List of shipwrecks in 1796

The list of shipwrecks in 1796 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1796.

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1796
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January

2 January
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1796
ShipCountryDescription
unidentified The ship, with "cable and post attached", was driven out of Penzance harbour and on to nearby rocks in Mount's Bay, Cornwall.[1]

5 January
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Polly  United States The ship was lost at Madeira.[2]

13 January
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Diligent  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Teignmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[3]

23 January
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1796
ShipCountryDescription
unidentified The troop ship, probably one of Admiral Christian's West Indies convoy, was wrecked within a cable length of Loe Bar, Cornwall during a ″great storm″ in Mount's Bay. The ship was carrying between 400 and 600 officers and men of the 26th Regiment of Dragoons; not one of the crew or passengers survived. Large quantities of wreckage were washed up including dead horses with D26 brands on their hooves. It is estimated that over 600 people died including nine people on shore.[4][5]

24 January
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Cartouche  France The privateer foundered in the North Sea off the Dogger Bank with the loss of all hands.[3]
Ponsonby Packet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore wrecked at North Bull, Dublin, Ireland.[6] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[5]

26 January
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Dutton British East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked at Plymouth, Devon with the loss of between eight and twenty lives.[5][7][8]

28 January
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Concordia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Trinidada, Brazil.[6][9]
HMS Hindostan Royal Navy The fourth rate ship-of-the-line was driven into HMS Santa Margarita ( Royal Navy) at Cork, Ireland and was damaged, the two vessels remaining entangled until the next day. HMS Hindostan was subsequently repaired at Kinsale, County Cork and returned to service. HMS Santa Margarita was repaired at Plymouth, Devon and returned to service.[10]

29 January
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Astrée  French Navy The frigate was wrecked off Santo Amaro, Azores.[11]

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ShipCountryDescription
Alert  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and put into Tobermory, Isle of Mull, where she was wrecked upon being beached. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the West Indies.[5]
Carouse  Great Britain The schooner foundered in the Hamoaze, Plymouth, Devon. Her crew survived.[7]
Chesapeak  United States The ship was driven ashore near Christchurch, Hampshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Baltimore, Maryland.[12]
Christiana Helena  Sweden The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Gothenburg.[13]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Loch Crinan.[14]
Fanny  Ireland The ship was driven ashore on the coast on Norway. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway to Ballyshannon, County Antrim.[15]
Favourite  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Mull.[16] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Martinico.[15]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Tortola.[15]
General Chacon  Great Britain The ship was lost at Tenerife, Canary Islands.[17]
George  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Portsmouth, Hampshire and Carthagena, Spain.[18]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Malbay, Ireland.[6] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.[18]
John  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Christchurch, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to the Isle of May.[5]
Lambe  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Palma, Mallorca while on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily to an English port.[3]
Lark  Great Britain The ship departed from Lisbon, Portugal for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[19]
HMS Leda Royal Navy The fifth-rate frigate struck a rock and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira, Portugal with the loss of all but seven her crew. The survivors were rescued by HMS Bulldog ( Royal Navy) and King George ( Great Britain).[20][21]
London  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk off "Fairleigh" with the loss of all but four of her crew.[22]
Margaretta  Batavian Republic The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Marazion, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to a French port.[5]
Maria  Batavian Republic The ship was lost near Morlaix, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Amsterdam.[23]
Nancy  United States The ship was wrecked off Bermuda while on a voyage from Philadelphia to Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Neutrality  Great Britain The ship foundered while on a voyage from Ostend, Lys, France to Liverpool.[6]
October  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near New York, United States before 11 January.[24]
Orford  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Wismar, Swedish Pomerania to Liverpool.[13]
Prince  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Chichester, Sussex.[18]
Prins Carl von Hessen Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent, Great Britain. All on board, her crew and 180 hussars, were rescued.[6][18]
Priscilla  Great Britain The ship was lost near Swansea, Glamorgan with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Alderney, Channel Islands.[5]
Proserpina  Denmark The ship was wrecked at Skagen. She was on a voyage from Elsinore to Amsterdam.[15][16]
Providence  Great Britain The ship foundered off Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Mothecombe, Devon to Plymouth.[13]
Regende Jacob  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Plymouth.[25]
Sisters  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon while on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to London.[15][16]
Smyrna  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Kent coast and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to a Mediterranean port. Smyrna was later refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[26]
Spirito Santo  Spain The ship was wrecked at St. Augustin, Spanish Florida with the loss of four of her crew.[27]
Thomas Wilson  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Fort Monckton, Hampshire.[17]
Three Sisters  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Chichester.[18]
Tres Amigos  Spain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Londo. Tres Amigos was later refloated.[5]
Washington  United States The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Tawe. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Philadelphia.[5]
Willing Mind  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire.[6] She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Liverpool.[5]

