List of shipwrecks in 1804

The list of shipwrecks in 1804 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1804.

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January

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1 January

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List of shipwrecks: January 1804
Ship State Description
Phoenix  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[1]

2 January

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List of shipwrecks: January 1804
Ship State Description
Commerce  United States The ship was driven ashore on Goree, Batavian Republic.[2]
Eagle  United States The ship was driven ashore on Goree.[2]

3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1804
Ship State Description
HMS Creole  Royal Navy The frigate foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (40°42′N 51°24′W / 40.700°N 51.400°W / 40.700; -51.400). Her crew were rescued by HMS Cumberland ( Royal Navy).

4 January

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List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1804
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Port Jolly, Nova Scotia, British North America while on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova scotia.[3]
HMS Raven  Royal Navy The Aréthuse-class corvette ran aground at Mazari, Sicily, and was a total loss. She was abandoned on 6 January.
Vigilante  Prussia The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from Embden to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[4]
Wembury  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Plymouth, Devon.[5][6]

5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1804
Ship State Description
Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The ship was run down by another vessel and sank in the English Channel off Portsmouth, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Robert and Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[8][9]

9 January

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List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1804
Ship State Description
Bountiful  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Spanish Battery Rocks, South Shields, County Durham. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[10]
Cecilia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Madeira with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Bengal, India.[11]
Hope  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Sunderland.[10]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Spanish Battery Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Perthshire to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[10]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint Croix to New Orleans.[12]

16 January

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List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1804
Ship State Description
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[13]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Wexford and Dublin.[14]

17 January

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List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1804
Ship State Description
Hazard  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Cádiz.[15]

18 January

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List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1804
Ship State Description
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[16]
Waldo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Saltee Islands.[17]

19 January

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List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1804
Ship State Description
British Tar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Cattewater and was wrecked.[18]
Eclipse  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Trefusis Point, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Antigua to London.[18]
HMS Fearless  Royal Navy The gunvessel was driven ashore and wrecked in Stokes Bay, Devon. All 32 people on board were rescued.[19]
John  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Mawes, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[14][18]
Jong Backe  Batavian Republic The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater.[14]
Lady Arabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flushing, Cornwall.[18]
L'Effronteur  France The privateer sank in the Cattewater.[14]
Pamphlet  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Deadman's Bay, Devon with the loss of a crew member.[18]
Pendower  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in Mount's Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Penzance, Cornwall.[18]
Sally  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Mawes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lisbon, Portugal.[18]
Vautout  France The lugger foundered in the Cattewater.[20]

20 January

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List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1804
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured by the privateer Sorcier ( France) whilst on a voyage from London to Malta. She was taken in to Tarifa, Spain, where her cargo was sold. Ann was sunk on 26 January by HMS Maidstone ( Royal Navy).[15]
Fly  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued.[21]

21 January

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List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1804
Ship State Description
Jane  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Stoke Bay, Devon with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire[18]
Orion  United States The ship departed from Virginia for Antwerp, Deux-Nèthes, France. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[22]

22 January

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List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1804
Ship State Description
Sovereign  United Kingdom The Guineaman struck the Smith's Rock, in the Irish Sea off Ballycotton, County Cork and foundered with the loss of 31 of the 40 people on board.[23] Only eight of 37 people on board were saved. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Tortola and London.[24][25]

23 January

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1804
Ship State Description
Fox  United States The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Amsterdam, Batavian Republic.[26]

24 January

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List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1804
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brodick, Arran.[27] She was on a voyage from Tobago to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[11]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Saltscar Rocks, in the North Sea off Redcar, Yorkshire and was wrecked.[28]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar with the loss of two of her crew.[28]

25 January

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List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1804
Ship State Description
Carolina  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland.[29]

