Sailing Vessel Wrecks 1800-1900
View All Sailing Vessel on the Wreck MapDennis Brundrit Wreck
7.5.1892 BUILT OF WOOD IN 1840 AT RUNCORN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DONALD DICKSON & CO, LIVERPOOL. CONDEMNED AT STANLEY IN 1879. SHE WAS REPAIRED O...
Derwent Wreck
WOODEN VESSEL BUILT 1875 IN WORKINGTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J F LITTLE, MARYPORT. PASSAGE MARYPORT FOR LONDONDERRY. STRANDED AND LOST IN WSW FORC...
Devereux Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1834. PASSAGE QUEBEC FOR STRANGFORD LOUGH. ENCOUNTERED FURIOUS GALE OFF TORY. 1 OF 15 CREW LOST WHILE ATTEMPTING TO JETTISON DECK CAR...
Dido Wreck
BUILT IN 1859. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY C H DONNER, HAMBURG. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR NEW YORK. STRANDED AND LOST. NO LIVES LOST. (SII & SHIPWRECKS OF TH...
Dispatch (Possibly) Wreck
No description
Docea Wreck
SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH 'ALPHA'. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST & SIBI).
Doris Wreck
No description
Douro Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT IN 1839 IN ST IVES, CORNWALL, WAS WRECKED ON ROUND ROCK, WESTERN ROCKS, SCILLY ISLES, WHILE ON PASSAGE LIVERPOOL TO OPORTO. (SHIPWRECK I...
Dryad Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1874 BY T ROYDEN & SONS, LIVERPOOL. PASSAGE SHIELDS FOR VALPARAISO. BLOWN ASHORE AND SMASHED TO PIECES. (DEVON SHIPWRECKS & SIBI).
Duke Of Connaught (Possibly) Wreck
IRON CONSTRUCTION FULL RIGGED SV BUILT 1859. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY H WORKMAN, LONDON. PASSAGE LONDON FOR MARTPORT & QUEENSLAND. SUNK FOLLOWING A CO...
Dunmail Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1873 BY WHITEHAVEN SHIPBUILDING CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY FISHER & SPROTT. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR MELBOURNE. GROUNDED ON QUEENS...
Earl Of Abergavenny Wreck
BUILT 1789 BY PITCHER, GRAVESEND. AN EAST INDIAMAN. PASSAGE PORTSMOUTH FOR EAST INDIES WIHT FOUR OTHER VESSELS ESCORTED BY HMS WEYMOUTH. STRUCK THE SH...
Ebenezer Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1870. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A ULRIKSEN & P MANDAL. WHEN AT ANCHOR OFF MESSRS LAIRDS' YARD WAS RUN INTO & SUNK BY THE SS HERMOD. LA...
Ebenezer Wreck
WRECKED ON SALT ROCK OFF WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE. PASSAGE PORSGROUND FOR GRIMSBY.
Ebenezer Wreck
BUILT IN 1869 BY W H TUCKER, CARDIFF. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY C MATTHEWS, PADSTOW. PASSAGE FOWEY FOR RUNCORD. SANK ABOUT 420YDS SE FROM REFORMATORY S...
Eclipse Wreck
8.3.1890 BUILT OF WOOD IN 1863 AT RUNCORN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J LITTLER, RUNCORN. PASSAGE PENMAENMAWR, ANGLESEY FOR LIVERPOOL. FOUNDERED AT...
Edgar Wreck
STRANDED
Edmund Denison Wreck
PASSAGE GRIMSBY FOR FISHING GROUNDS AND RETURN. IN COLLISION WITH SAILING VESSEL 'LEADER'. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).
Edward John Wreck
SANK AFTER COLLISION ABOUT 1 MILE SSE FROM CROSBY LIGHTSHIP.
Elisabeth Klousterboer (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1867. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY H H NANINGER, MEEDEN. HOME PORT MEEDEN. PASSAGE MAZAGAN FOR LIVERPOOL. RAN AGROUND. ONE MAN RECOVERED. (SIBI)....
Eliza Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1826. PASSAGE PENTEWAN FOR RUNCORN. DROVE ON SHORE ON TAYLORS BANK ABOUT 600YDS N OF C3 BLACK BUOY IN GALE-FORCE CONDITIONS. LATER DI...
Eliza Bonstead Wreck
DRIFTED ACROSS THE BOWS OF HMS DEFENCE AND SANK UNDERNEATH HER.
Elizabeth Wreck
BUILT IN 1840. PASSAGE COVERACK FOR LYDNEY. STRUCK THE WRECK OF THE ASIA AND SANK. NO LIVES LOST. (LANDS END SHIPWRECKS & SIBI).