February

2 February
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Stag  Ireland The cutter was wrecked at Crosshaven, County Cork.[10]

6 February
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Hall  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at St Minver, Cornwall while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork, Ireland and Jamaica.[3][22]

8 February
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Prince of Wales  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Swanage, Dorset while on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Jersey. Her crew were rescued.[3]

9 February
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Clementina  Great Britain The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of County Cork, Ireland. All on board were rescued.[28]

10 February
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Anna  Great Britain The ship foundered while on a voyage from Liepāja, Latvia to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic.[3]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship foundered while on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to Poole, Dorset. Her crew were rescued.[3]

15 February
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Unity  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk off the Goodwin Sands, Kent by HMS Camilla ( Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Lisbon, Portugal.[29]

17 February
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Shelston  Great Britain The brig was wrecked on Skokholm, Pembrokeshire with the loss of a crew member while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bideford, Devon.[28]

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ShipCountryDescription
Anna Stettin The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, Great Britain.[23]
Anna  Batavian Republic The ship was lost near Libava, Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Libava to Rotterdam.[22]
Aurora  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France.[23]
Aurora  Great Britain The transport ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km) west of The Lizard, Cornwall. All on board about 150 people, were rescued by Sedgeley ( Great Britain).[22]
British Queen  Great Britain The transport ship foundered in "Hozeley Bay" with some loss of life.[3]
HMS Canada Royal Navy The third rate ship-of-the-line was driven ashore at Cork, Ireland. She was refloated with the aid of HMS Penguin ( Royal Navy).[10]
Ceres  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Faversham, Kent.[30]
Charlotte  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to London.[31]
Concord  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the North Sand Head, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[32]
Ellen  Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[31]
Gibraltar  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The whaler was captured off Tinmouth, County Durham by a French privateer and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Hull to Greenland.[33]
Jannett and Hellen  Great Britain War of the First Coalition The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was run ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Jannett and Hellen was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Hamburg.[24]
John  Ireland The ship was driven ashore on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Dublin.[23]
La Ventura  Spain The ship was wrecked at Ilfracombe, Devon, Great Britain while on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain to Bilboa.[34]
Maria  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Dublin.[29]
Margaret The ship was wrecked near Cape Ann, Massachusetts, United States while on a voyage from Amsterdam, Batavian Republic to Boston, Massachusetts.[34]
Mountstuart  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex.[3]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Limerick to Poole, Dorset. Her crew were rescued.[22]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Donegal Bay. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Lancaster, Lancashire.[35]
Portland  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[36]
Queen Charlotte  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Shoeburyness, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. Queen Charlotte was later refloated.[32]
Sarah  Great Britain The ship departed from Liverpool for Newfoundland, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[37]
Shilstone  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Skokholm, Pembrokeshire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Biddiford, Devon.[36]
Success Guernsey The ship was driven ashore at Berck.[23]
Summer  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[32]
Tracey  Ireland The ship was lost near Wexford.[36]
Union  Ireland The ship was lost near Wexford.[36]
Vine Jersey The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Virginia, United States.[3][22]
Vrow Christiana  Hanover The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Jever to London.[36]
Vrow Volina  Hanover The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Leer to London.[32]