28 January

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List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1804
Ship State Description
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank at Waterford.[30]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1804
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near South Shields, County Durham.[31]
Aid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wicklow Head with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Bristol, Gloucestershire and Dublin.[20][32]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Arendal, Norway.[33]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean north of Galway. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Ariel  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Arendal.[33] She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[2]
Augusta  Prussia The ship was wrecked near Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Königsburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[34]
Barbara  France The ship was wrecked near Ostend, Lys. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Benevolence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland.[21]
Betty  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean north of Galway with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[20]
Brother's Increase  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Saint Andrews, Fife. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Caroline Frederica Stettin The ship was wrecked near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[1]
Castra Maria  Portugal The galiot was wrecked near Fort Luis.[33]
Ceres  Sweden The brig was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Lübeck.[21]
Ceres  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire.[28]
Columbia  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured off Hispaniola by a French privateer on 25 January. She was recaptured but was driven ashore at New Providence, New Jersey, United States. Columbia was on a voyage from New York, United States to the West Indies.[35]
Concordia Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore at Tönning while on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Kiel.[33]
Confederacy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dublin.[33]
Dantzic Danzig The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark while on a voyage from Danzig to an English port.[33]
Dawson  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Arendal. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Maryport, Cumberland.[2]
Demerara  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Wicklow Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara to the Clyde.[24] Demerara later refloated herself and drifted in to Strangford Lough.[36] She was refloated again in June and arrived at the Clyde on the 25th of that month.[37]
Der Hoop Danzig The ship was driven ashore at Dragør while on a voyage from Danzig to London.[33]
Die Gute Erwedriung  Batavian Republic The ship foundered on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Amsterdam.[20]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Eagle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gorée.[20]
Echo  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Squam Beach, New Hampshire, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to New York.[21]
Emanuel Lübeck The ship foundered in the North Sea off Arendal while on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom to Lübeck.[33]
Enigheid Unknown The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France.[34]
Ethalia or Ethalion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and was wrecked.[33][38]
Eucharis  United States The ship was wrecked on the Banjaret Bank, in the North Sea off Campvere, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic.[24]
Fly  United States The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Oporto.[20]
Fortuna Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore near "Friezand". She was on a voyage from London to Tonningen.[24]
Frickheiten  Sweden The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Hull Yorkshire United Kingdom.[33]
Garland  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Copenhagen, Denmark.[2]
Goede Verwachting  Prussia The ship was driven ashore on the "Isle of Leland", on the coast of Jutland.[20]
Granary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Carrickfergus Bay. She was on a voyage from Gijón, Spain to London.[31]
Gratitude  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Cork and Liverpool.[36]
Greetseyl  Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to Embden.[24]
Grimaldi  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool.[6]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to the Clyde. Her crew were rescued by Diana ( United Kingdom).[39]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Galway while on a voyage from Galway to Hull.[10]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dartmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Bristol.[31]
Jason  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Hornsey Yorkshire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bridlington, Yorkshire to london.[32]
Jonge Curle Swedish Wismar The ship was driven ashore on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Hull to Wismar.[33]
Klein Johan Denmark Denmark-Norway The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Batavian Republic while on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Ostend, Lys, France. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Newhaven, Sussex.[31]
Loftus  Batavian Republic The ship, a cartel, was wrecked at Peniche, Portugal with the loss of over 300 of the 530 people on board. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Amsterdam.[31][40]
Mahams  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France.[41]
Maine  United States The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Liverpool.[33]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Blyth.[21]
Middleton  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Arendal.[33]
Minerva  Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Hamburg.[33]
Mohawk  United States The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from George Town to Amsterdam.[9]
Neptune  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by a coble. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to London.[10] She was later refloated and taken in to Bridlington.[32]
New York  United States The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Spanish Louisiana to Liverpool.[33]
Nossa Senhora do Livramento  Portugal The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[21]
Padstow  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London. Padstow was later refloated and taken in to Falmouth.[2]
Phoenix  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk.[6]
Piccolus  Prussia The ship was driven ashore near "Borgum". She was on a voyage from Embden to Saint Thomas.[17]
Pincent or Pinsen  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newry, County Down, United Kingdom while on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool.[6][9]
Portland  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Pagham, Sussex.[42]
Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Berry Head, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Rachael  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near South Shields.[31]
Ringmore  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Penzance.[21]
St. Johannes  Batavian Republic The ship ran aground on the Enkhuizer Sand, in the Zuiderzee.[33]
St. Lawrence  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth.[6]
Swift  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Pagham.[42]
Triumph  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica.[12]
Vigilante  Hamburg The ship was lost off Ameland. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hamburg.[36]
Vine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Redcar, Yorkshire.[24]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anholt.[20]
HMS York  Royal Navy The third-rate ship of the line was wrecked on Inchcape with the loss of all 491 hands.

