# List of shipwrecks in 1803

The list of shipwrecks in 1803 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1803.
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## January
### 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baltimore | United States | The ship was in collision with Northumberland ( UKGBI) at Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom and sank. |
| New Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hauxley, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Leith, Lothian. |
| Sophie | France | The ship was lost near Île d'Yeu, Vendée. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, Finistère to Bourdeaux, Gironde. |

### 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amphitrite | United States | The brig was driven ashore at Algeciras, Spain. She was later refloated and taken into Gibraltar for repairs. |
| Cora | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at the Montague Bastion, Gibraltar. |
| John | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore south of Algeciras. She was later refloated and taken into Gibraltar for repairs. |
| Le Volcan | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dunquerque, Nord to New Orleans, French Louisiana. |
| Marimona | Morocco | The sloop was driven ashore at the back of the New Mole, Gibraltar. |
| Saba | United States | The schooner was driven ashore on the Neutral Ground, Gibraltar. |
| Santissima de la Salud | Spain | The ship was driven ashore on the New Mole, Gibraltar. |

### 4 January

List of shipwrecks: January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Carmarthen. |

### 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Dunbeath, Caithness. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Spurn Point, Yorkshire while on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Exmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Exeter, Devon. |
| Whydah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Martin's Industry Shoal, in the Atlantic Ocean 55 nautical miles (102 km) off Savannah, Georgia, United States. |

### 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk while on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to London. Her crew were rescued. |

### 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adriana | Batavian Republic | The ship ran aground in the North Sea off Whitstable, Kent, United Kingdom and was wrecked. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship departed from London for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was later refloated. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Prior's Haven, Yorkshire. |
| John and Robert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto rocks at the mouth of the River Coquet and was wrecked. All fourteen crew survived. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Oporto, Portugal with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to London. |
| Meanwell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Andrews, Fife. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, Gironde, France to Hull, Yorkshire and Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the mouth of the River Duddon. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sydney Smith | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Wear | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto rocks off Coquet Island, Northumberland and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cadiz, Spain to Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |

### 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The West Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent with the loss of ten of her nineteen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Anna Maria | France | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Antwerp, Deux-Nèthes. |
| Briton | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship foundered in the Bay of Gibraltar. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Gibraltar. |
| Boa Ventura | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Gibraltar. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk while on a voyage from Emden to London. |
| Defiance | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Dolphin | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Gibraltar. |
| Drottingen | Swedish East India Company | The ship was lost 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Arundal, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to China. |
| Elias | Denmark–Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz. |
| Flying Fish | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was later refloated. |
| Fortune | Ligurian Republic | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Gibraltar. |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Suffolk coast north of Lowestoft with the loss of seven of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Hartley, Northumberland to London. |
| Grocer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk while on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. Her crew were rescued. |
| Harmony | Spain | The brig foundered in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cádiz. |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz. |
| Kilbury | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated. |
| L'Achille | France | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Mogadore, Morocco. |
| L'Amie Adelaide | France | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Maria | Ligurian Republic | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Gibraltar. |
| Maria | Spain | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Montevideo, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. |
| Maria | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz. |
| Nile | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Vigo, Spain to Venice. |
| Nostra Señora de la Guadeloupe | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz. |
| Nostra Señora del Carmen | Spain | The sloop foundered in the Bay of Gibraltar. Her crew survived. |
| Penelope | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Polly and Harriot | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cádiz. |
| Princessa | Spain | The ship was driven ashore between the mouth of the San Pedro and Gibraltar. Her crew survived. |
| Squirrel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Suffolk coast north of Lowestoft with the loss of eleven of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to London. |
| St. Jean | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Figueira da Foz. |
| William & Harry | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz. |

### 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Kinsale, County Cork. |
| Dædalus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Dearness, Orkney Islands with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Moss, Norway to London. |
| Hindostan | British East India Company | Hindostan. The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Wedge Sand, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent with the loss of about 25 of the 120 people on board. Liberty and Lord Nelson (both United Kingdom) rescued 80 of the survivors between them. |
| Vrouw Margaretta | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Easington, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Amsterdam. Her crew were rescued. |

