List of shipwrecks in July 1820

The list of shipwrecks in July 1820 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during July 1820.

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1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1820
Ship State Description
Good intent  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland.[1]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1820
Ship State Description
HMS Carron  Royal Navy The Cyrus-class post ship was wrecked on the coast of "Juggernaut" with the loss of twenty of her crew.[2][3]
Robert Dewar  United Kingdom The schooner was lost at Jamaica.[4]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1820
Ship State Description
Agnes  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Wreck Cove, Labrador, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[5]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1820
Ship State Description
William Broughton United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The sloop was wrecked south of Botany Bay with the loss of three of her crew.[6]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1820
Ship State Description
Duke  United Kingdom The ship was sighted west of Götaland, Sweden on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[7]
Gotha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Bermuda The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Bermuda to Demerara. Her crew were rescued by Echo ( United Kingdom).[7]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1820
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon.[8]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1820
Ship State Description
Wanstead  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Irvin's Bay, Grenada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grenada to London.[9]
Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Narrows, Kingston, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Kingston to London.[10] Wellington was refloated in mid-June and resumed her voyage.[11]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1820
Ship State Description
Hermosa  Spain The ship was lost in the Black River, Jamaica. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carthagena to Vera Cruz, Gran Colombia.[12]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1820
Ship State Description
Amelia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Langlade Island, Miquelon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Port Rush, County Antrim.[13]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1820
Ship State Description
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[14] Hope was later refloated and put into Whitehaven, Cumberland, where she arrived on 21 July. She resumed her voyage the next day.[15]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1820
Ship State Description
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was later refloated.[14]
Ophelia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank near Whitby.[14]
Sea Nymph  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Whitby. She was later refloated.[14]
Thomas & Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Whitby. She was later refloated.[14]
Triton  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°20′N 38°30′W / 49.333°N 38.500°W / 49.333; -38.500). She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire.[16] Triton was subsequently taken in to Broadhaven Bay by HMS Fly ( Royal Navy).[17]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1820
Ship State Description
London  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth to London.[15]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1820
Ship State Description
Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. Charlotte was later refloated with some damage.[18]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1820
Ship State Description
London  United Kingdom The schooner was severely damaged on the Bench Rocks, in the English Channel off Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth to London.[18]
Madelaine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The schooner was abandoned at sea whilst on a voyage from Quebec to Saint Vincent. She came ashore on New Providence on 16 September.[19][20][21]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1820
Ship State Description
Prosperity  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dram, Norway to London.[15]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1820
Ship State Description
Marquess of Ely British East India Company The East Indiaman was last sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (31°20′S 34°20′E / 31.333°S 34.333°E / -31.333; 34.333) whilst on a voyage from China to Saint Helena. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[20]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1820
Ship State Description
Atalanta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Calais, France. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent to Calais.[9]
Cynthia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Neuwerk, Kingdom of Hanover She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.>[22] Cynthia was refloated on 25 July and taken in to Hamburg.[23]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1820
Ship State Description
Piutus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Domesnes Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[5]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1820
Ship State Description
Mercurius Dantzig The ship was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[24]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1820
Ship State Description
Betty  United Kingdom The ship struck the Red Rocks, Guernsey, Channel Islands and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Guernsey. Betty was later refloated and taken in to Guernsey.[24]
Grant  United Kingdom The ship departed from Gibraltar for San Blas. No further trace. There was an unconfirmed report in March 1821 that she had been seized off the coast of Peru.[25]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1820
Ship State Description
Ceres  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Wicklow Banks, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Antwerp.[24]
Mary  United Kingdom The humber keel foundered in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by James ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London.[24][26]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1820
Ship State Description
Ariel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Fair Isle before 20 July. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to an American port. Ariel was later refloated and taken in to Fair Isle.[27]
Dispatch  United States The ship was driven ashore at Aveiro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to San Sebastián, Spain.[14]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off the Shetland Islands in early July.[18]
Finchett  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Ponoo River, Russia. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5] She was later refloated and taken in to Archangelsk, where she arrived on 27 July.[28]
Nile  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Fair Isle before 20 July. She was on a voyage from South Shields to an American port. Nile was later refloated and taken in to Fair Isle.[27]
William Ewart  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Falmouth, Jamaica.[29]

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