February

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3 February

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List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1804
Ship State Description
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwick Sands, Pembrokeshire with the loss of two of her four crew.[43]

4 February

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List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1804
Ship State Description
Escape  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the South Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[44]
HMS Hussar  Royal Navy The fifth-rate frigate was wrecked off the Île de Sein, Finistère, France. Her crew survived, although all but eleven of them were taken prisoner by the French. Those not taken were rescued by HMS Sirius ( Royal Navy).[45]
Trident  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cork while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montserrat.[46]

5 February

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List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1804
Ship State Description
Thomas  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was driven ashore on Heneaga by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Jamaica.[12]

10 February

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List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1804
Ship State Description
Rattler  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to Weymouth, Dorset.[47]

11 February

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List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1804
Ship State Description
Buxar  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Don with the loss of all hands.[23]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Arbroath, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Lord Dundas  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham with the loss of all on board.[23]
Peggy and Susan  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Wemyss, Fife with the loss of all nine passengers crew. She was on a voyage from Findhorn, Morayshire to Leith, Lothian.[23][49]
Robert and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand.[23]
Scipio  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cowie, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[23]

12 February

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List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1804
Ship State Description
Adeona  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[23][50] She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[26]
Argo  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all twelve of her crew. Her Master James Sibbald, age 45 is[51] buried in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk along with one sailor not named.[23]
Bom Jesus  Portugal The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lisbon.[46][50][52]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London.[23]
Dale  United Kingdom The ship was driven was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. All 22 people on board were rescued. She subsequently came ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk. Dale was on a voyage from London to the West Indies.[53][54]
Enterprize  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to Ipswich, Suffolk.[23][50]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Bondicar Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Friend's Increase  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Horsey, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blakeney, Norfolk to Dublin.[23][50]
Hannah  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sheringham with the loss of one life.[53]
Love and Unity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Sunderland, County Durham.[52]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mundesley, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to King's Lynn.[23][50]

16 February

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List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1804
Ship State Description
Lark  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Jamaica.[12]
USS Philadelphia  United States Navy
USS Philadelphia.

First Barbary War: The frigate was set afire and destroyed at Tripoli, Ottoman Tripolitania by personnel from USS Intrepid ( United States Navy) to prevent her use by Ottoman forces.

19 February

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List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1804
Ship State Description
Flying Fish  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cork to Gibraltar.[55]
Pallas  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Bawdsey, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[52]

20 February

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List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1804
Ship State Description
HMS Cerbere  Royal Navy The gun-brig ran aground off Berry Head, Devon and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

22 February

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List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1804
Ship State Description
Britannia  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham. All on board were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland ( United Kingdom).[56] Britannia was later refloated and taken in to South Shields.[57]

23 February

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List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1804
Ship State Description
Hunter  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[52]

24 February

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List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1804
Ship State Description
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Liverpool, Lancashire.[15]
Maggy Lauder  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Lindisfarne, Northumberland while entering the harbour there. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Berwick-upon-Tweed[56]