### 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Trieste. |
| De Sex Sockend | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Trieste. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Trieste. |
| Providentia | Denmark–Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Trieste. |
| Moder and Frie Soestre | Unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Trieste. |
| Two Bettys | United States | The ship was lost at Trieste. |
| Wasao Wäll | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked with the loss of three of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Cadiz, Spain to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic. |

### 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hector | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of one of her nineteen crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. |
| Penguin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Kinsale, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. |

### 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Barbadoes. |
| Sally & Polly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Suderae Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dysart, Fife. |

### 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to London. |
| Molly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Naga, Tenerife, Canary Islands. There was only one survivor of her passengers and crew. Molly was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |

### 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Centurion | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (32°30′N 76°00′W﻿ / ﻿32.500°N 76.000°W﻿ / 32.500; -76.000) with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by William and Henry (United Kingdom). Centurion was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to St Augustine. |

### 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Poole, Dorset. |
| Speculation | United Kingdom | The brig foundered at Dublin with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Azores, Portugal. |

### 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| Wilhelmina | United States | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Wales. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to an Irish port. |

### 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Columbia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the South Bull, in the Irish Sea off County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. Columbia was later refloated and taken into Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. |

### 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bonavista | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Morlaix, Finistère, France with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Poole, Dorset. |
| Sincerity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. Sincerity was later refloated. |

### 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St. Nicholas | Spain | The ship was driven ashore near Algeciras. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Vera Cruz, Viceroyalty of New Granada. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abundance | United Kingdom | The stores ship was driven ashore near Newtown, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Gibraltar. She was later refloated. |
| Active | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked on the Island of Desolation, South Shetland Islands. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near "Ivica". She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at South Shields, County Durham. |
| Anna Augusta | United Kingdom | The ship, Smith, master, was lost off Brazil, south of Bahia. Her crew arrived at Bahia on 29 January. |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near South Shields. |
| Arno | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. |
| Assiance | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Peterhead with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Batchelor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Curracloe, County Wexford with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Kinsale, County Cork. |
| Bolton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. |
| Briton | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Cadiz, Spain. |
| Cantabria | Unknown | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores. |
| Catharine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Strangford Lough while on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool. |
| Catharine | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands. |
| De Jonge Calsbuck | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent, United Kingdom while on a voyage from Amsterdam to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Dorothy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Dundalk Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool. |
| Earl St. Vincent | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cork. |
| Eliza & Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near South Shields. |
| Elizabeth | Denmark–Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Elizabeth and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. |
| Ellwood | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ramsey, Isle of Man with the loss of either her captain or all hands. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands while on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Rotterdam. |
| Experiment | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near "Billagin", Ireland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dublin and was severely damaged. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to an Irish port. |
| Friendschaft | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk while on a voyage from Amsterdam to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in The Swin, off the coast of Essex. |
| George Frederick | Denmark–Norway | The ship was lost near Aldeburgh. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix. |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dundalk, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Dublin. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Baltimore, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Waterford. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Lisbon, Portugal with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Lisbon. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was later refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near South Shields. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Arbroath, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jong Jacob | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to London. |
| Jong Hendrik | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore on the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Spain to Amsterdam. |
| L'Amazon | France | The ship was wrecked near Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The whaler was lost in the River Shannon. Her crew were rescued. |
| London | United Kingdom | The ship an aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. |
| London Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from London to Lyme, Dorset. London Packet was later refloated. |
| Lovely Cruizer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Lough Swilly while on a voyage from Limerick to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Mapaphema | Russian Empire | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Peterhead. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | Captain Dawson's ship was driven ashore at Drogheda with the loss of a crew member. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | Captain Wheatley's ship was driven ashore at Drogheda. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Boston Deeps, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to London. |
| Metta | Unknown | The galliot foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Old Law Point, Northumberland with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Œconomy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Orwell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth while on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Leith, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth. |
| Onderneeming | Denmark–Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Batavian Republic to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Patroclus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Elsinore, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Hull, Yorkshire. She was later refloated. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. |
| Primrose | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Texel, Batavian Republic while on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Limerick. |
| Ratification | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to London. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cartagena, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to a Spanish port. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Río Novo | Spain | The ship was wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Valencia to London. |
| Ruby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Alnmouth, Northumberland. |
| Salisbury | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Wexford. |
| Shellelagh | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Down to London. |
| Sidney Smith | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull. |
| Speculation | Denmark–Norway | The ship was lost near Lisbon with the loss of all but six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Copenhagen. |
| Sukey | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at sea. All but two of her crew were rescued by Speedy (United Kingdom), the others refused to leave the vessel. |
| Tay | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and put into Londonderry, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Greenock. |
| Three Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Penzance. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Tenby, Pembrokeshire. She was later refloated and taken into Penzance. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Poole. She was on a voyage from London to Lyme. Union was later refloated. |
| Urania | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the French coast while on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Gothenburg. |
| Vrouw Ida | Batavian Republic | The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Curracloe while on a voyage from Dublin to Wexford. |

