List of shipwrecks in 1797

The list of shipwrecks in 1797 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1797.

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1797
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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January

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Burton	Great Britain	The collier ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[1]
Hazleton	Great Britain	The collier was wrecked on Scroby Sands.[1]
Prosperous	Great Britain	The collier ran aground on Scroby Sands. She was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth.[1]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1797

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Amazon	Royal Navy	HMS Amazon (left) and Droits de l'Homme (right) War of the First Coalition, Action of 13 January 1797: The frigate ran aground at Audierne, Finistère, France and was wrecked with the loss of six of her crew.
Droits de l'Homme	French Navy	War of the First Coalition, Action of 13 January 1797: The Temeraire-class ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked at Plozévet, Finisterre with the loss of between 250 and 390 lives.
Jamaica	Great Britain	The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (44°N 14°W / 44°N 14°W). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[2]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Thomas and Alice	Great Britain	The ship was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex by Hindostan ( British East India Company). Thomas and Alice was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London.[3]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Active	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]
Agnes	Great Britain	The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland.[4]
Albion	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly whilst on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[5]
Amphion	Sweden	The ship was drive ashore near Worthing, West Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Gothenburg.[6]
Ann	Great Britain	The ship was lost at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Lisbon, Portugal.[7]
Bailies	Great Britain	The ship was lost on the Horle, off Portsmouth, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies.[8]
Betsey	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was sunk by cannon fire from a privateer whilst on a voyage from Bristol to Faro, Portugal.[5]
Buona Elina	Republic of Venice	The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Venice to London.[9]
Betsey	Great Britain	The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool.[9]
Calypso	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by La Tortue ( French Navy), set afire and sunk. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London.[8][10]
Charlestown	United States	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Maryland to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Concordia	Sweden	The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg.[11]
Conjecturea	Portugal	The ship was lost near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Lisbon.[12]
Dorothea Catherina	Bremen	The ship was wrecked on Heligoland whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen.[5][7]
Downes	Great Britain	The ship was lost near Lisbon with the loss of three of her crew.[3]
Draper	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the French. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Dublin, Ireland.[10]
Dublin	Ireland	The ship was driven ashore at Carlingford, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[13]
Elizabeth	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[8][10]
Elizabeth	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Virginia, United States.[14]
Fame	United States	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic.[10]
Friends	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol.[13]
Friends	Great Britain	The ship was lost in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[9]
Hope	Ireland	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French and was subsequently lost.[15]
Hope	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by a French squadron.[12]
Indian Chief	Great Britain	The ship was destroyed by fire at Falmouth, Cornwall.[16]
Industria	Hamburg	The ship was lost off Oporto.[11]
Jane	Great Britain	The ship was lost on the Needing. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.[4]
Jenny	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Africa to Bristol.[17]
Juno	Great Britain	The transport ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.[5]
Lord John Campbell	Great Britain	The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from the "Highlands" to Liverpool.[3]
Maria Christina	Stettin	The galiot was driven ashore at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland in late January. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool.[18]
Mary	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The sloop was captured by the privateer La Bonne Citoyenne ( France). She was subsequently wrecked at Guernsey, Channel Islands.[16]
Mercey	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, East Sussex. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to London.[4]
Mercury	Great Britain	The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from the Isles of Scilly to London.[13]
Mermaid	Great Britain	The ship was lost in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[1]
Minerva	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Portugal.[12]
Molly and Nancy	Great Britain	The ship was lost on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the Isle of Mull.[13]
Nancy	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Celtic Sea off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[19]
Neptune	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia to London.[8]
Olive Branch	Great Britain	The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Baltic to a Scottish port. Olive Branch was towed in to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire in a capsized condition.[3]
Peter Munck	Dantzig	The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Dantzick.[4]
Phillis	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Carlingford. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[6]
Pomona	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven. She was on a voyage from Cork to London[4]
Providence	Great Britain	The ship was lost near St. David's, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol.[4]
Ranger	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire.[16]
Resolution	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured off "Cape Clare" and was subsequently lost.[11]
Sarah	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark.[4]
Sincerity	Great Britain	The sloop was lost at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Tenby, Pembrokeshire to Dartmouth, Devon.[11]
Sisters	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured of the Isles of Scilly by the French and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Falmouth to Lisbon.[1]
Sovereign	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland whilst on a voyage from Quebec to London. Her crew were rescued by Hebe ( United States).[5]
Speedy Packet	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyager from Jersey, Channel Islands to Southampton, Hampshire.[19]
St. John	Great Britain	The ship was lost at Domesnes, Norway.[9]
Surveillante	French Navy	Expédition d'Irlande: The Iphigénie-class frigate was scuttled in Bantry Bay.
Syrene	Stettin	The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bourdeaux, Gironde, France.[9]
Thames	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[4]
Thetis	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham whilst on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[19]
Three Friends	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork.[20]
Two Friends	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Brighton, East Sussex. She was on a voyage from the Strait of Gibraltar to London.[9]
Unity	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Carlingford. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[6]
Volunteer	Great Britain	The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cork to Falmouth.[1]
Westmoreland Packet	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Falmouth.[17]
William	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore on the Irish coast and was plundered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to London.[5]
William and James	Great Britain	The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Liverpool.[17]
Wye	Great Britain	The brig was wrecked on Lundy Island with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Chepstow, Monmouthshire to Plymouth.[5]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Ocean	British East India Company	The East Indiaman ran aground on a reef off Kalatea (7°09′S 121°00′E / 7.150°S 121.000°E). She was scuttled on 5 February with the loss of two of her crew.

