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The list of shipwrecks in 1818 includes ships sunk, wrecked, or otherwise lost during 1818.

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January

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1 January

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List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1818
Ship State Description
Cornwall  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blythe Sand, in the Thames Estuary off Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from the Île de France to London. Cornwall was refloated on 6 January 1818 and proceeded to Gravesend, Kent.[1]
Ilfracombe  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Tariffa, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Tarragona, Spain.[2]

2 January

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List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1818
Ship State Description
Birtha Maria  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Zierikzee, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg.[3]
Concord  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Ilfracombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Bideford, Devon.[4]
Hoop en Verwachting  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore in the Vlie and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[5]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Tireragh, County Sligo. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sligo.[6]
William  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Oporto, Portugal with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Oporto.[7][8]

3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1818
Ship State Description
Prince Regent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Muros, Spain.[2]
William  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Staten Island, New York, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to New York.[9]

4 January

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List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1818
Ship State Description
Bernard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cork.[10] She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Jamaica. Bernard was later refloated.[11]
Expedition  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Aberdeen with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Lucia.[12]
Hibernia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blythe Sand, in the Thames Estuary off Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford.[4]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Beaver Harbour, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[13]
Thomas United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked at St. Peter's, Cape Breton. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Arichat, Nova Scotia.[14]

5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1818
Ship State Description
Judith  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Bognor, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Arundel, Sussex.[15]
Unidentified cutter The cutter was wrecked off the Isles of Scilly[16]

6 January

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List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1818
Ship State Description
London Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire.[10] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Cádiz, Spain. London Packet was refloated on 5 February and taken in to Liverpool.[17]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was lost at the mouth of the River Shannon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Limerick.[15]
Martin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Eilean Shona, Inverness-shire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Liverpool.[6]
Sally  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were subsequently rescued by Derwent ( United Kingdom). Sally was on a voyage from New York to Limerick.[18]

7 January

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List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1818
Ship State Description
Bridgewater  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Kilrush, County Clare.[5]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Berck-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London.[10]
James  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Authie near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Cephalonia, United States of the Ionian Islands to Leith, Lothian[3]
Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cucq, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to London.[5] Rose was later refloated and taken in to Boulogne.[19]

8 January

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List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1818
Ship State Description
Dart  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of all eight of her crew.[20][21]
James  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Berck. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cephalonia, Greece to Leith, Lothian.[21]

9 January

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List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1818
Ship State Description
Flora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America, to London.[15]
Francis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Terceira, Azores to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]

10 January

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List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1818
Ship State Description
Diligence  United Kingdom The ship sprung a leak and was beached at A Coruña, Spain. She was subsequently wrecked and her crew rescued.[22] She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Cádiz, Spain.[11]
Jeune Palmyre  France The ship was at the mouth of the Gironde River. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bordeaux, Gironde.[6]
Notre Dame de L'Assumption  France The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the Ebro.[2]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire with the loss of fifteen lives. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America, to Aberdeen. Perseverance was refloated on the next tide and taken in to Aberdeen.[15][23]

11 January

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List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1818
Ship State Description
Zephyr  United Kingdom The sloop capsized in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to London. Four crew members were rescued by the fishing smack Fifeshire ( United Kingdom).[15][24]

12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1818
Ship State Description
Bristol Volunteer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Ballinskerrigs Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Antigua.[25]
Caledonia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was driven ashore at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Cork.[25]
Eliza  United States The brig capsized in the Baltic Sea and was abandoned. She was bound for Lübeck.[26]
Unity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Roslie Point, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to the Clyde.[25]

13 January

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List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1818
Ship State Description
Aimwell  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[27] She was on a voyage from "Saloe" to London.[15]
Argo  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[15][24]
Hercules  United Kingdom The ship departed from Saint Domingue for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Richmond, Virginia, United States to the Clyde. Hope was later refloated and continued her voyage.[25]
Sunnyside  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[15]
Vittoria  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued by the lugger King George ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon.[23]

14 January

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List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1818
Ship State Description
Zwey Freunden  Prussia The ship was driven ashore near Stavanger, Norway. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[29]
Vittoria  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[27]

15 January

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List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1818
Ship State Description
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Borline Bank, in the Irish Sea off Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Cork.[8]
George Little  United States The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Rotterdam, South Holland.[8] George Little was refloated on 18 January and resumed her voyage.[11]
Hercules  United Kingdom The ship departed from St. Domingo for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[30]
Hibernia  United States The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Wilmington, North Carolina. Her crew survived.[31]
Lady Hill  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Troon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Troon.[11]
Lord McDonald  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Stornoway.[11]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ardmore, Barra, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas.[25] She was refloated on 20 January.[6]
Protector  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Greenock. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America, to Greenock.[25]

16 January

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List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1818
Ship State Description
John  United Kingdom The ship was last sighted on this day whilst on a voyage from London to Virginia, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[32]
Phœnix Sweden The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to "Helmstadt".[33]
Providentia Sweden The ship was driven ashore at "Okero". She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Stockholm.[17] Providentia was refloated on 27 January and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden.[34]
Wellington  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Nayland Rock, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to London. Wellington was refloated and taken in to Margate.[25]

17 January

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List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1818
Ship State Description
Concordia  Russia The ship departed from Copenhagen, Denmark for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[35]
Sutton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[25]

18 January

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List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1818
Ship State Description
Liefde  Russia The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Texel, North Holland, Netherlands to Brest, Finistère, France.[19]
Speedwell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands.[8]
Tyne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Zierikzee, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[36]

20 January

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List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1818
Ship State Description
Nelly  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Martin's Industry Shoal, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Savannah, Georgia.[37]

21 January

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List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1818
Ship State Description
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship departed from Ipswich, Suffolk for Leith, Lothian. No further trace and presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[38]
Maria Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk.[23]

22 January

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List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1818
Ship State Description
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Dingle Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland.[2] She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[39]

23 January

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1818
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Thester", Jutland. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Banff, Aberdeenshire.[40]
Hugh  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at Belfast, County Antrim.[39]

24 January

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List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1818
Ship State Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent to Thorn.[36]
Maria  Norway The ship was wrecked in the Hebrides.[41]
St. Michael  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Llanelli, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Ballydonaghan, County Clare to Llanelli.[39]

27 January

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List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1818
Ship State Description
Jane Gordon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Caernarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[39] Jane Gordon was refloated on 5 February and taken in to Caernarfon.[17]

28 January

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List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1818
Ship State Description
Union  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Foreness Rock, near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[39] She was refloated on 30 January and taken in to Margate.[11]

