List of shipwrecks in December 1822

The list of shipwrecks in December 1822 includes some ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1822.

1 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1822
Ship State Description
Assistance   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dring, County Fermanagh.[1]
Deux Frères   France The ship collided with a sloop in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime.[2]
Fly   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Aberdeen.[3][4]
Harriet Newall   British North America The ship was lost in the Turks Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Jamaica.[5]
Phœnix   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire.[6]

2 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1822
Ship State Description
Adventure   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Petten, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[7][8]
Aurora   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Horsey, Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[3][9]

3 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1822
Ship State Description
Melanie   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea between Formentera and Ibiza, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France.[10]

4 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1822
Ship State Description
Aurora   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at La Baye, Grenada. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada.[11]
Cecelia   United States The schooner foundered off the west coast of Curaçao. She was on a voyage from Curaçao to Gibraltar.[5]
Edward and Mary   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Hull, Yorkshire.[12]
Forth   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Culdonnon". She was on a voyage from Burnt Island, Fife to Youghall, County Cork.[13]
Froown   Russia The ship was driven ashore in the River Shannon at Limerick, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk to Lisbon, Portugal.[8]
Ocean   United Kingdom The ship departed from King's Lynn, Norfolk for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
William   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Southampton, Hampshire.[15]

5 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1822
Ship State Description
Active   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8] Active was later refloated.[16]
Alciope   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Virginia, United States.[8]
Alice and Amelia   United Kingdom The ship sank in the Prince's Dock, Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dundalk, County Louth.[17][18][19]
Ann   United Kingdom The Exeter-registered ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[8][12] Ann was refloated in late December and taken in to Great Yarmouth. Norfolk.[20]
Ann   United Kingdom The London-registered ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated in late December and taken in to Great Yarmouth for repairs.[21][8]
Ann   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[8][12][17]
Ardent   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ince, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool.[8][17]
Belfast   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bootle Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.[17][18]
Bethel   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire.[8] She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire.[19]
Britannia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to London.[8][17]
British Tar   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Liverpool.[17][18] She was refloated on 13 December and taken in to Liverpool.[22]
Caledonia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[17][18] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara.[19]
Chance   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Chance   United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[23]
Chili   Chile The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaíso.[17][18][19] Chili was later refloated.[16]
Dandy   United Kingdom The ship sank in the Prince's Dock, Liverpool.[18]
Don   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore in Campbeltown Loch. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Newry, County Antrim.[16]
Dove   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Ebor   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull.[8][12]
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Gunfleet Sand.[23] She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[25]
Farmer   United Kingdom The schooner was presumed to have foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London.[26][27]
Fortune   United Kingdom The ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Gilbert   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Bootle Bay.[18] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia, United States. Gilbert was refloated on 10 December and taken in to Liverpool.[13]
Happy Return   United Kingdom The pilot boat foundered in the Irish Sea off Abergele, Denbighshire with the loss off all three crew.[18]
Hartford   United Kingdom The brig was lost on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued by Good Intent (  United Kingdom).[24][23] Hartford was on a voyage from North Shields to London.[25]
Hawke   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Colchester, Essex.[26]
Hero   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Dee. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[8]
Hope   United Kingdom The ship departed from Boston, Lincolnshire for London. No further trace, probably foundered in the North Sea off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[28]
Janet   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Waterford.[8] Janet was refloated in late December.[20]
John   United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Great Yarmouth whilst on a voyage from Colchester to Hull. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[29]
John and Sarah   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Boscastle, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Wexford to London.[30]
Jonah   United Kingdom The ship rang aground on the Gunfleet Sand and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. Jonah was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[19]
Kirkcudbright Castle   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore in Campbeltown Loch. She was on a voyage from Barra, Outer Hebrides to London.[16]
La Plata   Brazil The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montevideo.[17][18] La Plata was later refloated.[16]
Liberty   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Foyns Island, County Limerick.[8]
Lily   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Westport, County Mayo.[13]
Little Mary   United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Gunfleet Sand.[23] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. Little Mary subsequently drove ashore at Hollesley, Suffolk.[7]
Lord Nelson   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Gwithian, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[12]
Lord Nelson   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Scarborough. Lord Nelson subsequently drove ashore at Heacham, Norfolk.[13]
Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Campbeltown Loch. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Waterford.[16]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Garstang, Lancashire.[8]
Mayflower   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore in Campbeltown Loch.[16]
Merchant   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alnmouth, Northumberland to London.[8][12]
Mercury   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Preston Banks, in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[29] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Kirkcudbright, Wigtownshire.[31]
Nelson   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[23]
Orus   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in The Wash off King's Lynn with the loss of all hands.[1]
Otho   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.[17][18] Otho was later refloated.[16]
Polly   United Kingdom The ship was dismasted off the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued on 7 December by Walcheren (  Hamburg). Polly was on a voyage from South Shields to Southampton, Hampshie. She was taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands on 9 December.[13]
Prince Regent   United Kingdom The steamship sank in the River Mersey off Ellesmere, Cheshire with the loss of eight of the 23 people on board' Survivors were rescued by the flat John (  United Kingdom).[32]
Robert and Ann   United Kingdom The ship sank in the King's Dock, Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool.[17][18]
Robert and Margaret   United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Gunfleet Sand.[23] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to London.[20]
Rockingham   United States The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Dee and damaged. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire.[30] Rockingham was consequently condemned,[16] but was later refloated and taken in to the River Mersey.[14]
St. Antonio Felix   Portugal The ship was driven ashore at Glin, County Limerick. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Oporto.[19]
Strathearn Castle   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at French Point, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to Liverpool.[16]
Thomas   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to Liverpool.[17][18] Thomas was later refloated.[16]
Thomas and Alice   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Sandown, Isle of Wight. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[8][23]
Thomas and Ann   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point.[8]
Topaze   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool.[17][18] Topaze was refloated in mid-December and taken in to Liverpool.[21]
Ulysses   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pile Foundry, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Miramichi Bay to Liverpool.[33]
Vigilant   Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[12][17][19]
Westmoreland   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Caicos Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Jamaica.[34]
William   United Kingdom The ship foundered in The Solent off Portsmouth, Hampshire.[8] Her crew were rescued.[35]
4   United Kingdom The pilot boat was lost near Abergele, Denbighshire with the loss of three of her crew.[19]