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Greyhound	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked at Faial Island, Azores with some loss of life.[21]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Sydney Cove	New South Wales	. The ship was beached on Preservation Island, Van Diemen's Land. All on board survived.

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Arrogante	Spanish Navy	Spanish ships burning at Trinidad. War of the First Coalition, Invasion of Trinidad: The third rate ship of the line was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.[22][23]
Gallardo	Spanish Navy	War of the First Coalition, Invasion of Trinidad: The third rate ship of the line was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.[22][24]
Santa Cecilia	Spanish Navy	War of the First Coalition, Invasion of Trinidad: The fifth rate frigate was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.[22][25]
San Vicente Ferrer	Spanish Navy	War of the First Coalition, Invasion of Trinidad: The third rate ship of the line was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.[22][26]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Elizabeth	Ireland	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Londonderry.[14]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Wyndham	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Watchet, Somerset.[27]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Apphia	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk off the coast of Ireland by the French. She was ona voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[28]
Bueno Elenna	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to London.[28]
Chance	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull to Leith, Lothian.[29]
Charlotte	flag unknown	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Barcelona, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Daniel	Great Britain	The ship was lost near Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31]
Elizabeth	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Ramsgate and London.[32]
Falmouth	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured in the English Channel by the privateers Ferret and Unitie (both  France). She was subsequently lost off Dunkerque, Nord, France Falmouth was on a voyage from Cork to London.[33]
Iris	Great Britain	The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[34]
Julie	Denmark	The ship was lost on Texel, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix.[29]
Maria Christiana	Portugal	The ship was lost near Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool.[33]
Peggy	Great Britain	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[34]
Tristram	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French and was scuttled in Galway Bay. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Poole, Dorset.[34]
William	Ireland	The ship was lost at Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Jamaica.[34] William later came ashore on the Galloway coast.[28]

March

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Jason	Great Britain	The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[35]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Betsey	Great Britain	The ship departed from the Isles of Scilly for Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Sally	United States	The snow was wrecked on "Georgie Island". Her crew were rescued by the whaler Young William ( Great Britain).[37]