## February
### 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Goede Verwagting | Batavian Republic | The ship was wrecked with the loss of all but eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from "Zurickzee" to Dutch Guinea. |

### 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London. |

### 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Conquerant | France | The ship was lost near Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Suir | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Rye, East Sussex. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. |

### 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Dublin. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Dublin. |

### 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tom | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom while on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Hamburg. Her crew survived. |

### 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | United States | The ship was driven ashore on the Half Mile Rocks. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Savannah, Georgia. |
| Orange Grove | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Half Mile Rocks. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
| Rachael | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Parade Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Liverpool. |
| Reunion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Virginia, United States. She was later refloated. |

### 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Trio | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Islay. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fishburn | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of British Honduras. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
| King George | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Newry, County Antrim and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newry. |
| Trelawney | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ravenglass, Cumberland while on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. Five lives were lost. |

### 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Union | France | The ship was wrecked on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, Gironde to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |

### 23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Ballywater, County Wexford. |

### 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. |
| Governor Picton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Trinidad. |

### 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| La Mère de Quatre | France | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Scheldt. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Dalkey, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. |

### 27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Kirkcudbright. She was on a voyage from Cork to Belfast, County Antrim and Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Hampden | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Hull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Grenada. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. Her crew were rescued. |
| Perseus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Maughold Head, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |

### 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blagonamaeremaos | Portugal | The ship was lost near Figueira da Foz. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lisbon. |
| Cecilia | France | The ship was lost off Brest, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Gigha. She was on a voyage from New York to the Clyde. |
| Dalrymple | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Barra, Outer Hebrides with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Quebec to the Clyde. |
| Elizabeth & Ann | United Kingdom | The ship is presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork. |
| Enterprize | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Donaghadee, County Antrim with the loss of eleven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool. |
| Friends Industry | United Kingdom | The ship is presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Liverpool. |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Aberdeen with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Aberdeen. |
| Helden | Batavian Republic | The East Indiaman capsized in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Batavia, Dutch East Indies. |
| Izabellinha | Portugal | The ship was abandoned off the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to Cork. |
| Josephine | France | The ship was lost off "Cape Lizard". She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Bourdeaux, Gironde. |
| King George | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Havana to Liverpool. |
| Lion D'Or | France | The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Tobago. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Hamburg. Mary was later refloated and taken into Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
| Montezuma | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Salt Pans, Ayr. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to the Clyde. |
| Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |
| Robert & Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore west of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Santo Christo | Spain | The ship was lost near Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz, Viceroyalty of New Granada to Málaga |
| Satisfaction | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Gosport, Hampshire to South Shields. |
| São Pedro de Alcântara | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Lisbon. |
| Supply | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. There were two survivors. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Arundel, West Sussex. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London. |
| William | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Espichel, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Lisbon. |
| Young Frederick | Denmark–Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Leiston, Suffolk, United Kingdom. |

## March
### 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Janeissary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off "Cape Brale". She was on a voyage from Constantinople. Ottoman Empire to Alexandria, Egypt. |

### 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was beached on Porto Santo Island, Madeira. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |

### 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plouguerneau, Finistère, France with the loss of one of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Lisbon, Portugal. |

### 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| La Marie de Grâce | France | The ship was lost near the Île de Batz, Finistère. she was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Brest, Finistère. |