29 January

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List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1818
Ship State Description
British Tar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Christchurch, Dorset and Lymington, Hampshire with the loss of all on board, at least fourteen people. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to London.[11][42]
General Hamilton  United States The ship was driven ashore near the Warden Ledge, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to New York.[11] General Hamilton was refloated on 2 February and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[36]
La Plata  Portugal The ship was driven ashore at Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[39]

30 January

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List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1818
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Cabrita Point, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Gibraltar.[40] Ann was refloated on 5 February.[43]
John McCammon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the east coast of the United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to New York.[44]

31 January

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List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1818
Ship State Description
Glory  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off St David's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[45]
Hope  United States The ship was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Boston, Massachusetts.[43]
True Blue  United Kingdom The ship flat was wrecked on the West Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of three of the four people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Heligoland.[36]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon.[22] She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Swansea, Glamorgan.[11]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1818
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Maryport and Workington, Cumberland.[25]
Adventure  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, to Barbadoes. Six of her nine crew survive to be rescued on 28 January by Ann ( United Kingdom).[33]
Arethusa  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Lemnos, Greece.[46]
Brilliant  United States The ship was lost at the mouth of the Weser. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bremen.[22]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was subsequently discovered a wreck and taken in to Bergen, Norway, where she arrived on 24 January.[34]
Eunice  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Maryport and Workington.[25]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Maryport and Workington.[25]
Gustaf Adolph  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, United Kingdom.[47]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Gibraltar whilst on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America, to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[48]
Isabella United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The drogher was wrecked on a reef off Grenville in late January.[49]
Jane  United Kingdom The galiot capsized in the North Sea 20 leagues (60 nautical miles (110 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk before 30 January.[50]
Juliana  United Kingdom The ship sank at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Hamburg.[8]
Lewis  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Gironde Estuary. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bordeaux, Gironde.[5]
Lindford  Hamburg The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Helsingfors, Grand Duchy of Finland.[36]
Margaret  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Limerick.[24]
Maria  Norway The ship was wrecked on South Uist, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom in late January. She was on a voyage from Drontheim to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[17]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool.[15]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool for Trieste. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[51]
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was later refloated.[49]
Protector  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire in mid-January.[23]
Rebecca  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer, Vendée, France. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Bordeaux.[10]
Relson Maria  Norway The ship ran aground off "Torgersoen". She was on a voyage from "Dramme" to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[1]
Sally  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was discovered by Cringle ( United Kingdom and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[15]
Saxe Coburg  United Kingdom The brigantine's crew mutinied, killing all but two of her officers whilst the ship was loading in India. They plundered and burnt her.[52]
Sir John Moore  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on Tiree, Inner Hebrides with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sligo.[1]
Tennessee  United States The ship was lost at Bremen before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Bremen.[36]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[5]
Thomas Wilson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to New York. Thomas Wilson was refloated on 18 January.[49]
Ulysses United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The ship foundered while on a voyage from Jamaica to New Orleans, Louisiana.[22]

February

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1 February

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List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1818
Ship State Description
Moston  United States The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to Demerara.[53]
Syren  United Kingdom The pilot boat was wrecked on the Trinity Sand, in the Humber.[54]

3 February

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List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1818
Ship State Description
Confidence  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in Garrans Bay, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Jersey, Channel Islands. Confidence was taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall, the next day.[17]
James Hamilton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Laggan, Islay. She was on a voyage from Saltcoats, Ayrshire to Dublin.[33]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Staten Island, New York, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to New York City.[43] William was refloated in late April and taken in to New York City.[55]

4 February

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List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1818
Ship State Description
Clifton  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on Little Curaçao Island. All on board were rescued by Colonist (United Kingdom of the Netherlands Curaçao). She was on a voyage from Curaçao to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.[56]
Diamond  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran.[18]
Favourite Packet  United Kingdom The packet boat ran aground off Sangatte, Pas-de-Calais, France. All on board were rescued.[57] She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Calais.[33]
Fly  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dartmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz, Spain.[36] Fly was subsequently wrecked.[17]
Godfrey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Brodick Castle.[18]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Brodick Castle.[18]

5 February

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List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1818
Ship State Description
Diamond  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran.[45]
Godfrey  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Brodick Castle.[45]
Isabella  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Brodick Castle.[45]
Princess of Wales  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Seguin's Ledge with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bath, Maine, United States.[49]
York Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland. York Packet was refloated on 7 February and resumed her voyage.[19]

6 February

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List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1818
Ship State Description
Alpha  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Lewistown, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Down, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[53]
General Scott  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the coast of Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Philadelphia.[53]
Three Schwestern  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Utlängan, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dordrecht, South Holland.[58]

7 February

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List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1818
Ship State Description
Dove  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached near Osmington Mills, Dorset.[59] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset. Dove was refloated the next day and taken in to Weymouth.[17]
Hope  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk by Alert  United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France.[60]

8 February

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List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1818
Ship State Description
Lonsdale  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea off Loop Head, County Clare. Her crew were rescued by Margaret ( United Kingdom). Lonsdale was on a voyage from Limerick to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[31]

9 February

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List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1818
Ship State Description
Maria  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Amazon River. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Pará, Brazil.[61]

10 February

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List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1818
Ship State Description
Rose  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31]

11 February

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List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1818
Ship State Description
Young Marsh United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The sloop was wrecked on Healshire Point, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Alligator Pond to Kingston, Jamaica[62]

12 February

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List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1818
Ship State Description
Voluntario  Portugal The schooner ran aground at St. Ubes. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to Cork, United Kingdom.[63]

13 February

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List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1818
Ship State Description
Orion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Dublin.[31]

15 February

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List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1818
Ship State Description
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued.[64]

16 February

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List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1818
Ship State Description
Prince George  United Kingdom The ship, which had sprung a leak on 2 February, was beached at Edgartown, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States.[40]

18 February

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List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1818
Ship State Description
Jane  United Kingdom As the ship was returning to Greenock from Bengal, she encountered a severe gale between the Azores and the Newfoundland Banks. She was towed into Cork on 20 March, the storm having dismasted her and almost turned her into a complete wreck.[65]

20 February

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List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1818
Ship State Description
Ocean  United States The ship was driven ashore at Scawell's Point, Virginia.[66]
San Nicolo flag unknown The ship was at Missolonghi, Morea Eyalet bound for Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[67]
William  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Carnsore Point, County Wexford with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork to Wexford.[34][68]

21 February

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List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1818
Ship State Description
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at St. Mary's, Jamaica.[61]
Johannes  Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon, Portugal.[63]
Margaret United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The ship was wrecked at Prospect, Nova Scotia, with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint John, New Brunswick.[14]