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Ship	Country	Description
Belle Flore	Hamburg	The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Hamburg.[38]
Betsey	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Parsey ( Great Britain). Betsey was on a voyage from Wiscasset, Maine, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[39]
Charlotte	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Bangor. She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to Liverpool.[40]
Commerce	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Limerick, Ireland.[41]
Delia	Denmark	The ship was lost on the Anholt Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Copenhagen.[38]
Grizzie	Ireland	The ship was driven ashore in Galway Bay. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[21]
Jong Jacob	Batavian Republic	The ship was lost near Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, France. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[38]
London Packet	Great Britain	The ship sank at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Down, Ireland to London. London Packet was later refloated.[21]
Louisa Christina	Sweden	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Uddevalla to Cork, Ireland.[40]
Margaretta Elizabeth	Hamburg	The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Altona, Hamburg to New York, United States. Margaretta Elizabeth was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[42]
Mary	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage fromHull, Yorkshire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[40]
Paisley	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Boston, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to London.[21]
Queen of Naples	Great Britain	The ship foundered in Youghal Bay before 10 March. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lisbon, Portugal.[18][41]
Success	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Castlemaine, County Kerry, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.[38]
William Henry	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on Long Island, County Cork, Ireland.[41]

April

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Harmonie	French Navy	War of the First Coalition, Battle of Jean-Rabel; Haitian Revolution: The Virginie-class frigate was deliberaterly run ashore and burnt near Jean-Rabel, Saint Domingue to avoid capture by HMS Thunderer and Valiant (both Royal Navy).
Salvina	United States	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London, Great Britain.[36]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Santa Elena	Spanish Navy	War of the First Coalition, Action of 26 April 1797: The frigate was run aground and wrecked in Conil Bay having surrendered to HMS Emerald and HMS Irresistible (both Royal Navy).[37]

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Ship	Country	Description
HMS Albion	Royal Navy	The Albion-class ship of the line ran aground in the Thames Estuary. She broke her back two days later and was a total loss.
Anna Maria	Sweden	The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London Great Britain.[43]
Cremorne	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked in the Sound of Beaumaris.[44] She was on a voyage from Martinico to Liverpool, Lancashire.[39]
Dunbar	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the privateer Volligeur ( France) and was subsequently wrecked near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[20]
Happy Return	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked at St. Agnes, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall.[44]
Nautilus	Great Britain	The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Swansea, Glamorgan and Dartmouth, Devon. Nautilus was later towed in to Marazion, Cornwall.[45]
Peggy	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Ely, Glamorgan to Memel, Prussia.[46]
Prince Charles of Hesse	Great Britain	The ship was destroyed by fire off Cape Finisterre, Spain. She was on a voyage from Calabria to London.[43]
Venus	Great Britain	The ship sank on the Nore.[47]
William & Mary	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel.[20]
Winskabet	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel, Morocco whilst on a voyage from a Cornish port to Venice. Her crew were rescued.[44]
Worcester	British East India Company	The East Indiaman ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from London to India.[45]

May

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Hazard	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer Vengeance ( France). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newfoundland, British America.[48]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Travancore	British East India Company	The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to China.[49][50]

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Ship	Country	Description
Conradi and Lovisa	Denmark	The ship was driven ashore at Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Reval, Russia.[36]
Fame	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[51]
Favourite	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[36]
Goodintent	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Darete ( France). She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Newfoundland, British America.[52]
Holderness	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Dantzig.[53]
John and Mary	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to a Baltic port.[54]
Lady St. Clair	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt off "Wingo" by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife to Memel, Prussia.[48]
St. George	Great Britain	The ship foundered off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Kingdom of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Cork.[37]

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Minerva	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk off Skagen, Denmark by the privateer Corageaux ( France). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Ystad, Sweden.[55]

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Ship	Country	Description
Arno	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was driven ashore at Skagen, Denmark by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Riga, Russia.[56]
Cronberg	Danish Asiatic Company	The East Indiaman was driven ashore near Elsinore. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Copenhagen.[57]
Friendship	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 Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Hamburg.[58]
Langton	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by a privateer.[59]
HMS Pandora	Royal Navy	The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.
Providence	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured off Skagen, Denmark and was burnt. She was on a voyage from London to Narva, Russia.[60]
Sarah & Betty	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore in the "Ross River". She was on a voyage from "Ross" to Liverpool, Lancashire.[48]
Sophia	Great Britain	The ship foundered off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[61]
Three Sisters	Great Britain	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Onega, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[61]