6 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1822
Ship State Description
Acorn   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the Horse Sand, in The Solent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Poole, Dorset. Acorn was later refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[35]
Aimable Elise   France The ship put into Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom, where she sank. She was on a voyage from London to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. Aimable Elise was later refloated.[35]
Ardent   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ince, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork.[19]
Britannia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Dee.[19]
Charles   France The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Havre de Grâce and Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. Charles was later refloated.[22][30]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. Elizabeth was later refloated and taken in to the River Thames.[35]
Familien   Norway The ship was wrecked on the Jadder Reef. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Stavanger.[26]
General Smith   United States The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis.[30] She was refloated on 14 February 1823.[36]
Hero   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Dee. All on board were rescued.[19]
Hunter   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[10]
Lammert   France The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Lammert was later refloated.[30]
Protection   United States The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis.[30] She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Virginia. Protection was refloated on 25 February 1823.[37]
Richard   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Pole", Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London.[19]
Salmon   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off St Bees Head, Cumberland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Annan, Dumfriesshire to Liverpool.[1]

7 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1822
Ship State Description
Ceres   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland. She later refloated.[22]
Fortuna   Grand Duchy of Finland The ship as lost near Loviisa. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Loviisa.[16]
Granada   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Texel with the loss of three of her crew.[30]
Hesperus   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Texel. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Surinam. Hesperus was later refloated and taken in to Medemblik, North Holland.[22]
Johanna Maria Constantia   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Texel.[30]
Peter Anthony   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Texel.[30]
Rockingham   United States The ship was driven ashore at the Point of Ayr, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.[19]
Venus   Sweden The ship was wrecked east of Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Carlscrona.[38]
Vijf Gebroeders   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Surinam.[30]
Vriendschaft   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Texel.[30]
Westmoreland   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of all but two of her crew.

8 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1822
Ship State Description
Albion   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to London. Albion was later refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[19]
Ange Guardian   France The brig was wrecked on the Cufeo Bank, off Ensenada, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her crew survived.[10] She was on a voyage from Catalonia, Spain to Buenos Aires.[39]
John Craig   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Buenos Aires.[39] She was refloated on 14 December.[40]

9 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1822
Ship State Description
Alexander   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Rock Channel. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. Alexander was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool.[13]
Caroline   Hamburg The ship was lost off the "Hever", Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Hamburg.[41]

10 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1822
Ship State Description
Amelia   Jersey The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (45°00′N 45°10′W / 45.000°N 45.167°W / 45.000; -45.167). Her crew were rescued by Brothock (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Alicante, Spain.[42]
Fabius   United States The ship was wrecked on Grand Caicos Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[43]
Henrick Wilhelm   Denmark The ship was wrecked near Bergen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Horsens.[26]
Jefferson   United States The ship was wrecked on the Île à Vache, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Dominica and Jamaica.[5]
Neptune   United Kingdom The sloop was lost near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands.[13]