22 February

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List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1818
Ship State Description
Carrier  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Westport, County Mayo.[58] Carrier was refloated by 11 March.[49]
George  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Waterford.[43][69]
Goodwill  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newhaven to Falmouth, Cornwall. Goodwill was refloated and taken back to Newhaven but struck the pier and damaged her bows[13]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southport, Lancashire.[70] She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool.[34]
Voluntario  Portugal The ship was wrecked near Gijón with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to Cork, United Kingdom.[53][71]

23 February

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List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1818
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. Eliza was later refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[63]
Emerald  United Kingdom The whaler was driven ashore at Northfleet, Kent. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to London.[63] She was refloated the next day.[34]
Prospere  France The ship was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[34]
Rambler  United Kingdom The lugger was run down and sunk by a sloop in the North Sea off Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to London.[70][72]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in the Thames Estuary with the loss of one of the three people on board. She was on a voyage from Aldeburgh, Suffolk to London.[73]
Sherbrooke  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barra, Outer Hebrides with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[74]
Tibbut  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Bilbao, Spain.[70]

24 February

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List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1818
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Padstow, Cornwall.[34]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Padstow.[34]
Bellam  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Padstow.[34]
Cervantes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. she was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Jamaica.[49] Cervantes was refloated before 23 March and put back to the Clyde for repairs.[75]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Padstow.[34]
Eliza and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London.[70]
Emanuel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow.[34]
Gemini  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Sligo.[58] Gemini was refloated in mid-March.[49]
Goodintent  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Padstow.[34]
Lord Howe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Padstow.[34]
Luck  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Padstow.[34]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[34][70][76]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States.[49] Neptune was later refloated and arrived at New York on 2 March.[75]
Supply  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Padstow with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London.[70][76]
Tamer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Padstow.[34]
Valency  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Padstow.[34]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Padstow.[34]
Villiam  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Padstow.[34]
Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Padstow.[34]

25 February

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List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1818
Ship State Description
America  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Nieuw Diep, North Holland, Netherlands.[77]
Hoogen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Nieuw Diep.[77]
Marmion  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore in the Nieuw Diep.[77]
Mercurius  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore in the Nieuw Diep.[77]
Mevagissey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at St. Michael's Island, Plymouth, Devon.[34]

26 February

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List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1818
Ship State Description
Amitié  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands to Marennes, Charente-Maritime.[43]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on St. Michael's Island, Plymouth, Devon.[34]
Joseph  United States The ship was wrecked on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[77]
Mother & Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Sligo.[78]
Nepthunus  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on the "Tindwall".[77]

27 February

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List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1818
Ship State Description
Frederick  France The ship ran aground and sank at Barcelona, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Barcelona.[46]

28 February

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List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1818
Ship State Description
Ancient Briton  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Minehead, Somerset.[46]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. John's Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[77]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near St. Peter's, Cape Breton Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[14]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. She put into Fowey, Cornwall, where she was beached.[43]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Mare Rocks, near Exmouth, Devon.[43]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1818
Ship State Description
Active  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Dingle, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Limerick.[69]
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore by ice on Coney Island, New York City, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to New York.[79]
Brilliant  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Dingle Bay. She was on a voyage from Limerick to the Clyde.[33]
Clarissa Ann  United States The brig ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Gibraltar. Clarissa Ann was later refloated and arrived at Nassau, Bahamas on 4 February.[62]
Drotning Christina Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Craney Island, Virginia, United States. She was refloated by 25 February.[35]
HMS Eden  Royal Navy The sixth rate was sunk at Hamoaze, Devon in early February in an effort to cure dry rot. She was subsequently refloated for repairs.[80]
Good Hoop  Netherlands The ship departed from Surinam for Amsterdam, North Holland in early February. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
Jason  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank off South Shields, county Durham.[63]
Jean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire, in late February. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool. Jean was refloated on 27 February.[43]
Jeanne  France The brig was abandoned in the English Channel by her crew, who had bored several holes in her hull. She was subsequently discovered by HMRC Hind ( Board of Customs) and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[50]
Johannes  Hamburg The ship ran aground off Amrum, Duchy of Schleswig. she was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France, to Hamburg.[36]
Moses  United States The ship was lost at "Ourtan" in late February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[29]
Nanette  France The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Catalonia, Spain, before 9 March. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, to Aux Cayes, Haiti.[53] Nanette was later refloated.[75]
Paulina  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Lemnos, Greece.[81]
Proven  Denmark The ship was lost off the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Africa.[36]
Seaton  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool for Baltimore, Maryland, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[82]
Shannon  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Port Antonia, Jamaica to London. Shannon was later refloated and arrived at Nassau, Bahamas on 21 February.[62]
St Maria  Russia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Haapsalu. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Riga.[17]
Vertrouven  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea.[83]
William Brown  United Kingdom The ship was presumed to have foundered in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[50]

March

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1 March

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List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1818
Ship State Description
Blucher  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de France, Mauritius.[84]
Ceres  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Shermalee". She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Newry, County Antrim.[78]
Ceres  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the Île de France.[84]
HMS Magicienne  Royal Navy The fifth-rate frigate sank at the Île de France during a hurricane. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[84][85][86]
Margaret  United States The ship was wrecked on Little Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to New York[87]
Melantho  France The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at the Île de France.[84][86]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore crewless at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken to Cromer, where she had to be run ashore and was subsequently wrecked.[88]
Paix  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de France.[51]

2 March

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List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1818
Ship State Description
Cornest or Gornest  United Kingdom The ship was presumed to have foundered in Liverpool Bay off Southport, Lancashire.[88]
Prince Regent  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Woodbridge, Suffolk. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[81]
Wood Pecker  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Lypskjaren". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Helsingør, Denmark.[79][89]
Whim United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The sloop was wrecked at Spring Garden Point.[62]

3 March

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List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1818
Ship State Description
Flora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was later refloated but found to be severely damaged.[9]
Glory  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent.[90] She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[91]
Juno  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued.[9] Juno was later refloated and taken in to South Shields.[49]
Laurel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Shields. She was later refloated but found to be severely damaged.[9]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Black Middens.[9]
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Shields. She was later refloated but found to be severely damaged.[9]
Peace  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Spanish Battery Rocks, off Tynemouth, Northumberland with the loss of her captain.[9]
Robert and Frances  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields.[9]
Two Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields.[9]
Weazel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Boston, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[58]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Shields. She was later refloated but found to be severely damaged.[9]