### 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lucy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dumfries with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Belfast, County Antrim. |

### 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Pacific Ocean (15°27′S 123°45′E﻿ / ﻿15.450°S 123.750°E﻿ / -15.450; 123.750). Her twelve crew survived. |

### 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Vineyard Sound. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Belfast, County Antrim. |

### 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Determinee | Royal Navy | The sixth-rate frigate stuck a sunken rock broadside near Noirmont Point on the western side of St. Aubin Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands, where she was immediately bilged and started taking in water. Seventeen were lost including men, women, and children from the 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) |

### 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canada | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Bay of Felca. She was on a voyage from Spain to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore on the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from Spain to Guernsey. |
| Amphitrite | Denmark–Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stavanger to St Martins. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Alemouth". |
| Astrea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Bacchus | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Land's End, Cornwall. She was later refloated and taken into Penzance. |
| Claude | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. |
| Defiance | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Land's End. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Fair American | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Londonderry, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Londonderry. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Liverpool. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Gallipoly, Ottoman Empire to Bristol. |
| Goodintent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Sandwich, Kent. |
| Harlequin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Hamburg. Harlequin was later refloated and taken into Hamburg. |
| Hellen | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic. |
| Hibernia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Poole to London. |
| Hopewell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool. |
| L'Eclair | France | The ship was driven ashore at Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée. She was on a voyage from Marans, Charente-Maritime to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure |
| Le Rochfort | France | The ship foundered off Ouessant, Finistère. |
| Morning Star | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Sligo. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Sligo. |
| Nancy | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rotterdam. |
| Omega | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Hellevoet, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hellevoet. |
| Pennsylvania | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Londonderry. She was later refloated. |
| Russell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin. |
| Saphir | France | The ship was wrecked near Royan, Charente-Maritime. |
| Shamrock | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Belfast, County Antrim with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belfast. |
| Sophia Margaretta | Bremen | The ship was wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Bremen. |
| Sophie | France | The ship was lost near Audierne, Finistère. She was on a voyage from L'Orient, Morbihan to Brest, Finistère. |
| Speculation | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Liverpool. |
| Thomas & Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Trois Gesusters | Batavian Republic | The ship was lost near Vlissingen. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Amsterdam. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. |

## April
### 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nymph | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Saltee Islands, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Cork. |

### 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Honket | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen, Batavian Republic. |

### 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. She was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Surinam and Hamburg. |

### 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret | New South Wales | The brig ran aground on a reef in the Pacific Ocean and was wrecked. Her crew survived. |

### 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Bolt Head, Devon with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. |

### 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London. |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Pomona | Dutch East India Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore on Texel. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to China. |
| Swan | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Long Island with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russia. |

### 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Michael | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Kavero, Sweden with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia. |

### 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brilhante do Rio | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore at Lisbon. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Lisbon. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann & Bell | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Strangford, County Down. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Dublin. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Duke of Kent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Sligo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the West Indies. |
| Earl Howe | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Palermo, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Zante, Septinsular Republic to London. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Movill Bay. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Londonderry. |
| John | New South Wales | The ship departed from the Hawkesbury River on 29 May, but foundered in nearby Broken Bay. The crew were able to swim ashore. |
| John & Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Trinity Sands, in the Humber. |
| Krone von Bremen | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen. |
| Liberty | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Vlissingen, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Antwerp, Deux-Nèthes, France. |
| L'Innatendu | France | The ship was driven ashore near Valencia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Antwerp. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Irvine. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Memel, Prussia. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dover, Kent. |
| Newburgh | United Kingdom | The sloop sank at Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Banff, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Jamaica. |
| St Antonio de Padua | Spain | The ship was lost at Waterford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from St. Andero to Liverpool. |
| Wandersman | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, Batavian Republic. |

## May
### 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isaac & Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Duncannon, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |

### 6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eleanor | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Alexandria, Virginia. |

### 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Johan Frederick | Stettin | The ship was wrecked on Terschelling, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom. |

### 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |

### 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Daphne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| George | New South Wales | The ship ran aground on New Year's Island. She was severely damaged in gales on 6 and 23 June. |
| Oughton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |

### 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Goede Verwagting | Prussia | The brig was wrecked on the Goeree Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of the Batavian Republic. Her crew were rescued. |

### 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Hussar | Royal Navy | The fifth rate ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated the next day. |

### 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Resistance | Royal Navy | The fifth rate frigate was wrecked off Cape St. Mary's, Portugal. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abelino | Denmark–Norway | The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, Gironde, France to Copenhagen. |
| Amazon | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Deva, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to the Deva. |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the North Sea off Saltcoats, Ayrshire. |
| Diana | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked near East Dean, East Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Porta to Hamburg. |
| Dorothea | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Gallipoli, Apulia, Italy. |
| Eendraght | Prussia | The hoy was wrecked at Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to London. |
| Gaspard | France | The ship was driven ashore near Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Gillert | Dantzig | The ship was driven ashore near Hellevoet, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Schiedam, Batavian Republic. |
| Isis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Memel. |
| John & Edmond | United Kingdom | The Bristol-based slave ship was abandoned at sea. |
| La Concorde | France | The ship was wrecked at Elmer, West Sussex, United Kingdom while on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Antwerp, Deux-Nèthes. |
| Le Blaireau | France | The ship was in collision with a Spanish 64-gun Man-of-War off Cape St Mary, Portugal and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Bourdeaux. |
| Le Vengeur | France | The ship was driven ashore near "Tremblade". She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to St. Andero, Spain. |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Tenerife, Canary Islands. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Liverpool. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Troup Head, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
| Sandwich | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London. |
| Syren | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Casquets, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Theodore | France | The ship was lost on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. |
| Wakefield | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Alemouth while on a voyage from Dordrecht, Batavian Republic to Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Dort, Batavian Republic to Aberdeen. |

## June
### 11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diana | Flag unknown | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| Three Friends | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Málaga, Spain for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| L'Espiègle | France | War of the Third Coalition: The privateer, a lugger, was captured by Eling (United Kingdom). She was sunk by accident the next day. |

### 14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Penelope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Swedish coast. |

### 17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Severino | Portugal | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Onegada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

### 22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| unknown privateer | Ottoman Tripolitania | First Barbary War:A Tripolitan privateer was burned by her crew and blew up when attacked by USS Enterprise ( United States Navy) 5 or 6 leagues east of Tripoli. |

### 28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HM Packet Lady Hobart | United Kingdom | The Post Office packet ship struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) east of Newfoundland, British North America (46°33′N 44°00′W﻿ / ﻿46.550°N 44.000°W﻿ / 46.550; -44.000) and sank. All 29 crew survived, being rescued on 4 July, but a French POW jumped from of the lifeboat and died. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Happy | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Memel, Prussia. |
| Senhor do Bonfim | Portugal | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Successful Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Liverpool. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The privateer was in collision with Brothers and sank in Liverpool Bay. |
| Westmoreland | United Kingdom | The privateer was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |

## July
### 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Minerve | Royal Navy | The Minerve-class frigate ran aground at Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was subsequently engaged by shore-based artillery and the gunboats (Chiffonne and Terrible (both French Navy) and was captured. She was subsequently taken into French service as Cannonière. |

### 14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sophy and Mary | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Cabbage Tree Island. Her crew survived. |

### 21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Seine | Royal Navy | War of the Third Coalition: The Seine-class frigate ran aground off Terschelling, Batavian Republic. She was set afire and destroyed the next day to prevent her being captured by the French. |

### 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caledonia | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 94 lives. She was on a voyage from Balasore to Bombay, India. |

### 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Calypso | Royal Navy | The sloop of war was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Dale (United Kingdom). |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Le Blond ( France). She was on a voyage from Madeira to Galway. |
| Anna Catherina | Russia | The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Aurora | France | The ship was driven ashore at Rocken, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |
| Blanche | United Kingdom | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Le Blond (France). She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the River Lee. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Memel, Prussia. she was on a voyage from London to Memel. |
| Penelope | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at "Halsterborn", Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Memel Bar in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel to London. |