11 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1822
Ship State Description
Lady of the Lake   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[39]
Margaret   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Thrumcat Shoals. She was on a voyage from kingston, Jamaica to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[44]
Vriendschap   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Ems. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[45]

12 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1822
Ship State Description
Actif   Portugal The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Antwerp, United Kingdom of the Netherlands.[46]
Xenophon   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[47] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. Xenophon was refloated on 14 December and taken in to Liverpool.[20]

13 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1822
Ship State Description
Isabella   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea off Flamborough Head and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Autumn (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham.[48]
Maister   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Tiree, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued.[49]

14 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1822
Ship State Description
John & James   British North America The ship ran ashore on the north coast of "Montanti". She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Campobello Island, New Brunswick.[44]
HMS Racehorse   Royal Navy The Cruizer-class brig-sloop was wrecked off Langness, Isle of Man with the loss of six of her 121 crew and also that of three rescuers.

15 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1822
Ship State Description
Ann Elizabeth   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Nevlunghavn, Norway.[20]
Cæsar   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Iona, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued.[49]
William and Alfred   United Kingdom The West Indiaman was destroyed by fire in the West India Docks, London.[50]

16 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1822
Ship State Description
Concordia   Norway The ship was lost near Uddevalla, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Armagh, United Kingdom to Christiana.[41]
George IV   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dipper Harbour, New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Demerara.[34]
Industry   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Digby, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, to A Coruña, Spain.[34]
Margaret   Martinique The ship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the mouth of the Weyma River. There were three survivors. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Demerara.[51]
Robert   United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and sank in the River Foyle at Londonderry.[33]
William & Alfred   United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire and was scuttled.[16]

17 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1822
Ship State Description
Kiero   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[49] Kiero was refloated on 21 December and put into Copenhagen, Denmark.[31]
Lord Wellington   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reef, in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh to London.[26]
Success   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Arklow, County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cork.[52]

18 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1822
Ship State Description
Ingeborg   Duchy of Holstein The ship ran aground off Gotland, Sweden and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Flensburg. Ingeborg was later refloated and put into Catterhamswick for repairs.[53]
Samuel Thornton   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[54][55]

19 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1822
Ship State Description
Achille   France Captain Bernabo's ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre, Martinique.[56]
Achille   France Captain Troquet's ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Adolphe   France The ship was driven ashore at Knokke, West Flanders, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[57]
Alfred   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Antoinette   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Arethusa   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Aspern   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newhaven. Aspern was refloated the next day and taken in to Newhaven in a severely damaged condition.[45]
Atalante   Martinique The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Basse Terre   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Cornelie   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Cosmopolite   United States The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Deux Cousins   Martinique The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Diamond   St. Vincent The schooner was driven ashore on St. Vincent.[58]
Eagle   United States The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Elizabeth   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Elizabeth   United States The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Enterprize   Martinique The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Fabricus   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Fauche   Martinique The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Felicité   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Fils-Unique   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Hero   St. Vincent The lugger was driven ashore at St. Vincent.[58]
Huret   Martinique The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Hyacinth   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea with the loss of three of the eight people on board.[26] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wexford.[14]
Intrepido   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Jeanne   French Navy The warship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her nineteen crew were rescued by Rapid (  United Kingdom). Jeanne was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.[31]
L'Adolphe   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Knocke, West Flanders, Netherlands. Her eighteen crew were rescued.[59]
Maria Caroline   United States The ship was wrecked on "Bonnet Point". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Providence, Rhode Island.[44]
Mary Jane   United States The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Matthew King   Barbadoes The ship was driven ashore at Barbadoes. She was subsequently declared a total loss.[56]
Merlin   Martinique The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Mount Vernon   United States The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Nancy Ann   United States The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Neveux   Martinique The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Paramaribo   United States The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Prefereé   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
President   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Rebecca   Nevis The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Barbadoes.[56]
Richmond Packet   United States The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Saint Honoré   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Victor et Felicie   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Vincent   France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Whim   St. Vincent The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
William and Mary   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Whitaker Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Perth (  United Kingdom).[60]

20 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1822
Ship State Description
Hebe   United Kingdom The ship was beached at Penzance, Cornwall.[31]
Superior   United States The ship was driven ashore on Marie-Galante. Her crew were rescued.[43]

21 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1822
Ship State Description
Agnes   Spain The ship was driven ashore at La Guayra, Gran Colombia.[61]
Christopher   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Poole, Dorset.[52]
Columbus   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at La Guayra, Gran Colombia.[62]
Dido   United States The ship was lost at Alvarado, Mexico.[34]
Jupiter   Spain The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Havana, Cuba.[34]
Veloce   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at La Guayra.[62]