4 March

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List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1818
Ship State Description
Alpha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was later refloated and taken in to Sunderland.[78]
Amity  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex.[92] She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London.[88]
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall, with the loss of two of her crew.[93]
Ant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southampton, Hampshire.[92]
Argo  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Finnyfauld, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all five of her crew.[91] She was on a voyage from Alnmouth, Northumberland to Aberdeen.[46]
Argus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands[94] Argus was refloated on 19 March and taken in to Ramsgate.[53]
Asia British East India Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to London.[92][94] Asia was refloated on 19 March and taken in to Ramsgate.[53]
Auckland  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from London to Cork.[94] Auckland was refloated on 9 March and taken in to Ramsgate.[78]
Brilliant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[78]
Caroline  United States The ship was lost in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, to New Orleans, Louisiana.[32]
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Corton, Suffolk and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Ceres  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex with the loss of a crew member.[95] She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Rye.[88]
Cornelia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate with some loss of life.[95]
Donegal  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hubberstone Pill, Milford, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Down to London.[78]
Eagle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Selsey, Sussex.[78][88]
Earl Leicester  United Kingdom The Post Office packet ship was driven ashore and damaged at Milford. She was later refloated.[78]
Ebenezer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Corton. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[78]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[94] Elizabeth was subsequently condemned as beyond repair.[29]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southampton.[92]
Fame
Maria
 United Kingdom The sloop Fame was driven into the brig Maria at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Both vessels were damaged, Maria severely.[78]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from London to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[88][93][95] Fortitude was refloated on 7 April and taken in to Ramsgate.[96]
Francis  United States The ship was lost between Portland, Dorset and The Needles, Isle of Wight. Four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, to Bremen.[29]
Friends Desire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rye. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Southampton, Hampshire.[88]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[9]
George  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent.[92]
Glory  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from London to Montserrat.[88] Glory was refloated on 9 March and taken in to Ramsgate.[78]
Hamsley  United Kingdom The ship foundered in The Solent. Her crew were rescued.[92]
Hannah  United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore at Ramsgate.[94] She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[78]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Sandwich Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Brest, Finistère, France.[88]
Hartley  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk off Ramgate by a Swedish vessel.[97] She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[78]
Jeune Cecile  France The ship was wrecked near Start Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Caen, Calvados.[78]
Kingston  United Kingdom The ship sank at Southampton.[92]
La Mercuria  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands, between 20 and 30 people.[78][92][93][98]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire.[88] She was refloated on 9 March.[78]
Lucy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Laugharne Sands. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Jersey, Channel Islands.[44]
Maria Sweden The schooner was damaged at Penzance.[78]
Marquis of Wellington British East India Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent.[91][92]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea of Douglas, Isle of Man with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[79][97]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Corton and Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[9] She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[78] Mary was refloated on 10 March.[46]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Coquet Island, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[78]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Waterford and Newfoundland, British North America.[88] Mary Ann was later refloated.[78]
Metcalf  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore in the River Humber at Hull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Leeds, Yorkshire.[9] Metcalf was later refloated and taken in to Hull.[78]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from London to Demerara.[88][94] Minerva was refloated on 8 March and taken in to Ramsgate.[78]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Ullapool, Ross-shire.[99] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States.[100]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged at Milford when another vessel was driven into her during a gale. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[78]
Nayade  United Kingdom The galiot was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight.[92]
Parker & Sons  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Birkenhead, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana. Parker & Sons was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[78]
Peace  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Prior's Haven, County Durham with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to North Shields, County Durham.[78]
Prince Edward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southampton.[92]
Providence  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore in the River Humber at Hull. She was on a voyage from Leeds to London.[9] Providence was later refloated and taken in to Hull.[78]
Queen Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Southampton.[92]
Rambler  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southampton.[92]
Rover  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[9][78]
Sandwich  United Kingdom The ship Post Office packet ship was driven ashore and damaged at Milford. She was later refloated.[78]
Speedwell  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Steel Rocks, in the North Sea off Whitburn, Northumberland with the loss of three of the nine people on board.[9][101]
Speedwell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sunderland with the loss of two lives.[78]
Théresa  France The ship was driven ashore at Rye.[95] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Toulon, Var to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[88]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands.[94] Thomas was refloated on 8 March and taken in to Ramsgate.[78]
Triton  Denmark The galiot was driven ashore in Stokes Bay. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Triton was refloated on 3 April and taken in to Cowes.[92][102]
Ulrica  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from London to Maranhão, Brazil.[88]
Wohlfarth  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Sicily.[92][94] Wohlfarth was refloated on 24 March and taken in to Ramsgate.[49]

5 March

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List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1818
Ship State Description
Amity  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London. Amity was refloated on 20 March and taken in to the River Thames.[53]
Ant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Southampton, Hampshire.[88]
Assiduous  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire.[88]
Catharine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[88] She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Lisbon, Portugal. Catharine was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[78]
Christopher Gore  United States The ship was wrecked on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[29]
Clotilde  United States The ship was lost off Cape Henry, Virginia, with the loss of eleven lives. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[103]
Duke of Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Southampton.[88]
Ebenezer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk.[88]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Southampton.[88]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Corton. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London.[88] Friendship was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[78]
Helmsley  United Kingdom The ship foundered at Spithead, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth.[88]
Johanna Dorothea Greifswald The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Greifswald to London. Johanna Dorothea was later refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[104]
Leander  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all but two of her crew.[46]
Malta  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope.[105]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London.[88]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Varberg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Nayade  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Port Mahon, Mallorca, Spain.[43]
Prince Edward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Southampton.[88]
Princess of Wales  United States The ship was wrecked on Seguin's Ledge with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bath, Maine.[66]
Queen Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Southampton.[88]
Rambler  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southampton.[88]
Ruby  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Paternoster Rocks, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Copenhagen, Denmark.[89]
Stockton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft.[88] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. Stockton was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[78]
Triton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hell Head, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[88]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1818
Ship State Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent.[93]
Drie Geboreders  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Charente-Maritime, France. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France, to Rotterdam, South Holland.[79]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats, Kent. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America, to London.[78] Hannah was refloated on 24 March and taken in to Ramsgate.[49]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate.[93]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Malta to London.[78]

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1818
Ship State Description
Celestine  France The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. Celestine subsequently refloated and was taken in to Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands the next day.[46]
La Marie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[53]

9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1818
Ship State Description
Enterprize  United States The ship was lost off Belize. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to New Orleans, Louisiana.[87]
Jane & Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Petten, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of all but three of her crew.[29]
Prudent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Antwerp, Netherlands.[29]
Zenophon  United States The ship ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea and was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Amsterdam, North Holland.[29]