March

3 March
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1796
ShipCountryDescription
La Conception  Spain The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°N 17°W). Her ten crew were rescued by Virginia ( Great Britain). La Conception was on a voyage from Cádiz to Belfast, County Down, Ireland.[37]

7 March
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Mary  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off The Smalls, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[38]

8 March
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Gothenburg Swedish East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to China.[39]

20 March
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Mary & Clara  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the North Sea by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to a Baltic port.[40]

25 March
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Fortune  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by a French privateer in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon and was burnt.[41]

26 March
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Ponsborne British East India Company The East Indiaman was lost off Grenada after having landed troops.[8] Her crew were rescued.[39]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Bellisarius  Great Britain The West Indies-bound troopship collided with HMS Royal Sovereign ( Royal Navy and foundered. About 110 survivors were rescued.[42]
Betsey  France The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dunkerque, Nord.[42]
Concord  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by a French frigate and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[43]
Eliza & Ann  Great Britain The ship was lost in Cádiz Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Venice.[38]
Fortuna  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Málaga, Spain.[44]
Fortune  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon by a French privateer. She was set afire and sunk.[45]
Frau Karren Hamburg The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz, Spain.[46]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to London.[38]
John and Henry  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and wrecked while on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Liverpool, Lancashire.[47]
Juno  Great Britain The ship collided with Mors ( Great Britain) off Whitby, Yorkshire and was beached. Mors was presumed to have foundered.[48]
Loo  Great Britain The ship was lost near Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Belfast.[44]
Lyde  Great Britain The transport ship ran aground on The Shingles, Isle of Wight.[41]
Margarett  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by Sémillante ( French Navy) while on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Lisbon. She was set afire and sank.[45][48]
Maria Catharina Norway The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Cork, Ireland.[42]
Mars  Great Britain The ship collided with Juno ( Great Britain) in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire and foundered. Juno was driven ashore at Whitby.[45]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset.[46]
Mary  Batavian Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar, Spain.[42]
Mary  United States The ship was lost at the mouth of the Gironde River. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Bourdeaux, Gironde, France.[38]
Mentor  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Thurlestone, Devon before 15 March.[49]
Minerva  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Île Pilée, off Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from London to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[42]
Providence  Great Britain The ship struck a rock and sank off Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey.[33]
Refiner  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Cornwall to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily.[38]
Regulator  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London.[33]
Tryphena  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in Gibraltar Bay.[38]
Vine  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto.[42]
Vrow Catharina flag unknown The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent, Great Britain.[24]
William Jamaica The snow foundered while on a voyage from Kingston to London.[47]

April

11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1796
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Ça Ira Royal Navy The hospital ship was destroyed by fire at Saint Florent, Corsica, France.

30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Dantzig to the Firth of Forth. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[50]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Ann  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the Kola Peninsula, Russia. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Dublin.[51]
Bælana  Great Britain The whaler was wrecked in the Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Greenland.[52]
Cornbrook  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Liverpool, Lancashire.[53]
Diana  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French off Brest, Finistère, France. She was subsequently lost. Diana was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London.[51]
Edinburgh  Great Britain The ship struck a sunken rock and was severely damaged at Salcombe, Devon.[52]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Norderney, Hanover. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Hamburg.[54]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost near Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Falmouth, Cornwall.[55]
Mary  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean (51°35′N 13°00′W) by a French privateer and was burnt.[40]
Triton  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Rathem Island. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Jamaica.[54]
Victory  Great Britain The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Liverpool.[52]

May

22 May
List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Edgar  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured off Cape Ortegal, Spain by a French frigate and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa.[56]

25 May
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Ranger  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by Postiljon and Scipio (both  Batavian Republic Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Archangelsk, Russia.[57]