25 February

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List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1804
Ship State Description
Lovely  United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the English Channel and was beached near Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cork to Falmouth.[47]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1804
Ship State Description
Airth  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Strangford Lough. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Coleraine, County Antrim.[54]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Jade. She was on a voyage from the Jade to London.[47]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[58]
Ceres  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Ryhope, County Durham.[49]
Deleval  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured by a French privateer in the North Sea and was burnt.[52]
Freedom  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk and was wrecked.[52]
Freedom  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured by the French. She was lost going into Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Freedom was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to London[59]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Ulverston, Lancashire to Liverpool.[46]
Gotha  Sweden The galiot was lost whilst on a voyage from Gothenburg to Fisherrow, Lothian, United Kingdom.[47]
Happy  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Fairness Rock, off Margate, Kent.[47]
Hero  Prussia The ship was lost at the mouth of the Ems. She was on a voyage from Yorkshire, United Kingdom to the Ems.[30]
Hexham  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Barth, Swedish Pomerania with the loss of all but the pilot on board. She was on a voyage from London to Lübeck.[49]
Hiram  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool.[30]
Hope  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Deal, Kent She was on a voyage from Hull, Hull to Dublin.[30]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to London.[15]
Maria and Ann  United States The brig was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. The wreck was discovered at 28°40′N 65°45′W / 28.667°N 65.750°W / 28.667; -65.750 on 8 February by Leicester ( United Kingdom).[60]
Mary  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Portaferry, County Down with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Down.[61]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Plymouth.[50]
Merchant  United States The ship was wrecked on the coast of Holland with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic.[26]
Mercury  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal. Mercury was later refloated and put into Ramsgate. Kent.[47]
Nelly  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Islep Creek with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to New York, United States.[62]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the River Severn. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cork. Neptune was later refloated and put back to Bristol.[49]
New York  United States The ship was driven ashore at Deal. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. New York was later refloated and put into Ramsgate.[47]
Polly  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sheerness, Kent.[50]
Polly  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[46]
Revenge  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall to Cork.[46][54]
Susannah  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at The Lizard, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Barcelona, Spain.[63]
Telemachus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire while on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.[23]
Twa Sistra  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to an Irish port.[63]
Venus  United Kingdom The ship foundered north of the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Hull to Tönning, Duchy of Holstein.[52]

March

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1 March

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List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1804
Ship State Description
Stadt Copenhagen  Denmark The ship was driven ashore near Delfzijl, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Embden, Prussia to Cádiz, Spain.[64]
HMS Weazel  Royal Navy The brig-sloop was wrecked of Cabritta Point, Spain with the loss of one of her 70 crew.[3][65]

2 March

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List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1804
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[66]
Enterprize  United Kingdom The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from "Newberry Port" to the West Indies.[67]
Sydney Smith  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[68]

3 March

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List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1804
Ship State Description
Culloden  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Long Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York City to the Straits of Gibraltar.[35]
Enterprize  United States The ship was wrecked at Sandy Hook, New Jersey while on a voyage from New York to Guadeloupe.[69]

4 March

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List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1804
Ship State Description
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Irish Sea off Dublin while on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[62]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1804
Ship State Description
Hawk  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Aberdeen.[70]

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: March 1804
Ship State Description
Nelly  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[68]

9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1804
Ship State Description
St. Johanas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Shetland Islands with the loss of four of her eight crew.[71]

12 March

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List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1804
Ship State Description
Louisa  United States The ship was wrecked on Jura while on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to the Clyde.[72]

13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1804
Ship State Description
Firm  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured off Barbadoes by two French privateers and was blown up. She was on a voyage from London to British Honduras.[73]

15 March

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List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1804
Ship State Description
Leven  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Balconie, Ross-shire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Leven, Fife to Dundee, Perthshire.[74]

20 March

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List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1804
Ship State Description
Equity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham.[75]
Frederick  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[75]
Henrietta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was later refloated.[75]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was later refloated.[75]
Jannet and Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[75]
London  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[75]
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[75]
Thomas and Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool.[75]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1804
Ship State Description
HMS Wolverine  Royal Navy War of the Third Coalition: The sloop-of-war was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean in an engagement with the privateer Blonde ( France with the loss of six of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Blonde.