Elizabeth Wreck
GROUNDED ON BURBO BANK & BECAME A TOTAL WK. ALL HANDS PERISHED.
Elizabeth Barrow Wreck
BUILT 1863 BY ASHBURNER, BARROW-IN-FURNESS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY T ASHBURNER, BARROW-IN-FURNESS. PASSAGE BARROW-IN-FURNESS TO SALTNEY. SUNK ON HIL...
Elizabeth Lathom Wreck
SANK IN CROSBY CHANNEL ABOUT 150YDS SW HALF S FROM C3 BLACK BUOY AFTER COLLISION WITH SS CHANCELLOR. RSDRA2025000169193 12.05.25 NOT LOCAT...
Ellen Sarah Wreck
STRUCK ON GREAT BURBO 0.5 MILE SW BY W FROM C1 RED BUOY AND BECAME A TOTAL WK.
Ellen Southwold Wreck
GROUNDED ON JORDAN FLATS. AFTERWARDS BEAT OVER JORDANS AND TAYLORS BANKS ON TO CROSBY BEACH. CREW TAKEN OFF BY LIVERPOOL TUBULAR LIFEBOAT WHICH WAS CA...
Ellida (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1859. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY O ELIASEN, DRAMMEN. PASSAGE BELFAST FOR DRAMMEN. STRANDED AND LOST IN SSE FORCE 5. (SIBI).
Empire Of Peace Wreck
BUILT IN 1859 BY GASS, NEW BRUNSWICK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MERCHANTS' TRADING CO. STRANDED IN SE FORCE 10. (SII). PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR NEW ORLEAN...
Empress Eugenie Wreck
SUNK ON THE EDGE OF PLUCKINGTON BANK OFF COBURG DOCK AFTER COLLISION. LATER DISPERSED.
Enderick Wreck
BUILT 1880 OF WOOD. OWNED BY A MALCOLM, YOUNG'S COVE, NOVA SCOTIA. PASSAGE ST JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK FOR COLERAINE. STRANDED & LOST IN SQUALL. (SII).
Erick Rickmers Wreck
25.10.1899 BUILT 1897 BY RICKMERS ACT. GES. GEESTEMUNDE, WENT AGROUND ON SCILLY ROCK AT 2100 HOURS ON 25.10.1899 EN ROUTE FROM BANGKOK TO BREMEN. (S...
Esk Wreck
SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH UNKNOWN STEAMER. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).
Ester Ann Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1856 IN ULVERSTON. PASSAGE CARNFORTH QUAY, CO DONEGAL FOR RUNCORN. SUNK ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN NEW BRIGHTON & EGREMONT AFTER BEING RU...
Ethel (Possibly) Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH SS 'SUDNEY' OF HULL ABOUT 1M INSIDE SPURN LTV. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST)
Eutaw Wreck
GROUNDED
Excelsior Wreck
FOUNDERED AFTER COLLISION WITH SMACK 'SCOTTISH CHIEF'. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).
Exmouth Wreck
BUILT APPROX 1835. WAS WRECKED ON ORSAY I, OFF RHINNS OF ISLAY IN BAD WEATHER. PASSAGE LONDONDERRY FOR QUEBEC. THERE WERE ONLY 3 SURVIVORS FROM A TOTA...
Express Wreck
WOODEN HULL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY R WALTON, GRIMSBY (MASTER). PASSAGE WISBECH FOR GRIMSBY. STRANDED AND LOST IN N FORCE 10. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST & S...
Fairlie And Jane Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1853. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W HUGHES, BANGOR. SANK ABOUT 250YDS EASTWARD OF THE SCHOOL SHIP 'CONWAY' AFTER COLLISION WITH SS LIDO....
Fairy Wreck
WOODEN HULL. HOME PORT BELFAST. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH SS CORSAIR.
Favorite (1898) Wreck
STRANDED
Fenna (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1862 OF WOOD AT HOOGEZAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J A HOOITES, HOOGEZAND. PASSAGE AMSTERDAM FOR MESSINA AND TRIESTE. CARGO INCLUDED GLASS,...
Florence Wreck
FOUNDERED
Flying Foam (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1879 AT LE HUQUET, JERSEY. PASSAGE LONDON FOR BRITON FERRY. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH SS STARLIGHT IN W FORCE 6. (SIBI).
Forest Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT IN 1873 BY CHURCHILL & SONS, WINDSOR, NOVA SCOTIA AND OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY G CHURCHILL, SONS & CO., SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION W...
Fortunato Wreck
BUILT IN GENOA. PASSAGE MONTEVIDEO FOR CALLAO. LOST IN URANIE BAY. (FALKLAND ISLAND SHORES, PUBLISHED 1985).