10 March

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1818
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[79]
Adventure  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fanø, Jutland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[66][107]
Amelia  United Kingdom The ship was driven at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Waterford and Liverpool.[46]
Carolina  Portugal The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near L'Orient, Morbihan, France, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cork, United Kingdom to Lisbon.[48]
Dublin  United Kingdom The ship was lost at La Teste-de-Buch, Gironde, France. Six of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Jamaica.[53]
Elizabeth & Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Goree, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland. Elizabeth & Ann was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[53]
George  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Swin Bottoms, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber.[106] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Copenhagen, Denmark.[104]
Gertrude  France The ship was driven ashore at Calais. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Caen, Calvados.[29] Gertrude was refloated on 24 March and taken in to Calais.[102]
Good Hope  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off the Île d'Oléron.[89]
Holland  United States The ship was driven ashore at Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[29]
Jane  United Kingdom The brig sank off Hamburg.[89]
Martha  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Douglas Bay with the loss of all hands.[46]
Portugal Invincival  Portugal The ship was wrecked at Oporto. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Vigo, Spain and Oporto.[104]

11 March

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List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1818
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Plouescat, Finistère. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Jamaica.[53]
Elizabeth Ann  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore on Goree, South Holland, Netherlands.[29]
Increase  United States The ship was abandoned off Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées. She was on a voyage from Marblehead, Massachusetts, to Bilbao, Spain.[106]
John Winsloe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Calshot Castle, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to London.[46]
Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Lyme, Dorset to Aberdeen.[29]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.[106]

12 March

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List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1818
Ship State Description
Bardwell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Orford, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Southwold, Suffolk.[29]
Dorothy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Jamaica.[66]
Elbe  United Kingdom The whaler was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to the Davis Strait.[29]
Free Briton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Orford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leeds, Yorkshire to Colchester, Essex.[29]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[29]
Thames  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.[29][46]
Zealand  Netherlands The ship capsized at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Middelburg, Zeeland to Cádiz, Spain.[46]

13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1818
Ship State Description
George  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Waterford.[89]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Leith.[29]
Young Sachem  United States The ship was lost in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to New Orleans, Louisiana.[32]

14 March

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List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1818
Ship State Description
Dispatch  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Barnstaple, Devon.[104][106]
Increase  United States The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay off Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France and subsequently came ashore there. She was on a voyage from Marblehead, Massachusetts, to Bilboa, Spain.[104]
Russel  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and was subsequently wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex.[108] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Newhaven.[29]

15 March

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List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1818
Ship State Description
Cardiff Castle  United Kingdom The sloop was destroyed by fire near Minehead, Somerset. Her crew were rescued.[79]
Friends Increase  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent.[29]
Summer  United Kingdom The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent.[48]

18 March

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List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1818
Ship State Description
Jonge Hermanus  Netherlands The ship ran aground on Sylt, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland.[106]

19 March

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List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1818
Ship State Description
Nova Aurora  Portugal The ship was captured by the privateer Patriota ( Brazilian insurgents) whilst on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil, to Oporto. She was set afire and sunk.[109]
Serpente  Portugal The ship was captured by the privateer Patriota ( Brazilian insurgents) whilst bound for Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil. She was set afire and sunk.[109]

20 March

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List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1818
Ship State Description
Agenoria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.[81]
Ruby  United Kingdom The ship departed from Montrose, Forfarshire for Riga, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[110]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1818
Ship State Description
Cottage  United Kingdom The ship departed from Leith, Lothian for Exeter, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[111]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship sank at Brest, Finistère, France.[81]

22 March

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1818
Ship State Description
British Trader  United Kingdom The brig struck the Memory Bank, off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Greenock, Renfrewshire. British Trader was later refloated.[103]
Desire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth. Desire was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, where she sank.[53]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Memory Bank. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Clyde.[87][103]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to A Coruña, Spain. Sarah was later refloated.[49]
Satellite  Portugal The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Bahia, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Alagoas.[109]
Summer  United Kingdom The ship sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[53]
Tartar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Stranraer, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Dantzig. Tartar was refloated on 24 March and resumed her voyage.[104]
Trader  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Little Bahama Bank. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Greenock, Renfrewshire. Trader was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[87]
Two Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Little Bahama Bank. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[87]

23 March

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List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1818
Ship State Description
Charles  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Scheldt at Antwerp, Netherlands.[106] She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Liverpool, Lancashire.[104]
Flora  Prussia The ship was driven ashore near Memel. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Memel.[112] Flora was refloated on 31 March and taken in to Memel.[113]
Jane United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The schooner capsized off the Isle of Pines, Cuba with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Kingston to New Orleans, Louisiana.[111]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Marazion, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Sarah was later refloated.[49]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1818
Ship State Description
Dumbarton Castle United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Antigua The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from North Carolina, United States to Antigua. Her crew were rescued.[87]

25 March

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List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1818
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea.[106]
Assiduous  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Neath, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Neath to London.[104]
Belt  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued.[81] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Memel.[75]
Ganges  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire, and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork. Ganges was later refloated.[104]
Halcyon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[104]

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1818
Ship State Description
William  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais, France, with the loss of one of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to Brest, Finistère, France.[114]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1818
Ship State Description
Pursuit  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[113]

29 March

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List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1818
Ship State Description
General Marion  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hempstead, New York. She was on a voyage from the Cape Verde Islands to New York City.[103]
Lord Lyndock  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Plate. She was refloated on 3 April. Lord Lyndock was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[115]
Speculator  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Jersey, Channel Islands.[102]
Swea  Portugal The ship departed from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany for Lisbon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[116]

30 March

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List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1818
Ship State Description
Peter & Emma  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Gibraltar.[113]