July

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Calliope	French Navy	War of the First Coalition: The corvette was driven ashore and wrecked on the Îles des Saintes in an engagaement with HMS Anson and HMS Sylph (both Royal Navy).[62]
La Freedom	French Navy	War of the First Coalition: The ship was driven ashore on the Îles des Saintes in an engagement with HMS Anson and HMS Sylph (both Royal Navy). She was burnt by the British.[62]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Dorothea	Stettin	The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Riga, Russia.[63]
Orange	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk off Land's End, Cornwall by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Milford, Pembrokeshire.[64]
Peggy	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea.[63]
Prince of Orange	Great Britain	The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[65]
Providence	Great Britain	The ship ran aground on the Fair Ness Rock, off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to London.[66]
Thomas	Great Britain	The ship caught fire in the River Thames at the Tower of London and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford, Ireland.[66]

August

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Helen	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada.[67][68]
Jackson	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[67][68]
Prince William Henry	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from London to Martinico.[67][68]
Three Brothers	Great Britain	The transport ship was wrecked at Barbadoes.[67][68]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Martha	British East India Company	The East Indiaman was lost in the Bengal River, India.[69]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Britannia	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Trinidade, Brazil to London.[70]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Peggy	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to a British port.[71]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Artois	Royal Navy	The Artois-class frigate struck a rock off the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[72]
Clyde	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the North Sea by a privateer.[73]
Ceres	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the North Sea by the privateer Courageaux ( France). She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Copenhagen, Denmark.[74]
Commerce	United States	The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina for Bremen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[50]
Courageaux	France	War of the First Coalition: The privateer exploded and sank in the North Sea during an engagagement with Exeter ( Great Britain). Only four of her 43 crew survived.[74]
Eliza	Ireland	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames.She was on a voyage from Waterford to London.[75]
Friendship	Great Britain	The ship was lost on Nixman's Ground, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[74]
Hannah	Sweden	The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Sweden to London.[76]
Hilda	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore on Lausholm, near Visby, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Whitby, Yorkshire.[74] She was refloated and taken in to "Sleet" for repairs.[77]
John	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the North Sea by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[78]
Jubilee	Ireland	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Rügen, Swedish Pomerania to Dublin.[75]
Pointer	Great Britain	The ship caught fire at Gothenburg, Sweden and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool, Lancashire.[77]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Chasseur	France	War of the First Coalition: The privateer was sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norway by HMS Brilliant ( Royal Navy).[71]
L'Intrepid	France	War of the First Coalition: The privateer was sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norway by HMS Brilliant ( Royal Navy).[71]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Hunter	Great Britain	The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Bristol ( Great Britain). Hunter was set afire. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[79]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Betsey	United States	The sloop was wrecked in the Currituck Inlet.[80]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Providence	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[68]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1797

Ship	Country	Description
John	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by a privateer and burnt. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Newfoundland, British America.[81]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Brothers	Great Britain	The brig was wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, British America.[82]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Ann	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[83]
Betsey	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[83]
Carl Pieter	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore at Eastbourne, East Sussex, Great Britain whilst on a voyage from Stockholm to Waterford, Ireland.[71]
Diana	Ireland	The ship sank in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Dublin.[84]
Eliza	Hamburg	The ship departed from Hamburg for Africa and Surinam. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[85]
Fanny	Great Britain	The ship was lost near Penzance, Cornwall.[86]
Glückleickeweiderkurs	Hamburg	The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[83]
Lethe	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.[87]
Providence	Great Britain	The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[70]
Sophia Magdalena	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Chichester, West Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Lisbon, Portugal.[86]
Triumph	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked at Newton, Gloucestershire whilst on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[71]
Weetwood	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[83]
Xenophen	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near "Hornbeck".[86]

October

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Delft	United Netherlands Navy	War of the First Coalition, Battle of Camperdown: The fourth rate ship-of-the-line foundered 0.5 nautical miles (930 m) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain, following damage sustained in battle.[88]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1797