25 March

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List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1804
Ship State Description
Adventure  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hastings, Sussex.[75]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship capsized off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Hull, Yorkshire.[76]
HMS Magnificent  Royal Navy
HMS Magnificent

War of the Third Coalition: The Ramillies-class 74-gun third-rate ship of the line struck an uncharted reef while on blockade duty off Brest, Finistère, France, and was wrecked. Her entire crew survived, but one of her lifeboats washed ashore on the coast of France and the 86 men on board it were taken prisoner by the French. They remained prisoners-of-war until 1814.

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1804
Ship State Description
Jean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Whitby, Yorkshire.[77][78] She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to Selby, Yorkshire.[79]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[77][78]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1804
Ship State Description
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stockton on Tees, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Hull, Yorkshire.[75]

29 March

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List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1804
Ship State Description
Peggy  United Kingdom The brig struck the Swadman Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[78] She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London.[59]

31 March

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List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1804
Ship State Description
HMS Eagle  Royal Navy The Repulse-class ship of the line was driven ashore and severely damaged at Northfleet, Kent.[80]
Fortune  United Kingdom The privateer was driven ashore and wrecked at Livorno, Kingdom of Etruria. Thirteen of her crew survived.[81]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1804
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was driven ashore near Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France by a French privateer. She was subsequently burnt by HM hired armed cutter Betsey ( Royal Navy).[76]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[76]
Anna Catharina Margaretta Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Tönningen.[57]
Delve  Prussia The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Hull to Embden.[79]
Dorothy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire.[57]
Francis  United Kingdom The ship departed Grenada at the end of March for Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[82]
Harriet & Ann  United Kingdom The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily to Gallipoly, Ottoman Empire.[59]
Hawke  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near South Shields, County Durham.[57]
Hero  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ketch was captured and burnt off Crookhaven, County Cork by a French privateer.[83]
Hilton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) from Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool.[62][84]
James  United Kingdom The ship collided with William ( United States) off Madeira and foundered with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Providence, New Jersey, United States.[85]
James and John  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Jersey, Channel Islands.[77] She was on a voyage from Jersey to London[86]
Janus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Sunderland, County Durham.[76]
Jonge Bastian  Prussia The ship foundered in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Emden to London, United Kingdom.[62]
Laurel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Sunderland.[76]
Lumley  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[62]
Merchant of Boston  United States The ship was wrecked at Zeepard, Schouwen, Batavian Republic with the loss of the vast majority of her crew. She was on a voyage from Richmond, Virginia to Rotterdam.[87]
Pallas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Sunderland.[76]
Prudence  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the River Liffey at Dublin.[57] She was later refloated and taken in to Dublin.[83]
Richard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Liverpool.[79]
Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway to London.[57]
Semiramis  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked t Nantucket, Massachusetts before 7 March. She was on a voyage from Canton, China to New York.[35][67]
St. Johannes  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Tönningen.[79]
Sukey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Whitby.[57]
Three Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Sunderland, County Durham.[68]
Vrouw Osting  Batavian Republic The ship was wrecked near Delfzijl while on a voyage from Emden, Prussia to Amsterdam.[87]

April

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1 April

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List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1804
Ship State Description
Urania  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife to Copenhagen, Denmark.[35]