## August
### 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cato | United Kingdom | HMS Porpoise and Cato. The ship was wrecked on the Wreck Reefs, New South Wales. |
| Mutine | French Navy | HMS Racoon destroys MutineWar of the Third Coalition: The 18-gun brig was driven ashore at Santiago de Cuba in an action with HMS Racoon ( Royal Navy) and was wrecked. |
| HMS Porpoise | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war was wrecked on the Wreck Reefs. |

### 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Red Island Reef, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

### 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from the Grenada to Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Stanley | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Nevis to London. Her crew were rescued. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diamond | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to London. |
| Favorite | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Humber. |
| Houghton | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the China Seas with the loss of c.120 persons. |
| Montequillex | Spain | The ship capsized and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Freundschaft (flag unknown). She was on a voyage from Bremen to St. Lucar. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim. |

## September
### 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John and William | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. |

### 4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camel | Kingdom of Etruria | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Narva, Russia. |

### 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friede | Lübeck | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Cronstadt, Russia. |

### 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Kattegat while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Refuge | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Kattegat while on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |

### 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Canna, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Lübeck. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Tiree, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Cork. |

### 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Norfolk with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Truro, Cornwall and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Southampton, Hampshire. |

### 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anstruther | United Kingdom | A strong south-west gale drove Anstruther past Balambangan Island and onto the shoals by Banggi Island. Losses were heavy. |
| Thornhill | United Kingdom | Thornhill was lost at the same time and place as Anstruther. |

### 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ekaterina Magdalina | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Reval. Her crew were rescued. |
| Venus | Batavian Republic | The ship foundered in the North Sea of the Galloper Sandbank while on a voyage from Schiedam to Bilbao, Spain. Five of crew survived. |

### 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Junga Peters | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was driven ashore at Narva. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Reval. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Calminda | Dantzig | The ship was lost on the Anholt Reef, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London, United Kingdom. |
| Fire Damer | Hamburg | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was detained by the privateer James (United Kingdom and was sent into Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, where she ran ashore. Fire Damer was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France to Hamburg. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wallasey, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hawke | 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 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Liverpool. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at "Wingo", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. |
| Refuge | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at "Wingo", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ruby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Uranus | Stolpe | The ship was lost at Stolpe. She was on a voyage from Stolp to London. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of 45 of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
| Wenskabet | Duchy of Holstein | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Tönning. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Tönning. |

## October
### 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Les Sept Frères | France | War of the Third Coalition: The privateer lugger was driven ashore at Gravelines Nord in an action with HMS Merlin ( Royal Navy) and was wrecked. |

### 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

### 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Actæon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Brifield | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark while on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. |
| Carl Frederick | Sweden | The ship was lost on the Runnel Stone. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Dublin, United Kingdom. |
| Union | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Hull. |

### 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gribswald | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was wrecked near Vindava, Courland Governorate with the loss of eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Riga. |
| Mary and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Newcomb Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. All on board were rescued. |

### 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |

### 13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the White Sea 2 leagues (6 nautical miles (11 km) north of the Cape of Good Fortune, Russia with the loss of a crew member. |

### 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friend's Adventure | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Mappleton, Yorkshire and was wrecked while on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew survived. |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea while on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her crew were rescued by Friends (United Kingdom) |

### 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortuna | Danzig | The ship foundered off Fort Rouge while on a voyage from Danzig to Bruges, Lys, France. |
| Sir Andrew Mitchell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Fundy. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Fundy to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Liddell | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the Orkney Islands with the loss of all hands. |

### 17 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gustavus Octavius the Fourth | Russia | The ship was wrecked on "Waldam". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Waakende Oog | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom. |

### 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cybelle | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for Grenada. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Three Sisters | United States | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Demerara. Her crew were rescued by Venteur ( United Kingdom. |

### 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gypsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Gramsay, Orkney Islands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to New York, United States. |

### 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaretta Elizabeth | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Pillau. |

### 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| General Baird | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Balambangan Island. |

### 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Crescent | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Narva Bay. |