22 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1822
Ship State Description
Agnes   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra, Gran Colombia.[63]
Belier flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra with the loss of a crew member.[64]
Caravan   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]
Cherub   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]
Colombia   Virgin Islands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]
Dauntless   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]
Eendragt   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]
Endymion   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]
Fantasie flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra. Her crew were rescued.[64]
Leda   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]
Loraine   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]
Princess Charlotte   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]
Reine flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra. Her crew were rescued.[64]
Statira flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra. Her crew were rescued.[64]
Sarah   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]
Teazer   United Kingdom The ship departed from Cork for São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[65]
Valious   Virgin Islands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]
Veloz   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at la Guayra. Her crew were rescued.[64]
Veloz   Gran Colombia The privateer was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra with the loss of two of her crew.[64]
West Indian   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at La Guayra.[63]

23 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1822
Ship State Description
Martha   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Garlieston, Wigtownshire.[55] Her crew were rescued.[54]

25 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1822
Ship State Description
Medina   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pegwell Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to London.[49] Medina was later refloated.[31]
William   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Dulas, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick.[66]

27 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1822
Ship State Description
Icare   France The lugger foundered in the English Channel. Her seventeen crew were rescued by Rapid (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to the Charente River.[67]
Lord Townsend   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dover to Woolwich.[31]

28 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1822
Ship State Description
Alert   United Kingdom The brig was beached near Lewistown, Maryland, United States.[68]
Lord Townsend   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent.[69]
Ordnance   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Foreign Rock, off Margate. She was on a voyage from Dover to Woolwich, Kent.[70]
Sally   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crane Point, County Waterford.[71] She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
Sarah Edwards   United Kingdom The sloop foundered off Chagres, Gran Colombia. She was on a voyage from Chagres to Jamaica.[72]

29 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1822
Ship State Description
Brunton   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Spanish Battery, North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[14][73]
Governor Halkett   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to London.[14]
Hope   United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off Ardmore, County Waterford with the loss of all hands.[26][57]
Swift   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Dungarvan, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[14] Swift was refloated on 7 January 1823 and taken in to Galway.[25]
Vriendschap van Amsterdam   Netherlands The ship foundered in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom.[29]

30 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1822
Ship State Description
Achille   France The ship was lost during a hurricane at Martinique.[5][68]
Ann & Dorothy   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.[14]
Brothers   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[14]
Chester   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[14]
Cyrus   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[14]
Dwina   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Sandwich Bay, Kent, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[42]
Elizabeth   France The ship was lost during a hurricane at Martinique.[68][74]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[14]
Fenwick   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[14]
Françoise Rose   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[26]
Friendship   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[14]
Julia   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[14]
Maria Ann   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[14]
Polly   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Sunderland.[14]
Squirrel   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[14]
Wealands   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland.[14]

31 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1822
Ship State Description
David Richards   United Kingdom The ship was last sighted on this date whilst on a voyage from Falmouth, Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[75]
Patriot   United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Drumroof Bank, in the Solway Firth and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dumfries to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[55]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1822
Ship State Description
Adolphus   France The ship was lost on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[7]
Alicampane   British North America The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Placentia Bay to St. John's, Newfoundland. The ship's dog survived.[76]
Cæsar   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the island of Tiree. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Catharine   Russia The ship was driven ashore at Vourlá, Ottoman Empire.[56] She was later refloated and arrived at Smirna on 15 January 1823.[39]
Edward and Mary   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Hull, Yorkshire.[17]
Frederick Wilhelm   Stettin The ship was driven ashore near Helsingør, Denmark before 3 December. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Oporto, Portugal.[47]
Freunde   Prussia The ship was wrecked near Arendal, Norway. She was on a voyage from Rügenwalde to London, United Lingdom.[28]
General Henderson   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia.[17]
Gleaner   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Liverpool.[13]
Harriet   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River before 6 December. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[53]
Heinrich Wilhelm   Stettin The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Stettin.[53]
Juno   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Amsterdam, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam.[36]
Latona   United Kingdom The ship was holed by an anchor and was beached at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gibraltar.[33]
Maister   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the Isle of Tyree. She was on a voyage from Miramichi Bay to the Clyde.[77]
Najaden Unknown The ship departed from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[78]
Perseverance   United Kingdom The ship was struck by lightning off "Turmoan" and burnt. Her crew were rescued.[79]
Spartan   United Kingdom The ship was lost near Lagos, Xanthi, Greece before 10 December.[80]
Susannah   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of Domesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued by a Swedish ship. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Hull.[14]

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