26 May
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Brothers  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the North Sea 30 leagues (90 nautical miles (170 km) west of Domesnes, Norway by a French brig and frigate. She was on a voyage from Scotland to the Baltic.[58]
Lord Hawkesbury  Great Britain The whaler was lost near the Cape of Good Hope.[59]

28 May
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Leeds  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by Républicaine ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a Baltic port.[60]

31 May
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Maryann  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by Jason ( Batavian Republic Navy). Maryann was on a voyage from Nevis to Greenock, Renfrewshire. Following the action, the crew of Jason mutinied and took her in to Greenock,[43] where she was seized by the Admiralty. She entered Royal Navy service as HMS Proselyte.

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ShipCountryDescription
Anthony  Ireland War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and scuttled by Tamise ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Waterford to Oporto, Portugal.[61]
Aurora  Denmark The hoy was driven ashore near Newhaven, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Ostend, Lys, France.[62]
De Anna Amelia Lübeck The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Eastbourne, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, Gironde, France to Lübeck.[62]
Dove  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of "Italy".[43]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Skagen, Denmark with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pärnu, Russia.[63]
Flora  Great Britain The ship was lost off Portland, Dorset with the loss of thirteen of her crew.[64]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[63]
Friend's Adventure  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[65]
Harmony  Great Britain The ship was driven shore and wrecked at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.[61]
Hayle  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in St Ives Bay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hayle, Cornwall.[58]
Juniper  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Selby, Yorkshire.[64]
Little Tom Johnson  Great Britain The ship was lost at Guernsey, Channel Islands.[61]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira.[64]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to London.[64]
Princess Charlotte  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Selsey Bill, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to India.[66]
Vrow Henrietta Lübeck The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Lübeck.[64]
William Pitt  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Sandhammer Reef. She was on a voyage from Memel to London.[67]

June

10 June
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1796
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Arab Royal Navy The Révolutionnaire-class corvette struck a rock off the Glénan Islands, Finistère, France and foundered with the loss of 22 of her crew. There were about 80 survivors, who were taken prisoner by the French.

16 June
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Hercules  United States The American East Indiaman wrecked on the coast of East Africa north of the Cape of Good Hope with the loss of thirteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London.[68]

30 June
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1796
ShipCountryDescription
São José  Portugal The ship was captured by French corsairs 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the Azores. She was set afire and destroyed.[11]

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ShipCountryDescription
Anna Maria  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea while on a voyage from Anstruther, Fife to Gothenburg, Sweden.[69]
Felicity  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by Légère ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork, Ireland to Milford, Pembrokeshire.[37]
Goodhope  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by Légère ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Youghall to Carmarthen.[37]
Hope Guernsey The sloop was captured and sunk by a French lugger privateer.[60]
Industry  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by Atalante ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Plymouth, Devon.[56]
Maria  Ireland War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and scuttled by Légère ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Cork to Oporto, Portugal.[70]
Milnes  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland while on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[69]
Nossa Senhora de Lupa  Great Britain The ship was lost at Figueira da Foz. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[71]
Prince of Wales  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and reported to have been scuttled by Légère ( French Navy). However, she was subsequently towed in to Waterford, Ireland.[37]
Ranger  Great Britain The ship was lost off Sicily. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily to an English port.[72]
Washington Hamburg The ship was driven ashore near the Stag Rock, Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Hamburg.[60]

July

1 July
List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Hibernia  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by two French frigates. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to the West Indies.[73]

6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Minerva  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The whaler was captured in the Atlantic Ocean (43°N 38°W) by Bayonnaise and four other vessels (all  French Navy). She was burnt. Minerva was on a voyage from the South Seas to London.[74]

8 July
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1796
ShipCountryDescription
St. Ann  France The ship foundered in the English Channel while on a voyage from Havre de Grace to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. Four crew were rescued by Nancy ( Great Britain).[75]

13 July
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Middlesex British East India Company The East Indiaman was lost in the River Thames near Erith, Kent.[8]