Ship	Country	Description
David	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the West Indies.[89]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Beginning	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Leith, Lothian.[89][90]
Eliza	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Leith. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. Eliza was later refloated and taken in to Leith for repairs.[89][90]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Grenville Bay	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was subsequently abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Ranger ( British East India Company). Grenville Bay was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[91]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Ann	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Berwick upon Tweed. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Hamburg.[92]
Barbara	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Martinico.[92]
Carl Peter	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore at Eastbourne, East Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Waterford, Ireland.[93]
Carolina	United States	The brig foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham, Great Britain.[94]
Carolina Wilhelmina	Stettin	The ship was lost near "Porttith", Cornwall, Great Britain with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stettin.[95]
Dublin Packet	Great Britain	The ship was lost near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States.[96]
Eendraght	Dantzig	The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.[94]
Eliza	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica.[89]
Elizabeth	Bremen	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Cork, Ireland.[79]
Endeavour	Great Britain	The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[97]
Fox	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Limerick, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool.[79]
Friede	Swedish Pomerania	The ship was driven ashore near Amrum, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Wolgast to London.[92]
Friendship	British East India Company	The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Rye Harbour, East Sussex. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London.[92]
George	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin, Ireland.[92]
Hibernia	Ireland	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[94]
John	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[94]
Liddle	Great Britain	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Dantzig to London.[96]
London	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British America to London.[94]
Maria	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Sheerness. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts.[94]
Mersey	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[92]
Monnikendam	United Netherlands Navy	The frigate was beached at Westkapelle, Zeeland and was wrecked.[98]
Peggy	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Tönning, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Montrose, Forfarshire.[79]
Trial	Great Britain	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London.[89]
William and Mary	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Dartmouth and Exeter, Devon.[95]

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Audacious	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked at Madeira.[82]
Myra	Ireland	The ship was wrecked at Madeira.[82]
Nelly	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked at Madeira. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.[82]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1797

Ship	Country	Description
North Carolina	United States	The ship was wrecked on "Albicoa Island", West Indies with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal to Washington.[99]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Princess Amelia	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British America. Her crew were rescued.[100]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Mary	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to London. She was recaptured by HMS Jason ( Royal Navy and burnt.[101]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1797

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Tribune	Royal Navy	The fifth rate frigate ran aground off Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, British America with the loss of over 240 lives. There were twelve survivors.

