List of shipwrecks in December 1822

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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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 Russian Empire 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 France 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 France 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 France Martinique The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Diamond United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 France Martinique The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Fabricus  France The ship was driven ashore at St. Pierre.[56]
Fauche France 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland St. Vincent The lugger was driven ashore at St. Vincent.[58]
Huret France 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Barbadoes The ship was driven ashore at Barbadoes. She was subsequently declared a total loss.[56]
Merlin France 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 France 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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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