15 July
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1796
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Trompeuse Royal Navy The brig-sloop was wrecked on the Farmer's Rock, off Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland.[10] Her crew were rescued.[76]

21 July
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Orange Valley  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean by a French squadron and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[77]

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ShipCountryDescription
Albion  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Newhaven.[76]
Britannia  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean (48°N 15°W) by Ranger ( French Navy)) and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British America.[78]
Commerce  Great Britain The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States.[79]
Fair American  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Ramsgate, Kent and New York.[80]
Fortress  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and scuttled by the French. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Newfoundland, British America.[81]
Frederick and George  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex whilst evading a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[79]
Hester  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Heneaga Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to London.[82]
Primrose  Great Britain The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued.[75] She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to Liverpool.[72]
St Joseph Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Hamburg.[37]
Whitworth  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[37]

August

14 August
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Middlesex British East India Company The East Indiaman ran aground in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent and wrecked.[83]

15 August
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Elizabeth  United States The ship departed from Norfolk, Virginia for Saint Barthélemy. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[84]

22 August
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Andromaque  French Navy War of the First Coalition: The Nymphe-class frigate was driven ashore in Arcachon Bay by HMS Galatea and HMS Sylph (both Royal Navy). She was burnt by the British.

27 August
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1796
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Undaunted Royal Navy The frigate was wrecked on the Morant Cays, in the West Indies.

28 August
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Speedwell  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Charleston, South Carolina, British America.[85]

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ShipCountryDescription
Astrea  Great Britain The ship driven ashore and wrecked in Tetuan Bay, near Tétouan, Morocco.[86] Her crew were rescued.[87]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Baltic. She was on a voyage from Pernau, Livonia, Russian Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[86]
Lady Taylor  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London[74]
Mary  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Friendship ( Great Britain) on 25 September. Mary was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[88]
Middlesex  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London.[89]
Ranger  Ireland The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Finland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dublin.[86]
Ranger  Great Britain The transport ship was lost in the Gulf of Florida.[90]
Sultana  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Red Sand, in the North Sea off Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to London.[19]

September

19 September
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Little Harry  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Newfoundland, British America.[91]

22 September
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1796
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Amphion Royal Navy The fifth-rate ship-of-the-line exploded and sank at Plymouth, Devon with the loss of 300 of the 312 people on board.

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ShipCountryDescription
Amphitrite  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dublin.[92]
Betsey & Brothers  Great Britain The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Africa. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[93]
Brideport  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Lemon and Ore Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[94]
Brothers  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued.[95]
Dorothea  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire.[95]
Earl of Derby  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the coast of Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool.[95]
Fair Hibernian  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dublin.[92]
London  Great Britain The ship was lost near Pärnu, Russia. She was on a voyage from Pärnu to Liverpool.[95]
Princess Royal  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from the Baltic to Liverpool.[92]
Sykes  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Dantzig.[96]
Thetis  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[97]
Three Brothers  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool.[92]
Vrow Anna  Prussia The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Königsburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain.[96]
Windsor Castle  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool.[92]
Yarmouth  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a Baltic port.[50]

October

3 October
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Glory  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at New Providence, New Jersey, United States.[98]
HMS Narcissus Royal Navy The Sphinx-class post ship wrecked.

5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Withywood  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[91]

11 October
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1796
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Malabar Royal Navy The fourth rate ship-of-the-line foundered. Her crew were rescued by Martha ( Great Britain).[99]

16 October
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Betsey & Mary  Great Britain The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Riga, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[100]

26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Margaret  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[101]

30 October
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Jenny  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (50°N 21°W) by a French privateer cutter.[102]