2 April

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List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1804
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Jamaica.[88]
Active  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Demerara.[88]
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego with the loss of fifteen lives. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to British Honduras.[88]
Alfred  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Jamaica.[88]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Demerara.[88]
Anne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego.[89]
HMS Apollo  Royal Navy
HMS Apollo
The Apollo-class frigate ran aground 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Cape Mondego and was wrecked with the loss of 62 of her crew.
Atlantic  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Saint Vincent.[88]
Ark  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Barbados.[88]
Bristol  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Jamaica.[88]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Jamaica.[88]
Charles  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Saint Kitts.[88]
Clarendon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Saint Vincent.[88]
Dart  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Grenada.[88]
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego.[88] She was on a voyage from Bristol to Saint Vincent.[12]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego with the loss of six of her crew.[88]
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego.[90]
Erin-go-Bragh  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Barbados.[88]
Fame  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego with the loss of eleven lives. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Grenada.[88]
Ford  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara.[88]
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego.[90]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Antigua.[88]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego.[89]
HMS Hindostan  Royal Navy
HMS Hindostan.

The storeship was destroyed by fire in the Roses Gulf with the loss of three of the 259 people on board.

Jamaica  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego.[90]
James  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Antigua.[88]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Tortola.[88]
Mary Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Jamaica.[88]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Nevis.[88]
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Tobago.[88]
Neptune  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego with the loss of all but five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Jamaica.[88]
Peggy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued.[88][91]
Peggy  United Kingdom A second ship of this name was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego.[89][91]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego.[89] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Jamaica.[12]
Providence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Jamaica.[88]
Robust  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Demerara.[88]
Sally  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Antigua.[88]
Sebastiana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica.[88]
Start  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego.[88]
Susannah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara.[88]
Trim  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Tobago.[88]
Triton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aveiro and Cape Mondego. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Antigua.[88]

13 April

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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1804
Ship State Description
Meanwell  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt in the North Sea by a Dutch privateer.[92]

14 April

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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1804
Ship State Description
Henry Addington  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Barechush Key, off the coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[93]

15 April

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List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1804
Ship State Description
Medea United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was wrecked off the Glénan Islands, Finistère, France. All seventeen crew survived but were taken prisoner by the French.[81]

19 April

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List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1804
Ship State Description
Dwina  United Kingdom The whaler was lost off Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[94]

20 April

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List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1804
Ship State Description
USS Oliver Elsworth  United States Navy The frigate was driven ashore at Den Helder, Batavian Republic.[90]
Three Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Christiana Frances ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Falmouth, Cornwall and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Christiana Frances. Three Brothers was on a voyage from Cork to Dominica.[85] She was later towed in to Topsham, Devon.[67]

23 April

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List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1804
Ship State Description
Unity  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Portreath, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan.[95]

27 April

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List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1804
Ship State Description
Jonge Rochoff Bremen The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom, She was on a voyage from Ostend, Lys, France to Marennes, Charente-Maritime, France.[96]
Nile  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 50°N 28°W / 50°N 28°W / 50; -28). Her crew were rescued by Harmony and May (both  United Kingdom).[97] She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool.[91]

28 April

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List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1804
Ship State Description
Horta  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk off Cape Wrath, Caithness by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to "Dronton".[98]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1804
Ship State Description
Black River  United States The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Antwerp, Deux-Nèthes, France.[35]
Columbia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Liverpool.[85]
Elizabeth Dantzig The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London, United Kingdom.[99]
Felicitas  Spain The ship was driven ashore near Málaga.[100]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[101]
Goodwill  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin.[35]
Harry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The cutter was wrecked at Alderney, Channel Islands.[69][101]
Holy Family  Spain The ship was lost near Alicante.[85]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Dublin.[76]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Trondheim, Norway.[90]
Janus  Denmark The ship was sunk by ice at Nivaar, near Elsinore.[69]
Mary  United Kingdom The whaler was driven ashore near Southsea, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to London.[100]
Mary & Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Kelleny Bay. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford to Liverpool.[102]
Sisters  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer General Angereaux ( France). She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Newfoundland, British North America.[90][100]
Thetis  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain with the loss of all bar a passenger.[102]
True Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Topsham, Devon.[102]
Two Friends  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the "Kent Knock" in the English Channel off Exeter, Devon.[35]
Tydverdryf  Prussia The ship foundered in the North Sea off Ostend, Lys, France.[90]