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Shepherdess	Great Britain	The ship was lost in Loch Eriboll. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Lancashire.[102]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Speedwell	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the English Channel off Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[49]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Aurora	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[103]
Dædalus	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Chester, Cheshire.[104]
Elizabeth	Great Britain	The ship was lost near Brighton, East Sussex. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to London.[49]
Frederick	Sweden	The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Stockholm.[91]
Friends	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk.[105]
George	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Wallasey, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[106]
Happy Meeting	Great Britain	The ship was lost near Scarborough, Yorkshire.[91]
Hope	Great Britain	The lugger was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex by Belfast ( Great Britain) with the loss of eleven of her crew.[49]
Itrehoe	Portugal	The ship departed from Oporto for Dublin, Ireland between 10 and 15 October. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[107]
Jonge Sykau Fleet	Prussia	The ship departed from Königsberg for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[108]
Latona	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Lightship ( Great Britain).[109]
Liberty	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[110]
Liberty	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough.[91]
Mars	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Memel, Prussia.[49]
Mercury	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore.[91]
Partridge	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[105]
Providence	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[105]
Royal George	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Milford, Pembrokeshire.[110]
Rufford	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Riga, Russia.[49]
Sisters	Great Britain	The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan.[111]
Sisters	Great Britain	The ship was lost near Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax.[112]
Spring	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore.[91]
Verandering	Batavian Republic	The ship was lost on the Happisburgh Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Great Britain to Dort.[111]
Worcester	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sandown Castle, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[91]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Chance	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore in Carbonear Bay.[113]
Eagle	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore in Carbonear Bay.[113]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Christian & Betsey	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on The Saints. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[114]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Dolphin	France	War of the First Coalition: The privateer was captured in the Bay of Biscay by HMS Clyde ( Royal Navy). She foundered the next day.[101]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Marquis of Worcester	Great Britain	The West Indiaman was wrecked on Chesil Beach, Dorset with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[115] She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London.[116]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Haabet	flag unknown	The ship departed from Oporto, Portugal for Guernsey, Channel Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[117]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Agatha Phillipina	Dantzig	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Dantzig.[118]
Alliance	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.[119]
Amphitrite	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[50]
Bartholomew	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the English Channel off Seaford, East Sussex with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dantzig.[120]
Beaver	Great Britain	The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the couast of County Durham.[121]
Boston	Great Britain	The ship was lost at São Miguel Island, Azores.[122]
Cadiz Packet	Great Britain	The brig was driven ashore in Stokes Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Lisbon, Portugal.[123][116] Cadiz Packet was later refloated.[113]
Caresfort	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Liverpool.[124]
Dominus Tecum	Dantzig	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Dantzig.[113]
Economy	Great Britain	The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock.[116]
Eagle	Great Britain	The transport ship was wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent.[116]
Egremont	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[123] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Littlehampton, West Sussex.[119]
Eliza	Great Britain	The ship was in collision with another vessel in the English Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford, Ireland. Eliza was later towed in to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France.[125]
Elizabeth	Great Britain	The ship was lost at Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British America to Liverpool.[113]
Enigheit	Sweden	The ship was driven ashore on Gotland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Liverpool.[113]
Fanny	Great Britain	The ship was lost in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[82]
Fênix	Portuguese Navy	The fourth rate frigate was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was subsequently refloated and returned to service.[126][127]
Gateshead	Great Britain	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne.[121]
George Brisset	Great Britain	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Liverpool with the loss of two of her crew.[50]
Guardian	Great Britain	The ship was abandoned in the North Sea.[125]
HMS Hamadryad	Royal Navy	The fifth rate frigate was wrecked on the Barbary Coast.[128][129]
Happy	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[123]
Hope	Great Britain	The ship was lost near The Skerries, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[116]
Infant Thomas	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Memel, Prussia.[82]
Jane	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on the North and South Rock. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Belfast, County Down, Ireland.[113]
Jane & Sarah	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore in Stokes Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.[116] Jane & Sarah was later refloated.[113]
Jason	Great Britain	The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock.[116]
Jong Juffrow Anna Margaretta	Hamburg	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[82]
Juffrow Anna Alida	Batavian Republic	The ship was lost near "Weykopzee". She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to Rotterdam.[130]
Lady Alleyne	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Memel.[82]
Liverpool Packet	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Liverpool.[121]
Maria Charlotta	Stettin	The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin.[131]
Mary	Great Britain	The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand.[121]
Mary	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Martinico to London.[101]
Nancy	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire and Jamaica.[116]
Neriod	Great Britain	The ship was lost near Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of all but four of her crew.[82]
New Loyalty	Great Britain	The ship was lost in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belfast.[50]
Olive	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near "Wigen".[82]
Planter	Great Britain	The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand.[121]
Prince of Piedmont	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Chichester, West Sussex. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London.[116]
Rachael	Great Britain	The ship was lost at São Miguel Island, Azores.[132]
Star	Great Britain	The ship was lost near Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool.[130]
Success	Batavian Republic	The brig was driven ashore in Stokes Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal.[123]
Success	Great Britain	The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen.[101]
Swan	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore near Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to Liverpool.[119]
Twee Gebroeders	Batavian Republic	The ship was driven ashore near Camperduin. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam.[101]
Two Brothers	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk.[130]
Union	Great Britain	The ship sprang a leak and put in to Whitby, Yorkshire, where she sank. Union was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[121]
Zeelust	Hamburg	The ship was lost on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[82]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1797