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ShipCountryDescription
August  Great Britain The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Liverpool, Lancashire.[85]
Beaver  United States The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina for Rotterdam, Batavian Republic. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[103]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent by a West Indiaman. Her crew were rescued.[91]
Carolina  Russia The ship was lost near Liepāja. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, Great Britain.[85]
Carrier  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands while on a voyage from a Baltic port to Whitehaven, Lancashire.[104]
Crown  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk by Jonas ( Great Britain) off North Foreland, Kent.[91]
Friendship  Russia The ship was drive ashore at Archangelsk.[105]
Henrietta  Denmark The ship was driven ashore near Chichester, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Copenhagen.[106]
John and Mary  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Down to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Great Britain.[107]
London  Great Britain The transport ship was lost near Ilfracombe, Devon.[85]
Neptune  Great Britain Guernsey The ship was wrecked at the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina, United States before 13 October. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Norfolk, Virginia, United States.[108]
Orphyr  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Amsterdam, Batavian Republic.[107]
Royal Oak  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Ice Fiord. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Saint Petersburg.[91]
Scarthingwell  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Seska Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull, Yorkshire.[106]
Shelton Castle  Great Britain The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth.[91]

November

25 November
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Décius  French Navy War of the First Coalition: The sixth rate frigate was captured by HMS Lapwing ( Royal Navy. She was burnt the next day to prevent recapture.[109][110]

29 November
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Peter  Great Britain The ship departed from Newfoundland for an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[111]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Active  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Humber.[112]
Admirable Eliza  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam, Batavian Republic. There were two survivors.[113]
Adventure  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[73]
Ann  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and destroyed by the privateer Buonaparte ( France). She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily.[114]
Caledonia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Riga, Russia. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.[115]
Cleopatra  United States The ship departed from Baltimore, Maryland for Martinique. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all handns.[116]
Crescent  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore crewless at Sandown Fort, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to London.[113] Crescent was later refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[117]
Duke of Cumberland  Great Britain The ship collided with another vessel in the North Sea and was presumed to have foundered. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gothenburg, Sweden.[59]
Euphrasia  Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Baltimore, Maryland.[113]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[113]
Gulle Hoffnung flag unknown The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London to a Baltic port.[113]
Hillsborough  Ireland The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Dublin.[115]
Integrity  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[59]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was lost at Dumsness, Riga. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.[115]
Kitty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Poole, Dorset.[59]
Lands Welvaret  Hanover The ship was lost near Embden. She was on a voyage from London to Emden.[118]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost near Dantzig. She was on a voyage from Memel to London.[59]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[112]
Neptune  Ireland War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and destroyed by the privateer Buonaparte ( France). She was on a voyage from Dublin to São Miguel Island, Azores.[114]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Norderney, Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Emden.[73]
Ophis  United States The ship was lost on the coast of Holland.[88]
Pernassus  Great Britain The transport ship was lost at Corsica, France.[118]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[118]
Regina Elizabeth Stettin The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin.[73]
Seaflower  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Riga. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.[115]
St. John  Ireland The ship was driven ashore in the River Suir. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Waterford.[59]
Thomas & Jane  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Humber with the loss of all hands.[112]
Union  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan.[59]
Union  Great Britain The ship was in collision with another vesseld and was abandoned by her crew. She subsequently came ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. Union was on a voyage from London to Inverness.[115]

December

5 December
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Atlas  Great Britain The ship collided with Patriot ( Great Britain) in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Guernsey Lily ( Guernsey). Atlas was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[119]

13 December
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Amor Parentum Hamburg The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent, Great Britain for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[120]

16 December
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Séduisant  French Navy Expédition d'Irlande: The Séduisant-class ship of the line was wrecked off Brest, Finistère with the loss of 1,150 of the 1,210 people on board.

