Wrecked Ships – Letter A

ID

Ship Name

Tons

Lost

How

 1261

 Abercromby

 615

 1812

Wrecked in the Karimata Passage, Dutch East Indies, on passage from Bombay for Canton.

 421

 Addison

 490

 1722

Wrecked in a gale at the Cape of Good Hope, with the Chandos and the Nightingale.

 814

 Admiral Barrington

 527

 1791

Driven from her anchorage at Bombay and totally wrecked on Malwan Island.

 1263

 Admiral Gambier

 500

 1817

Wrecked on a coral reef in the Mozambique Channel on 20 Jun 1817.

 815

 Admiral Gardner

 816

 1809

Lost on Goodwin Sands off South Foreland 25 Jan 1809.

 1271

 Adventure

 1657

Destroyed by fire off Surat.

 137

 Albemarle

 330

 1708

Wrecked 9 Dec 1708 at Polperro, Cornwall.

 1238

 Albion

 668

 1765

Wrecked outward bound 15 Jan 1765 off North Foreland.

 1267

 Albion

 430

 1807

Destroyed by fire at Calcutta.

 817

 Albion

 961

 1816

Lost at sea.

 4

 Aleppo Merchant

 350

 1658

Wrecked off Padstow, on passage from Smyrna for London.

 1313

 Alexander Hamilton

 270

 1805

29 Jan 1805: wrecked at the entrance to the Gironde.

 1281

 Alligator

 345

 1820

Wrecked on 13 May 1820 two miles below L'Islet, River St. Lawrence.

 822

 Almorah

 416

 1832

Foundered in the North Atlantic.

 429

 Anglesea

 490

 1738

Wrecked north of Goa in a violent storm. Captain and six of crew drowned.

 430

 Ankerwyke

 679

 1782

Foundered at sea.

 826

 Ann & Amelia

 587

 1833

Wrecked at Berck, near Boulogne, on homeward leg of voyage on 1 September.

 144

 Anna

 350

 1709

Disappeared with loss of all hands after leaving Bengal at end of Jan 1709.

 1287

 Anna

 899

 1816

Lost at sea.

 5

 Anne

 700

 1617

Lost on maiden voyage.

 145

 Anne

 120

 1689

Wrecked at Madagascar.

 7

 Anne Royal

 750

 1620

Cast away 20 Mar 1620 between London and Gravesend.

 432

 Anson

 657

 1779

Wrecked in the St Lawrence River.

 147

 Antelope

 400

 1673

Foundered after being damaged in action with the Dutch.

 827

 Antelope

 170

 1783

Wrecked 20 July 1783 on the Pelew Islands while surveying. Survivors built a sloop from the wreckage and reached Macao.

 1294

 Apollo

 652

 1823

Wrecked at Green Point, Cape of Good Hope, while outward bound.

 1295

 Archduke Charles

 521

 1816

Wrecked near Green Island, River St Lawrence, 29 June 1816, on pasage Quebec for Halifax.

 829

 Arniston

 1433

 1815

30 May 1815: Foundered after striking uncharted rocks in England Bay, Cape Aguilhas, and then slipping off into deep water. 335 lives lost, including all the officers and Army personnel; ship's carpenter and five seamen were the only survivors.

 1298

 Arran

 735

 1809

Wrecked in the Persian Gulf, on passage from Bengal to Bussorah.

 9

 Ascension

 260

 1609

Wrecked on the Malacca Banks at the mouth of the Amlicka River, 54 miles from Cambray.

 151

 Asia

 460

 1701

Foundered on 17 Apr 1701 in the Bay of Bulls, Newfoundland.

 831

 Asia

 819

 1809

Wrecked on a sandbank in the River Hooghly.

 1309

 Assada Merchant

 250

 1655

Sent out to India on a private voyage on which she foundered.

 1306

 Auspicious

 404

 1798

18 July 1798 almost totally destroyed by fire at Calcutta, when loaded and ready to sail for England.