Fratelli Fabris (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1875 BY A VILLOVICH, CURZOLA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F FABRIS DU GIORGIO. PASSAGE ANTWERP FOR BUENOS AIRES. LOST DURING GALE 5 MILES FROM P...
Frigga Wreck
No description
Frolic Wreck
RAN ON SHORE ON GREAT BURBO BANK AND BECAME A TOTAL WK.
G And E (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WEBSTER, GT YARMOUTH. PASSAGE GT YARMOUTH FOR FISHING & RETURN. STRANDED AND LOST. (SIBI).
Galatea (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1884 OF IRON BY R DUNCAN & CO, PORT GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY C S CAIRD, GREENOCK. PASSAGE HAMBURG FOR GREENOCK. STRANDED AND LOST IN...
Genesta Wreck
OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY FALKLAND ISLAND COMPANY. WRECKED ON PORT EGMONT CAYS & ?LATER DRIFTED OUT TO SEA.
George Canning Wreck
STRANDED
George Law (1889) Wreck
GROUNDED
George Moody Wreck
FOUNDERED. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).
George Sutton Wreck
27.8.1883 LEFT NEWCASTLE 27.8.1883 FOR CORK WITH CARGO OF COAL. DID NOT ARRIVE. POSTED MISSING 4.1.1884.
Georgia Wreck
GROUNDED IN FOG
Giuseppina Accame Wreck
DISAPPEARED WHILE ON A VOYAGE FROM RIO DE JANIERO.
Gladstone Wreck
BUILT IN 1866 BY J THOMPSON, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W C ALLEN. WHEN LYING AT ANCHOR OFF TRANMERE WAS SUNK BY A NEW VESSEL LAUNCHED FROM...
Glasgow Wreck
27.8.1896 BUILT IN 1878 FOR SULTAN. SUNK ON 27.8.1896. (K PATIENCE).
Glenorchy (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT OR IRON IN 1868 BY A MCMILLAN & SONS LTD, DUMBARTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ALLAN & GOW (MCGREGOR & GOW), GLASGOW. PASSAGE GREENOCK FOR BOMBAY...
Granite Wreck
PASSAGE BOSTON FOR CALIFORNIA. WRECKED ON WESTPOINT ISLAND. (FALKLAND ISLAND SHORES, PUBLISHED 1985).
Guadaloupe Wreck
STRANDED
Guess Wreck
SANK ABOUT 400YDS E FROM NEW BRIGHTON LANDING STAGE AFTER COLLISION.
Gulnare Wreck
8.9.1836 LOST 8.9.1836 WHILST ON PASSAGE TO GUERNSEY. (T A TITTERINGTON, JERSEY MARITIME MUSEUM, 6.1.77).
Halloween Wreck
DRIVEN ASHORE ONTO ROCKS AT SOAR MILL COVE DURING A SE GALE WHILE EN-ROUTE FOOCHOW TO LONDON. VESSEL BROKE UP WITHIN 3 DAYS. BUILT 1870. OWNED AT TIME...
Hannah Wreck
GROUNDED ON N END OF TAYLORS BANK AND WENT TO PIECES.
Hannah Landles Wreck
9.12.1891 PARTED TOW ROPE NEAR FORMBY LTV AND DROVE ON SHORE ON W SIDE OF GREAT BURBO BANK ABOUT 1.6MILES SW BY W FROM CROSBY LTV. WENT TO PIECES...
Harriet (Possibly) Wreck
FOUNDERED. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).
Heart Of Oak Wreck
STRANDED ON SE END OF TAYLORS BANK.
Henry Grattan Wreck
STRANDED; BILGED
Herlief Wreck
29.8.1882 DROVE ON SHORE ON CROSBY BEACH. WENT TO PIECES ON 29.8.1882.
Hermine Wreck
BUILT IN 1865 BY R & J EVANS & CO LIVERPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY T H JACKSON, LIVERPOOL. PASSAGE SUPE, PERU FOR LIVERPOOL. STRUCK ROCKS AND CAPSI...
Heroine (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1876 IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. PASSAGE NEWPORT FOR ROSARIO WITH COAL AND RAILWAY IRON. MASTER J KIRBY. STRANDED ON NE CORNER OF LUNDY...
Heroine (Probably) Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1844. PASSAGE LONDON FOR PORT PHILIP. GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES IN VIOLENT SW GALE OFF BEER HEAD, STRUCK A REEF AND DEVELOPED A LEAK WHIC...
Highland Home (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1886 BY RAMAGE & FERGUSON, LEITH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J R CUTHBERTSON, GLASGOW. PASSAGE FLEETWOOD FOR LONDON. WAS UNDER TOW OF S TUG WAR...
