Friends	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Hamburg.[54]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Alderney	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[99] Alderney was refloated and arrived at Cuxhaven.[89]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
George	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland.[113]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Jupiter	Portugal	The foundered off Porto Santo Island, Madeira. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Madeira.[121]
The Brothers	New South Wales	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the Kent Group with the loss of a crew member.

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Ocean	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Netherlands.[113]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Agnetha	Hamburg	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[26]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Archduke Charles	United Kingdom	The transport ship foundered off Green Island, British North America with the loss of eight lives. She was on a voyage from Quebec to Halifax, British North America.[108]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1816

Ship	State	Description
Dove	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel between Hartland Point, Devon and Lundy Island with the loss of a crew member.[122]
Due Bill	United States	The schooner was wrecked at St. Augustine, East Florida in early June.[59]
Edwin	New South Wales	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Hawke. All on board survived.
Hannah	United Kingdom	The ship put into Plymouth, Devon, where she sank. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. Hannah was subsequently refloated.[89]
Huron	United States	The full-rigged ship was wrecked at St. Augustine in early June.[59]
Kennedy	United States	The ship was wrecked at St. Augustine in early June. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to "St. Mary's".[59]
Messenger	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[104]
Polperro	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar, Spain. Her crew survived.[123]
Providence	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean Sea off the Îles d'Hyères, Var, France. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[111]
Recovery	New South Wales	The sloop was wrecked near Port Stephens. All three people on board survived.
William	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked at St. Augustine in early June. She was on a voyage from Charleston to "St. Marys".[59]
Windsor	New South Wales	The sloop was wrecked on the Long Reef, off the coast of New South Wales.[124]

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Arethusa	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[125]
Méduse	French Navy	The Pallas-class frigate ran aground on the Arguin Bank, 15 Leagues off the coast of Mauritania and broke up slowly. Many survivors were in the ships 6 boats and an improvised 60 foot raft made up of debris tied together carrying a Midshipman, 10 sailors, 147 soldiers, some N.C.O.s and landsmen. The raft was supposed to be towed by the boats but it and the passengers were abandoned by the boats. The boats made it to shore. The Brig Argus rescued the 15 still alive on the raft on 17 July.[126]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Intrependente	Malta	The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France and subsequently came ashore at Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[108][127]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Magdelaine	France	The brig struck an anchor and sank at Bahia, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure[128]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Ecton	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off The Smalls. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a Dutch port.[111]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Jonge Anthony	Netherlands	The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked near The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam, North Holland.[129]
New York Packet	United States	The ship was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint Petersburg, Russia. New York Packet was later refloated.[41]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Ross	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax.[130]
Waterloo	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Bolderāja, Russia. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Riga, Russia.[59]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
John and Margaret	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Hythe, Kent.[108]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Jong Bastian	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore at Hook of Holland, South Holland.[127]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Whale	New South Wales	The sloop departed from Sydney for Hawkesbury. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of both crew.[131]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Favourite	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Maranhão, Brazil with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Maranhão to London.[132]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Brothers	New South Wales	The schooner was wrecked in the Kent Group. Her crew survived.[133]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Jong Jacob	Netherlands	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland.[125]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Discovery	India	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[134]
HMS Révolutionnaire	Royal Navy	The Seine-class frigate was driven ashore and severely damaged in a storm at Simon's Bay. She was refloated before 5 August.[134][135] HMS Révolutionnaire was later repaired and returned to service.
Young Phœnix	Cape Colony	The coaster was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay.[134][135]
HMS Zebra	Royal Navy	The Cruizer-class brig-sloop was severely damaged in a storm in Simon's Bay.[134] She was later repaired and returned to service.

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Dragon	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground and capsized in the River Lagan. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Norfolk, Virginia, United States.[121]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Elizabeth Henrietta	New South Wales	The brig capsized and sank in the Hunter River with the loss of two of her seven crew.

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1816

Ship	State	Description
Vrow Fyarda	Netherlands	The ship was lost near Brielle, South Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.[136]

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