31 March

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List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1818
Ship State Description
Dinas  United Kingdom The ship struck the Runnel Stone and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London.[102]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall, by the schooner George ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Newlyn fishermen. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Milford, Pembrokeshire.[38][102][117]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1818
Ship State Description
Alexander  France The ship was wrecked near New Providence, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Havana, Cuba.[109]
Alpha  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Delaware River.[89]
Amor de Patria  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Vigo, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Oporto[104]
Ann and Isabella  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the mouth of the River Foyle with the loss of all hands.[71] She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Londonderry.[49]
Annie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Bute in mid-March. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Down to the Clyde.[53]
Argus  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off Ramsgate, Kent.[92][93]
Asia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Ramsgate.[91]
Betsey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in West Loch Tarbert, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Belfast, County Antrim.[58]
Dublin Packet  United States The ship was driven ashore at Waterford, United Kingdom. She was later refloated.[29]
Glory  United States The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Pará River. She was on a voyage from Maranhão to Pará, Brazil. Glory was refloated and taken in to port, but was condemned.[118]
Hibernia  United Kingdom The ship foundered off North Uist, Outer Hebrides with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Sligo.[89]
Jane  United Kingdom The brig is presumed to have foundered in the North Sea off Nordervogelsang, Duchy of Holstein on or before 4 March.[79]
Julian Thomas  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[66]
La Caroline  France The sloop was wrecked on the Dutch coast.[119]
Lily United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Antigua The schooner was wrecked in the Grenadines with the loss of all but her captain.[103]
Lord Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent. All on board were rescued.[93]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Courantyne River, Surinam. She was refloated and taken to Barbadoes where she was condemned.[103]
Medway  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Swine Bottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia.[75]
Onderneeming  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland before 3 March. She was refloated on that date. Onderneeming was on a voyage from Berbice to Amsterdam, North Holland.[29]
Rose  France The ship was driven ashore near L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer, Vendée. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Tenerife, Canary Islands.[53] Rose was refloated on 24 March and put into La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime for repairs.[96]
Shakespeare  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Abaco Islands.[103]
Speculation  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on the Île de Batz, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Barcelona, Spain.[29]
Victory  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Blyth Sand. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London. Victory was later refloated.[46]
Watson  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Shetland Islands.[120]
William Flounders  United Kingdom The ship was lost near South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool.[53]
Wilkin  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel on or before 29 March. A boat from the ship was found off Calais, France, by HMS Pioneer ( Royal Navy).[102]

April

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1 April

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List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1818
Ship State Description
Keddington  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Attwood's Key. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[118][121]

2 April

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List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1818
Ship State Description
Goed Hoop  Netherlands The ship was sighted off Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom whilst bound for Antwerp. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[122]
Lily  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. Lily was refloated on 4 April and taken in to South Shields.[102]
Molly  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Minehead, Somerset to Hayle, Cornwall. Molly was later refloated and taken in to St. Ives.[102]
Socalker  Norway The ship sprang a leak and foundered 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Ballyshannon, County Donegal, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Ballyshannon to Trondheim.[122]

3 April

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List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1818
Ship State Description
Rover  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Stettin.[35]
Shellalagh  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and lost her rudder. She was consenquently driven ashore and wrecked at Wexford. all on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Belfast, county Antrim.[96]

4 April

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List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1818
Ship State Description
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[102]
Nieuve Hope  Prussia The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Pillau with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[35][122]

5 April

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List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1818
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank at Achil Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Newport, Monmouthshire.[38][112]
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Littlehampton, Sussex and capsized. She was on a voyage from Arundel, Sussex to Swansea, Glamorgan.[102]
Matthew  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Waterford to Galway.[112]

6 April

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List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1818
Ship State Description
Lady Stanley  United Kingdom The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by Echo ( United Kingdom).[122]
Laurel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Rye, Sussex. Laurel was refloated the next day and taken in to Dover.[96][102]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Carmarthen Bay. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Swansea, Glamorgan.[96]
Platoff  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kiel, Duchy of Schleswig to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[113]
Resolution United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was wrecked in Mount's Bay with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Dublin.[96]

7 April

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List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1818
Ship State Description
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Borucyra Shoal and capsized. She was on a voyage from Vigo, Spain, to a French port.[61][62]
Providence  France The ship was wrecked in Carmarthen Bay. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Dunkerque, Nord.[122]
Sonne  Prussia The ship was lost near Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Bremen.[123]
William  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea. She was refloated but being leaky was beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. William was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Plymouth, Devon.[96]

8 April

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List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1818
Ship State Description
Cumberland  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Potomac River, United States. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to the West Indies[87]
Lavinia  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[123]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Varberg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to stettin. Mary was later refloated.[35]
Ocean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France.[38] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Charente.[113]
Père de Famille  France The brig was driven ashore at Lancing, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Calais.[112] Père de Famille was later refloated and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[124]

9 April

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List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1818
Ship State Description
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Ballyteague, County Wexford, with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Prince Edward Island, British North America.[38]
Carolina Johanna  Russia The ship was driven ashore near "Zandszcort". She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Riga.[113]
Retreat  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[113]
Surat  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[124]
Victoria Sweden The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Marazion and Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[112]

10 April

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List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1818
Ship State Description
Marchioness of Anglesey  United Kingdom The schooner was lost at Dulas, Anglesey with the loss of fifteen of the eighteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Amlwch, Anglesey.[38][125]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Cemlyn, Anglesey. Four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec, British North America.[125]
Newry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bray, County Wicklow with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newry, County Antrim.[38]
Nika  Prussia The ship was driven ashore on the Niding, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel to Dublin, United Kingdom.[124]
Pomona  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Caicos Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[109]
Swiftsure  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on Carmel Point, Anglesey with the loss of all hands.[113][125]

11 April

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List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1818
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Riga, Russia.[62]
Beresford  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Topsham, Devon.[112]
Francis  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[38][113]
Henry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America.[38]
Jason  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire.[112]
Kitty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[38][113]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Leith, Lothian.[38][113]

12 April

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List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1818
Ship State Description
Ceres Bremen The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bremen to Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Jonge Vrow Elizabeth ( Netherlands).[126]
Fortuna  France The ship was driven ashore at "Pollet", Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.[35]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship struck some rocks and was wrecked at Aberthaw, Glamorgan. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Carmarthen.[122]
Industry  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to London.[38][127]

14 April

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List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1818
Ship State Description
St. Charles  France The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord.[123]
St. George  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Norway to Falmouth, Cornwall. St. George was refloated on 16 April and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[113]
Vitoire  France The ship struck an anchor and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[14]
William & Mary  United Kingdom The ship ram aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex to South Shields, County Durham. William & Mary was refloated but consequently had to be beached.[113]

15 April

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List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1818
Ship State Description
Sophie  France The galiot was driven ashore at "St. Roque".[14]

16 April

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List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1818
Ship State Description
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Alcochete, Portugal.[123]
Solinde Unknown The ship was lost off Fehmarn, Duchy of Schleswig.[62]
Traveller  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Alcochete.[123]
Victoria Sweden The ship capsized at Gothenburg. She was refloated on 18 April.[128]

17 April

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List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1818
Ship State Description
Aline Lübeck The brig was abandoned in the English Channel off Calais, France, with the loss of three of the eleven people on board. Survivors were rescued by a Dutch galiot. Aline was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[124]
Continencen Sweden The ship ran aground in the Islas Sisargas, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal.[87]
Friendship  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Catoira, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Trieste.[87] Friendshiplater floated off and was taken in to Ferrol for repairs.[51]
Tarleton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope.[129] She was consequently condemned.[115]