May

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7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1804
Ship State Description
Nancy  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank in the Bay of Fundy. Her crew were rescued.[98] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to St. Andrew, New Brunswick, British North America.[94]

15 May

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List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1804
Ship State Description
Hazard  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[93]

20 May

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List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1804
Ship State Description
Golden Grove  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship, which had been captured by a privateer on 10 May, was burnt off St. Jago de Cuba. She had been on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jamaica.[103]

28 May

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List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1804
Ship State Description
Ann & Mary  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[104]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1804
Ship State Description
Caledonian  United Kingdom The merchant ship burned.

30 May

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List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1804
Ship State Description
Quicksilver  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly.[104]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1804
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Cargador  Spain The ship ran aground off the Île-d'Aix, Charente-Maritime, France.[16]
Chance  United Kingdom The ship sank at Cádiz, Spain.[105]
Eclipse  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Gilliliel", Denmark. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire.[92]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool, County Durham.[92]
Landsman  Prussia The ship foundered off Borkum. There were two survivors. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Embden.[92]
Little Charles  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Waterford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to São Miguel Island, Azores.[105]
Maiden  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London.[22]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Newry, County Antrim.[92]
Prudence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Whitby.[13]
Susannah Margaretta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Ivica".[16]

June

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1 June

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List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1804
Ship State Description
Kingston  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Glover's Reef while on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to British Honduras. All on board were rescued.[106]

6 June

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List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1804
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Biddeford, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[107]

22 June

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List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1804
Ship State Description
Louisa Charlotta  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off the coast of Africa, and in great distress. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Tenerife, Canary Islands.[108]

23 June

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List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1804
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape Ann, Massachusetts, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts.[109]

24 June

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List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1804
Ship State Description
Reliance  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was set afire and scuttled in the Gambia River on the coast of Africa to prevent her capture by an approaching French privateer.[110]

25 June

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List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1804
Ship State Description
Kellerbaum Duchy of Holstein The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Tönningen. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Tönningen.[111]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1804
Ship State Description
Alfred  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from London to Memel.[112]
Anna Sophia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Eynhallow, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Batavian Republic to Dublin.[112]
Castor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[98][104]
Friends  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Brave ( France). She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Virginia, United States.[107]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from London to Memel.[113]
Johns & William  United Kingdom The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Dublin to Chester, Cheshire.[114]
Meanwell  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt in the North Sea by the privateer Unie ( Batavian Republic). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Norway[114]
Mercury  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in Dublin Bay by Fame ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[37]
Mersey  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Torres Strait with the loss of 56 of the 74 people on board.
Nancy & Margaret  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and burn in the North Sea by the privateer Unie ( Batavian Republic). she was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Christiansand, Norway.[114]
Otter  United Kingdom War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk off Cape Wrath, Caithness by the privateer L'Hirondelle ( France).[104]
Prince of Wales British East India Company The East Indiaman foundered whilst on a voyage from Madras, India to London.[115]
William  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland, British North America.[16][114]

July

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7 July

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List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1804
Ship State Description
Andalusia  Spain The brig was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Tönningen, Duchy of Holstein.[116]

9 July

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List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1804
Ship State Description
Mary United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grenada War of the Third Coalition: The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked on Grenada to avoid capture by a French privateer.[117]

10 July

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List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1804
Ship State Description
Cornelius Wilhelmm Duchy of Holstein The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand or Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off the north coast of Kent, United Kingdom. Her nine crew survived. She was on a voyage from Tönningen to Tenerife, Canary Islands.[118][119]

12 July

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List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1804
Ship State Description
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Marichoneal Bay, Jamaica.[117]

14 July

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List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1804
Ship State Description
Dart  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Bajadore. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa.[120]

20 July

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List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1804
Ship State Description
Exchange  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the <