18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1796
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Courageux Royal Navy The third rate ship-of-the-line was wrecked off Gibraltar with the loss of all but five of her crew.[121]

19 December
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1796
ShipCountryDescription
William & Robert  Great Britain The brig departed from Gravesend, Kent for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[122]

24 December
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1796
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Cormorant Royal Navy The Cormorant-class ship-sloop caught fire, exploded and sank at Port-au-Prince, Hispaniola with the loss of 95 lives.
Fortuna  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to London.[123]

25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Amity  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (35°49′N 50°14′W) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Guardian ( Great Britain). Amity was on a voyage from Martinico to London.[124]

27 December
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Centurion  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[125]
Edinburgh  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[125]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[125]
Fanny  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to a Scottish port.[125]
Freedom  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[125]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham.[125]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[125]
Robert and Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[125]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to Hull.[125]
Sarah  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[125]
Union  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[125]

29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Amazon  Great Britain The ship was captured by a French squadron and sunk.[126]
Impatiente  French Navy Expédition d'Irlande: The Romaine-class frigate ship-of-the-line was wrecked in Bantry Bay with the loss of 420 of her 427 crew.

30 December
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1796
ShipCountryDescription
Queen  Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[127]
Scévola  French Navy Expédition d'Irlande: The Magnanime-class ship-of-the-line was wrecked in Bantry Bay. Her crew were rescued by Révolution ( French Navy).

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ShipCountryDescription
Ann  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Gibraltar.[128]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[129]
HMS Bombay Castle Royal Navy The Elizabeth-class ship of the line foundered at the mouth of the Tagus.[130]
Brilliant  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Norway.[131]
Brilliant  Great Britain The ship was lost on the north coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[125]
Crown Princess Mary Danish Asiatic Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the East Indies.[129][131]
Daphne Hamburg The ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Hamburg.[130]
Diana  United States War of the First Coalition: The ship was sent into Martinico by an "English cruizer". She was burnt there. Diana was on a voyage from India to the United States.[63]
Esther  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Plymouth, Devon.[129]
Frederica Henrietta Bremen The ship was lost in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen.[125]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the "Highlands". She was on a voyage from the Baltic to Liverpool, Lancashire.[132]
Friends  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of most of her crew.[133]
Generous Friends  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Exeter, Devon.[130][134]
Good Design  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Whitby, Yorkshire.[129]
Governor Bruce  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Bridgwater, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Venice to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[130]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Killough, County Down, Ireland while on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Liverpool.[134]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship departed from London for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[135]
Laurentius  Prussia The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Memel to Bourdeaux, Gironde, France.[133]
Lerche Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Dover, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Hamburg. Lerche was refloated and taken in to Dover.[131]
Mariner  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Isle of Lewis. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Liverpool.[129]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost near Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Memel to London.[132]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was lost at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to the Strait of Gibraltar.[121]
Peace and Plenty  Ireland The ship was lost near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dublin.[136]
Port Rosaway  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the River Thames at Cuckold's Point, Surrey. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[137]
Prospect  Great Britain The ship was lost near Memel.[129]
Recovery  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea while on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Bristol. Her crew were rescued.[134]
Resolution  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to Liverpool, Lancashire.[119]
Speedy Packet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Southampton, Hampshire.[130]
Thetis  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Memel to London.[130]
Thomas  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Chepstow, Monmouthshire.[136]
Union  Great Britain The ship struck a rock and was wrecked in Galway Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Newport Pratt, County Mayo, Ireland.[117]
Union  Great Britain The ship was lost near "Scawhaven". She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[136]