18 April

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List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1818
Ship State Description
Amphion  Russia The ship was lost on "Salt Quay".[84]
Numa  United States The French frigate Néréide ( France) ran down and sank Numa, of Baltimore, returning there in ballast from Amsterdam. The master and most of the crew jumped or were taken aboard the frigate. Lady Mary Pelham ( United States) brought the mate and steward into New York.[130]
Odessa  Russia The ship was lost at the mouth of the Rhône.[131]
Tarleton  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to the Cape of Good Hope.[132]

20 April

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List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1818
Ship State Description
Lord Lyndock  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Plate 6 nautical miles (11 km) downstream of Buenos Aires, Argentina.[115] She was refloated the next day.[133]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Spaniard Sand. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London.[124]

21 April

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List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1818
Ship State Description
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in ice off Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America, with the loss of two of her crew.[115][134]

22 April

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List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1818
Ship State Description
Clementina  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to Stettin.[111]

23 April

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List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1818
Ship State Description
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was beached at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. Diana was refloated the next day.[135]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Heaps Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[124]
Marli United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grenada The sloop struck a reef off Grenada and was damaged. She was later refloated and taken in to St. George's.[136]
Paulina  Netherlands The ship was destroyed by fire in the Niewe Diep.[123]

24 April

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List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1818
Ship State Description
Patience Success  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned by her crew in the North Sea off Cromer Norfolk and subsequently foundered.[135]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was lost at the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Gibraltar.[135]
Unity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all hands.[28][30]

25 April

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List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1818
Ship State Description
Patience  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew survived.[123]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Gibraltar.[123]

27 April

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List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1818
Ship State Description
Solen  United Kingdom The ship was struck by lightning in the Atlantic Ocean and consequently destroyed by fire. All on board, nearly 50 people, were rescued by Poacher ( United Kingdom). Solen was on a voyage from London to New York, United States.[118]
Thetis  United States The ship was driven ashore on The Shingles. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Baltimore, Maryland.[30]
Wakefield  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to London[30]
Venus  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock and was severely damaged. She was later refloated and taken in to Margate, Kent.[30]

28 April

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List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1818
Ship State Description
Amelia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Jardines de la Reina, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Trinidad de Cuba to Cork.[84]
Pallas  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (47°02′N 33°30′W / 47.033°N 33.500°W / 47.033; -33.500). All on board were rescued by Fortune ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Miramichi Bay.[126][137]

29 April

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List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1818
Ship State Description
Wakefield  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent.[138] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to London.[28]

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Ship State Description
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in Hudson Bay in early April.[139]
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by ice in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew.[51]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Little Bahama Bank. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[126]
Endeavour  Prussia The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[140]
Forskin  Denmark The ship was lost near Harburg, Hamburg.[102]
Gotha  Sweden The ship was sunk by ice in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Archangelsk, Russia.[134]
Hannah United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grenada The drogher was wrecked on the South Reef, off "La Boge" in late April.[136]
King George  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Biminies, off New Providence, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[109]
Madelina Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Troy[verification needed], Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[87]
Maria  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew survived.[127]
Nancy & Mary  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak off Cape Ann, Massachusetts, United States and was beached at the mouth of the Kennebec River. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Liverpool.[111] Nancy & Mary was subsequently repaired.[105]
Norval  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Sinclair's Bay, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to an American port.[113]
Oris  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to New York, United States.[61]
Two Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Little Bahama Bank. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Liverpool.[126]

May

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1 May

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List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1818
Ship State Description
Augusta Henrietta Dantzig The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Shapinsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Augusta Henrietta was later refloated.[52]
Louisa  United States The ship was wrecked in the River Plate.[141]

3 May

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List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1818
Ship State Description
Atlas  United States The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Belém Tower, Lisbon, Portugal. She was later refloated.[118]
Twee Gebroeders Duchy of Holstein The ship was run down and sunk in the Thames Estuary off Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom by the hoy Grand Falconer ( United Kingdom). Twee Gebroeders was on a voyage from Tönningen to London, United Kingdom.[103]

4 May

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List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1818
Ship State Description
Altaveda  Portugal The schooner exploded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, United States with the loss of 23 of her crew.[142]
Hartford  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[103]
Ida  Prussia The ship was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to London, United Kingdom. Ida was later refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[128]
Susanna  United Kingdom The ship struck ice in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Miramichi Bay.[134]
Triton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Georgetown and Alexandria to Figueira da Foz.[143]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1818
Ship State Description
Catherine Griffith  United Kingdom The ship was run aground at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Valparaíso, Chile.[103]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked north of Sandhamn, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Kirkwall, Orkney Islands.[111]
Fortuna  Denmark The ship was wrecked at St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Aalborg to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[137]
Liverpool Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Harwich, Essex. Liverpool Packet floated off on 7 May and was taken in to Penzance, Cornwall.[52]
Vermont  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Swine Bottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to a Baltic port.[87]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1818
Ship State Description
John  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Thomas Gibbons ( United States) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (45°00′N 38°12′W / 45.000°N 38.200°W / 45.000; -38.200). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[111]

13 May

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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1818
Ship State Description
Nancy and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Whitsand Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall, to Swansea, Glamorgan.[118][121]
Richard & Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay. she was on a voyage from Exmouth to Plymouth, Devon.[118]
Somerset  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Rochester, Kent.[118]

15 May

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List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1818
Ship State Description
Blue-Eyed Maid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Poole, Dorset.[118]
Duke of Clarence  United Kingdom The ship departed from the Île de Noirmoutier, Vendée, France for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[109]
William Carlton  United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.[144]

16 May

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List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1818
Ship State Description
Eberhardina  Prussia The ship was wrecked on the Falster Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[84]

17 May

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List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1818
Ship State Description
Barbadoes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Demerara.[131]
Cæsar  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[82]
Carin Sweden The ship ran aground off Landsort. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Stockholm.[131]
Redligheten Sweden The ship ran aground off Helsingborg. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Kingdom of Sardinia to "Sundwell".[131]

18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1818
Ship State Description
Bonetta Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was driven ashore on Paolo Island. She was on a voyage from Livorno to liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Bonetta was later refloated and taken in to Cagliari, Sardinia, where she was condemned.[82][129]
Chilham Castle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anegada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Campeche. Mexico.[132]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[145] Her crew were rescued.[146]
Rambler  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[145] Her crew were rescued.[146]
Packet Real  Portugal The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope with the loss of twenty slaves. She was on a voyage from Mozambique to San Salvador.[145][146]