Ship	Country	Description
Ann	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer La Eigle ( France). She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Gaspee, Lower Canada, British America.[58]
Bridget	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French. She was subsequently wrecked on Martinico. Bridget was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.[59]
Britannia	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from the West Indies to a British port.[133]
Brothers	Great Britain	The ship was lost at Old Calabar.[130]
Castle Semple	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to the West Indies[63]
Charlotte	British East India Company	The East Indiaman was lost near the mouth of the Ganges.[132]
Cornwallis	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured in the West Indies. She was sent in to Guadeloupe but was subsequently lost there. Cornwallis was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool, Lancashire.[56]
Elizabeth	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to the Teignmouth, Devon.[123]
Fame	Great Britain	The ship was lost at British Honduras.[46]
Fanny	Great Britain	The transport ship collided with Briton ( Great Britain and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.[134]
Favourite	Ireland	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (34°N 35°W / 34°N 35°W) by Thétis ( French Navy). She was on a voyage from Martinico to Cork.[56]
General Marian	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa whilst on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.[120]
General Warren	Great Britain	The ship was lost.[134]
Gibraltar	Great Britain	The ship was lost in Carbonear Bay.[113]
Governor Williamson	Great Britain	The ship was lost on the African coast. She was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.[130]
Hull Packet	Great Britain	The ship foundered before 12 December. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, United States to an English port.[135][124]
Henry & Eliza	Great Britain	The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Port Antonio, Jamaica.[46]
James	Great Britain	The ship was lost at Bonny, Nigeria.[52]
Janet	United States	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Jamaica.[130]
John	United States	The ship was wrecked in the Delaware River. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[112]
Kitty Cummings	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by Scipio ( Batavian Republic Navy). She was on a voyage from Demerara to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[21]
Margarets	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[114]
Maria	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Newfoundland.[136]
Martha	British East India Company	The East Indiaman was lost near the mouth of the Ganges.[132]
Martin	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore in the Hampton Roads, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[60]
Mary	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked on Saint Croix, Virgin Islands before 2 June.[137]
Nelly	Great Britain	The letter of marque ship was lost on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Nassau, Bahamas.[138]
Nelly	Great Britain	The ship ran aground off Union Island. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool.[2] Nelly was later refloated and taken in to Saint Vincent.[43]
New Providence	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and subsequently lost at Saint-Domingue. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Saint-Domingue.[139]
Orracabezza	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured off Charleston, South Carolina, United States by a privateer and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[120]
Polly	Great Britain	The ship was lost at Charleston, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Charleston.[38]
Powhaton	United States	The ship was wrecked at Charleston, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charleston.[140]
Prince Frederick	British East India Company	War of the First Coalition: The East Indiaman was captured by Insurgente ( French Navy). She subsequently foundered but her crew were rescued. Prince Frederick was on a voyage from Bengal to London.[132]
Providence	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured and subsequently run ashore at Saint-Domingue. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Domingue.[141]
Ranger	United States	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Roebuck Packet ( Great Britain). Ranger was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, Gironde, France to New York.[51]
Recovery	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Barbadoes.[70]
Roebuck	Great Britain	War of the First Coalition: The ship was captured by the French off the coast of Africa and subsequently sank.[41]
Salter	Great Britain	The ship was lost on the coast of British Honduras. She was on a voyage from London to British Honduras.[124]
Schonhoven	Batavian Republic	The ship was lost in the Demarara River. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Grenada.[86]
Sisters	Great Britain	The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Worms Head, Glamorgan with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from St Ives, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan.[27]
Sisters	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Halifax.[125]
Stag	Great Britain	The ship capsized at Halifax.[123] She was on a voyage from Halifax to Jamaica.[120]
Susannah	Great Britain	The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Halifax.[134]
Three Friends	Great Britain	The ship was wrecked off Charleston, South Carolina whilst on a voyage from Charleston to London.[41]
Three Sisters	Great Britain	The ship was driven ashore at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts.[130]
Triton	Great Britain	The schooner was lost in Carbonear Bay.[125]
Venus	Great Britain	The whaler was losy in the Greenland Sea. Her crew were rescued.[60]
Vrees & Hoop	flag unknown	War of the First Coalition The ship was captured off Saint Lucia and was subsequently lost. She was on a voyage from Demerara to London.[70]
William	United States	The schooner was wrecked on Heneaga.[138]
York	Great Britain	The ship foundered off Jamaica whilst on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[41]

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119. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (2975). 15 December 1797.
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Ship events in 1797
Ship launches:	1792	1793	1794	1795	1796	1797	1798	1799	1800	1801	1802
Ship commissionings:	1792	1793	1794	1795	1796	1797	1798	1799	1800	1801	1802
Ship decommissionings:	1792	1793	1794	1795	1796	1797	1798	1799	1800	1801	1802
Shipwrecks:	1792	1793	1794	1795	1796	1797	1798	1799	1800	1801	1802