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ShipCountryDescription
Active  Great Britain The frigate was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British America to London.[138]
Ambuscade  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Green Island. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[91]
Ann  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the privateer Droits d'Homme ( France). She was sent in to Charleston, South Carolina, United States where she was lost.[57]
Argonaut  France The ship was lost at the Cape of Good Hope. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, Gironde to Mauritius.[109]
Baltimore  United States The ship foundered on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Baltimore, Maryland.[62][139]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Cat Key Reef while on a voyage from British Honduras to Jamaica.[75]
Chance  Great Britain War of the First Coalition The ship was captured and destroyed by the French in the Bay of Bulls.[140]
Charleston  United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Maryland to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic.[141]
Connecticut  United States The ship was lost in the Rio Nunas. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[142]
Deborah  United States The brig foundered.[118]
Eagle  United States The ship was lost on Heneagua. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Baltimore.[39]
Eagle  Great Britain War of the First Coalition The transport ship was captured and burnt by a squadron of French frigates. She was on a voyage from London to Bermuda.[92]
Eliza  Great Britain The ship ran aground off "Newberry". She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Boston.[24]
Eliza  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (52°N 15°W). Her crew were rescued by Briseis ( Great Britain). Eliza was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[42]
Eliza  Great Britain The ship capsized off the "Western Isles".[56]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Wiscasset, Maine, United States to Liverpool.[65]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Baltic Sea.[87]
Fair American  United States The ship sank off Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was refloated on 22 August.[87]
Favourite  Great Britain The ship was lost near the mouth of the Delaware River. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[44]
Favourite  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Virginia, United States.[140]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Bahamas to London.[143]
Grampus  Great Britain The ship brig was driven ashore south of Charleston, South Carolina[52]
Hampden  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and destroyed by the French in the Bay of Bulls.[140]
Henry & Charles  United States The ship was driven ashore near the Delaware Capes. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Hamburg.[144]
Hercules  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rising Sun ( Ireland). Hercules was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[145]
Hero  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Gibraltar.[146]
Hope  United States The brig was lost near Cape Florida, New Spain. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to an American port.[147]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Pallisades, off the coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Jamaica.[148]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was lost on a voyage that started at Havana.[42]
Jamaica  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and beached on Saint Croix, Virgin Islands before 11 November. She was on a voyage from Tobago and Grenada to London.[102][149]
Jolly Tar  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Norfolk, Virginia, United States.[59]
Jonge Bonefacius  Batavian Republic The ship, a prize, was driven ashore in Simon's Bay, near the Cape of Good Hope.[58]
Juliana  United States The ship was lost at Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Boston, Massachusetts.[143]
Juliana Maria Danish Asiatic Company The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Copenhagen.[150]
Little Brymer  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America to Jamaica.[65]
Lively  Great Britain The ship was lost off Antigua.[148]
London  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in Rapparee Cove, Devon.
Mackarel  Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[104][151]
Maria  Great Britain The transport ship was wrecked on the Ludberry Reef, in the Gulf of Florida.[85]
Maria  Great Britain The ship was lost at Port Royal, Jamaica.[119]
Milford  Great Britain The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Waterford, Ireland.[143]
Minerva  Great Britain The ship was lost near the mouth of the Delaware River with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Philadelphia.[44]
Mur  Great Britain The ship was sunk by ice off Cape Race, Newfoundland, British America with the loss of two of her crew.[43]
Nancy  United States The ship was lost at Bermuda. she was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Jamaica.[44]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by an explosion at the Cape of Good Hope.[114]
Old Dick  Great Britain The ship was lost on Rocky Point, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Africa to Jamaica.[43]
Othella  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the Bonny River.[41]
Parnassus  Great Britain The transport was lost at Corsica in late 1796.[152]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was lost on the American coast.[24]
Polly  United States The schooner was lost off Bermuda.[66]
Ranger  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily while on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily to London.[75]
Ranger  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland. Her crew were rescued.[87]
Regulator  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and destroyed by the French at Table Bay, Labrador, British America.[107]
Sovereign  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hebe ( Great Britain). Sovereign was on a voyage from Quebec to London.[153]
Thomas  Great Britain The ship was lost in Morant Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[85]
Three Friends  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French at Newfoundland and was scuttled.[140]
Trisviatitalia  Russian Empire The vessel was lost at Kamishak in Russian Alaska. After an attempt to repair her failed, she was burned in 1798 to retrieve her iron fittings.[154]
Tryphena  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by a squadron under the command of Admiral Joseph de Richery. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Oporto.[109]
Two Brothers  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Hunting Island, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[44]
Yarico  Great Britain War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the French. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec.[140]
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Ship events in 1796
Ship launches: 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801
Ship commissionings: 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801
Ship decommissionings: 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801
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