20 May

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List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1818
Ship State Description
Richard and Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay. She was on a voyage from Exmouth to Plymouth, Devon.[121]
Somerset  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Rochester, Kent.[121]

22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1818
Ship State Description
Anna Sophia Rostock The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Rostock. Anna Sophia was later refloated and taken in to North Shields for repairs.[111]
Henriette  Hamburg The ship sprang a leak and capsized in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was abandoned by her crew. Henriette was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Dover, Kent and Hamburg. She was subsequently towed in to Hastings, Sussex by Argus and Eagle (both  United Kingdom).[111]

23 May

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List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1818
Ship State Description
Kelton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wilmington, Delaware, United States.[51]
Ruth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wilmington. She was on a voyage from Wilmington to Liverpool, Lancashire.[51]
Wheathill  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Charmouth, Dorset. She put into Bridlington, Yorkshire, where she struck the pier and was damaged.[111]

25 May

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List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1818
Ship State Description
Honor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London.[147] Honor was refloated the next day.[84]

27 May

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List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1818
Ship State Description
William  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Rebecca Point, Saint Vincent with the loss of one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London.[132]

31 May

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List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1818
Ship State Description
Vertrouwen  Netherlands The ship sank near "Abs". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hamburg.[55]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1818
Ship State Description
Bell and Susan  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire and was wrecked.[137] She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[52]
Bello Corunes  Spain Argentine War of Independence: The ship was captured by an insurgent privateer and was run ashore near Newport, Rhode Island, United States before 27 May. She was on a voyage from Tarragona to Veracruz, Viceroyalty of New Granada. Bello Corunes was later refloated and taken in to Newport.[131]
Frederick  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Flinders, New Holland with the ultimate loss of 23 of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by Duke of Wellington ( United Kingdom).
Gotha Sweden The ship was sunk by ice in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Archangelsk, Russia.[115]
Jenny  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. Jenny was later refloated and taken in to "Rerme" (Rønne?) for repairs.[55]
Nancy  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and was beached on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Barbadoes.[84]
Patterson  United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands on or before 18 April. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France, to New Orleans, Louisiana.[51][134][148]

June

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6 June

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List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1818
Ship State Description
Diana  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the James & Mary's Sand, India.[149]

10 June

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List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1818
Ship State Description
Patty and Harriet  United States The sloop capsized in the Hudson River off Fort Montgomery, New York during a squall with the loss of seven of her crew.[150]
Recovery  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence off the Magdalen Islands. Her sixteen crew were rescued on 11 May by Middleton ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Hull to Miramichi Bay[134][151][152]

14 June

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List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1818
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks in the Bay of Fundy and was wrecked. All on board were rescued by HMS Dee ( Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[145]

15 June

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List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1818
Ship State Description
Concord United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Saint Vincent The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Fort Charlotte, Saint Vincent.[153]
Georgia  United States The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in the Currituck Inlet. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Darien, Georgia.[154]
Unicorn United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Trinidad The schooner was wrecked in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago. All on board were rescued.[153]

16 June

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List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1818
Ship State Description
Sir Henry Mildmay  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Carrières-sur-Seine, Yvelines, France. She was on a voyage from Charleston, Renfrewshire to Honfleur, Calvados and "Candebec", France.[51]

20 June

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List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1818
Ship State Description
Supply  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the "Gillege". She was later refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[82]

22 June

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List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1818
Ship State Description
Guadeloupe  Portugal The brig was captured and sunk in the River Plate by Maipo ( Argentina). She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[155]
Hope  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bridport, Dorset to London.[84] Hope was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[51]

23 June

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List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1818
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Salt River, Cape of Good Hope.[156]

25 June

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List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1818
Ship State Description
Betty  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Belfast, County Antrim.[134]

26 June

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List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1818
Ship State Description
Clarissa and Eliza  United States The schooner was struck by a waterspout in the Atlantic Ocean off Barnegat, New Jersey, and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to New York.[145]
Ryzende Zon  Russia The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to London, United Kingdom.[129]

28 June

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List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1818
Ship State Description
Liverpool  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Calliaqua, Saint Vincent.[153]

29 June

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List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1818
Ship State Description
Emmeline  United States The ship capsized in a squall and foundered whilst on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Trinidad.[141]
St. Johann  Norway The ship struck a rock and sank off Rust Island, off Bodø. Her crew were rescued.[153]

30 June

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List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1818
Ship State Description
David Clark  United Kingdom The ship was dismasted in a heavy gale in the China Sea. She arrived at Batavia on 2 September.[157]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1818
Ship State Description
General Kempt  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Riga. General Kempt was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[115]
Resource  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to an English port.[51]
Rotterdam  Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Worden Ledge, in the Netherlands East Indies and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[158]
Triumph  Prussia The ship was lost in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to London, United Kingdom.[82]

July

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2 July

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List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1818
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire.[82] She floated off the next day.[159]

3 July

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List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1818
Ship State Description
Three Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the "North-East Bay", Davis Straits. Her crew were rescued.[160]

4 July

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List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1818
Ship State Description
Joan  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Colleradoes, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Norfolk, Virginia, United States.[161]

5 July

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List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1818
Ship State Description
Providence  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Tyne. She was refloated but consequently had to be beached for repairs.[129]

7 July

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List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1818
Ship State Description
Cabalva British East India Company
Cabalva.
The East Indiaman was wrecked in the Mascarene Islands, in the Indian Ocean, with the loss her Captain and sixteen of her crew when her Longboat sank.[162][163][164][165]

12 July

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List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1818
Ship State Description
Mars  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to London.[166]

14 July

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List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1818
Ship State Description
Beauty  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Martinique with the loss of at least 22 lives.[116]

18 July

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List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1818
Ship State Description
Sprightly  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Kinsale, County Cork.[167]

20 July

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List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1818
Ship State Description
Crisis  United States The ship sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Antwerp, Netherlands. She put into Wilmington, Delaware, where she was driven ashore and wrecked on this date.

22 July

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List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1818
Ship State Description
Penrhyn  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Two Friends ( United Kingdom). Penrhyn was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Newfoundland, British North America.[167]

23 July

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List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1818
Ship State Description
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Liverpool, Lancashire.[167]

25 July

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List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1818
Ship State Description
Georgia  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked south of the Currituck Inlet. Her crew were rescued.[144][168]

26 July

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List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1818
Ship State Description
John Winslow  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Main Reef, off "Cocoa Nut Keep". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to British Honduras.[116]

27 July

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List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1818
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was later refloated and put into Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.[169]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1818
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Ballyhalbert, County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Cork.[146]
Cicero  United States The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to