# List of shipwrecks in February 1820

The list of shipwrecks in February 1820 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1820.

## 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| General Miranda | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Tobago. |

## 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Boldon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham. |

## 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Theodosia | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was abandoned. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Table Bay to Algoa Bay. |

## 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Janson | Netherlands | The ship was sunk by ice in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Uranie | French Navy | The corvette struck a rock in Berkley Sound, East Falkland, Falkland Islands. She was beached on 6 February in French Bay. Her 120 crew were later rescued by Mercury ( France). Uranie was on a voyage from New Holland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |

## 5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| New Triton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St. Bees Head, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Douglas, Isle of Man to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |

## 6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank near Loch Tarbert. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Louisa Elizabeth | Netherlands | The ship was lost near Hellevoetsluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Mary & Betty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at St. Bees Head, Cumberland. |
| Moira | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Westport, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John & James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St. Alban's Head, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

## 9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cupido | Sweden | The ship was wrecked in the Weser. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Weser to Gothenburg. |
| Three Brothers | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. |

## 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fox | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was subsequently taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire in a waterlogged condition. |
| Harry Morris | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank off Whitby. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |

## 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the Isle of Rhum. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. |
| Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Brighton, Sussex. She was deemed beyond repair. |

## 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ardgowan, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Jamaica. |

## 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Prince's Bay, New York City, United States. She was on a voyage from Martinique to New York. |
| Helen | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southampton, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to New York. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cold Spring Bar, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to New York. |
| Midas | United States | The ship was run down and sunk off Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Santo Domingo, Hispaniola to Boston. |
| Ogland | Norway | The sloop was wrecked at Burrafeith, Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. |
| Port of Sunderland | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Miramichi Bay to Maryport, Cumberland and Kirkcudbright. |

## 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sans Souel | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off "Point Galico de Zamba". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to India. |

## 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortuna | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The schooner was wrecked at Cape Carbonara, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Tunis to Naples. |
| Mars | France | The ship was wrecked at Cape St. Mary's, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Sète, Hérault. |

## 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle Adele | France | The ship was wrecked at Wilmington, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Wilmington. |
| Quebec Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea. She was taken in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition the next day. |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ballyhack, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Ross to Youghal, County Cork. |

## 22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Success | 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. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harbinger | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Scarborough, Yorkshire. Harbinger was refloated on 26 February. |
| Perfect | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Aberdeen. |

## 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Red Wharf Bay with the loss of five of the twenty people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Providence, Bahamas. |
| Elizabeth & Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to Liverpool. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | Captain Mearns's sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | Captain Payne's ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued. |
| San Fidel | Spain | The ship struck rocks off Gibraltar and foundered. She was on a voyage from "Caril" to Algeciras. |

## 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexandrine | France | The ship ran aground at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated on 20 April and taken in to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and capsized at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Flirt | United Kingdom | The ship fouled her anchor and was beached in Swanage Bay. She later sank but was refloated and taken in to Poole, Dorset Flirt was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Neapolitan | France | The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Rotherhithe, Surrey. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg. |

## 27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyteague, County Wexford, United Kingdom Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Rotherhithe, Surrey. |

## 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Armavilla | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (38°N 17°W﻿ / ﻿38°N 17°W﻿ / 38; -17). Six crew were rescued by John Bulkley ( United Kingdom). Armavilla was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America to Saint Vincent. |
| Little Belt | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape Palos, Spain. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to London. |
| Prince Regent | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India and China. Prince Regent was later refloated. |
| Respect | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Randers, Denmark. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The brig was struck by lightning off Cape St. Mary's, Portugal and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Hamburg. |
| Amie | Grenada | The drogher was wrecked at Saint Lucia. |
| Duke of Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies in early February. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Carrickfergus, County Antrim. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Carrickfergus. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was run aground on a sandbank 18 nautical miles (33 km) off mouth of the Demerara River. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Demerara. Fame was later refloated but ran aground again in the Demerara River and was subsequently sold. She was refloated in June. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Lambay Island, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Dublin. |
| Heroine | United States | The ship was lost at Bermuda. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between "Abavy" and "Mahacooy" in early February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Essequibo, British Guiana. |
| Jeanne | France | The brig was wrecked near Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Jubilee | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Coleraine, County Antrim. |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Killala, County Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Lord Wellington | Tortola | The schooner was wrecked on the north coast of St. John, Virgin Islands in mid-February. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Tortola. |
| Mariner | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Castletown, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport. |
| Mary | Grenada | The sloop was wrecked near Levers, Grenada before 9 February. |
| May | British North America | The ship was wrecked on "Bridger's Island", New York, United States with the loss of all hands. |
| Onderneming | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Santa Croce | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship departed from Gibraltar for Genoa. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Sophie | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Honfleur, Calvados. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to London, United Kingdom. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Islay in mid-February. |