Hindostan (Possibly) Wreck
WHILE ANCHORED IN QUEEN'S CHANNEL, OFF WEDGE SAND, CABLE PARTED AND SHE DRIFTED ON TO WEDGE SAND AND WAS EVENTUALLY ABANDONED. MUCH OF HER CARGO WAS S...
Hms Anson Wreck
BUILT IN 1781 AT PLYMOUTH DOCKYARD. 44 GUNS INC 32PDR CARRONADES. SAILED FALMOUTH ON 24 DEC FOR BLOCKADE OFF BREST. MISTOOK LAND'S END FOR THE LIZARD...
Hms Cambrian Wreck
VESSEL, WRECKED DURING AN ATTACK ON A PIRATE FORTRESS.
Hms Clarence Wreck
26.7.1899 EX-ROYAL WILLIAM. BUILT IN 1833 OF WOOD AT PEMBROKE DOCK, PEMBROKE. ORIGINALLY A 1ST RATE MAN OF WAR OF 120 GUNS, BUT UDOCKED AS A SCRE...
Hms Crescent Wreck
WRECKED ON COAST OF JUTLAND. (COLLEDGE).
Hms Daedalus Wreck
13.3.1811 5TH RATE, 38 GUN FRIGATE, EX-FRENCH 'CORONA' CAPTURED 13.3.1811 AT LISSA, WAS WRECKED ON LITTLE BASSES, CEYLON. (SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY).
Hms Leda (Probably) Wreck
15.9.80 WRECKED ON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NIGHT IN MODERATE WEATHER, WITHIN ENTRANCE OF MILFORD HAVEN ON W. ANGLE RKS, DUE PILOT ERROR. (T.F. CRIDLAND, 15...
Hms Magnificent Wreck
WRECKED ON LE BOUFOULOC ROCKS, WHILST BLOCKADING BREST.
Hms Martin (Probably) Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1809 IN BERMUDA. 16 X 24PDR CARRONADES, 2 X 9PDR. UNDER COMMAND OF CAPT MITCHELL. CRUISING THE THE W COAST OF IRELAND LOOKING FOR SMU...
Hms Pomone Wreck
WRECKED ON THE NEEDLES. (COLLEDGE).
Hms Proselyte Wreck
8.6.1796 EX DUTCH VESSEL 'JASON' CAPTURED 8.6.1796 FROM MUTINOUS CREW AT GREENOCK. WRECKED ON 'MAN OF WAR' SHOAL, OFF ST MAARTEN, DUE TO NEGLIGENCE...
Hms Saldanha Wreck
5TH RATE SHIP OF LINE, WITH 36 GUNS. BUILT 1809 BY TEMPLE & SONS, SOUTH SHIELDS. WRECKED IN LOUGH SWILLY, N IRELAND. DRIVEN ONTO ROCKS UNDER THE BATTE...
Hms Seine Wreck
30.6.1798 EX-FRENCH 5TH RATE 38, CAPTURED BY 5TH RATE VESSELS HMS JASON & PIQUE. VESSEL WAS WRECKED OFF TEXEL ON 5 JUNE 1803. (SHIPS OF THE RN VOL 1...
Hms St George Wreck
No description
Hms Thetis Wreck
No description
Hms Venerable Wreck
WRECKED 'OFF TORBAY'. (SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, COLLEDGE). WENT ASHORE ON ROUNDHAM HEAD WHILE TRYING TO RECOVER A MARINE WHO HAD...
Hornby (Possibly) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1810 IN CHESTER, STRUCK ROCKS IN BAD WETHER WHILST SEEKING SHELTER IN WHAT IS NOW NAMED HORNBY COVE, THE WESTERNMOST POINT OF THE GREAT...
Horsa Wreck
BUILT IN 1860 BY SCOTT & CO. LTD., GREENOCK, WENT AGROUND IN BREAD AND CHEESE COVE, ST MARTINS, AFTER MISSING STAYS WHILST EN ROUTE FROM BLUFF, NEW ZE...
Hudiksvall Wreck
EX-FRANCOIS I. BUILT IN 1867 BY FRERES, LEVIELS, HONFLEUR. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY C ALMGREN, HUDIKSVALL, SWEDEN. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR NEW YORK. ANC...
Hvideorn Wreck
PARTED TOW ROPE NEAR THE BAR AND DROVE ASHORE ON LITTLE BURBO BANK ABOUT 1 MILE S FROM LTV. WENT TO PIECES. LIVERPOOL PILOT AND 3 OF CREW LOST.
Ida Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1861 AT POOLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MRS I TAGGAT, CASTLETOWN, IOM. PASSAGE CASTLETOWN FOR LIVERPOOL. DROPPED ACROSS BOWS OF SS MI...
Idaho (1865) Wreck
STRANDED ON BARNEGAT SHOALS