### 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The cutter foundered in the North Sea off Margate, Kent with the loss of 26 of the 53 people on board. She was on a voyage from Husum, Schleswig to Lymington, Hampshire. Survivors were rescued by Dispatch ( United Kingdom). |
| Hope | New South Wales | The sloop was wrecked on North Head, New South Wales. Her three crew were rescued. |
| USS Philadelphia | United States Navy | First Barbary War:The frigate ran aground on an uncharted reef two miles (3 km) off Tripoli Harbor while giving chase and firing upon a Tripoli navy ship. She was captured by Tripolitans, refloated on 2 November and taken into Tripoli harbor. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sweden. |
| Belfield | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of Finland while on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Braun Ross | Dantzig | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Dantzig. |
| Cecil | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Fairlie, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Lübeck. |
| Charlotte Louise | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of the Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Memel to London. |
| Cicero | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm (or Dragoe), Denmark. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was gotten off. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. |
| Dimitrii | Russia | During a voyage from Okhotsk, Russia, to Kodiak in Russian America, the transport vessel was wrecked in the Catherine Archipelago near Umnak. Her crew and cargo survived, but she was a total loss. |
| Fama | Portugal | The ship was lost on Texel, Batavian Republic. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Holderness coast, Yorkshire. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Memel with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Memel. |
| Fortune | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Narva. |
| Guardian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Exeter, Devon. |
| John & Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Wingo", Sweden. |
| Jong Peter | Lübeck | The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Saint Petersburg. |
| Liddel | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Marquis of Lansdown | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Skagen, Denmark. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Reval, Russia. |
| Mercury | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull to Reval. |
| Nile | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Memel. |
| Nymph | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Exeter. |
| Olive Branch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Sweden. |
| Salem | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Carmarthen Bay. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Carmarthen and Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Samuel and Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden. |
| Vigilance | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk. |
| Wilhelmine | Dantzig | The ship was lost near Dantzig. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dantzig. |

## November
### 1 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Loyalty | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon. |

### 2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Magdalen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Madeira. |

### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louisa | Hamburg | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Mottistone, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Christiania, Denmark. |

### 4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reizende Wandringsman | Batavian Republic | The ship departed from Hellevoetsluis for Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hasnds. |

### 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |

### 6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Hendon Rock, in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham and sank Her crew were rescued. |

### 8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sly | Guernsey | The ship departed from Virginia, United States for Guernsey. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Francis | United States | The brig ran aground on a reef and was bilged a cable's length off Carbaritta Point near Algeciras in a squall. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at South Shields, County Durham where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. Her crew survived. |

### 10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Garland | Royal Navy | The sixth rate post ship ran aground off Cap François, Hispaniola. She was set afire and abandoned the next day. |
| Vrow Gertrude | Rostock | The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom for Rostock. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

### 12 November

List of shipwrecks: December 1802 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gunboat № 344 | French Navy | The gunboat was driven ashore on Hayling Island, Hampshire, United Kingdom and was taken possession of by a Customs officer. |
| Thomas Jefferson | United States | The ship departed from Baltimore, Maryland for Oporto, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friend's Goodwill | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Marianne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Port Antonio, Jamaica. |

### 14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dash | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to London. |
| Little Catherine | Denmark–Norway | The ship was driven ashore on the Niding. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the West Indies. Little Catherine was later refloated and taken into Kalfsund, Sweden. |

### 15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sophia | Guernsey | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The sloop was destroyed by fire in the Irish Sea while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ramelton, County Donegal. Her crew survived. |
| HMS Circe | Royal Navy | The Enterprise-class frigate was wrecked on the Lemon and Ore Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived. |
| James and Ruth | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Chepstow, Monmouthshire. |

### 18 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Countess of Chatham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Coll, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Christiana, Norway to Barnstaple, Devon. |
| Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°14′N 42°30′W﻿ / ﻿46.233°N 42.500°W﻿ / 46.233; -42.500). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Plymouth, Devon. |

### 19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John & Ann | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for Greenock, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| La Conception | Spain | The polacca was driven ashore in the Bay of Cádiz. |
| L'Adeie | France | The brig was driven ashore in the Bay of Cadiz. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Spanish Battery Rocks, South Shields, County Durham. |

### 20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sally | United States | The U. S. Govt. chartered ship carrying U. S. Naval supplies ran aground at Torre del a Higuerilla near the Bar of St. Lucar, near Cadiz, a total loss. |
| Vrouw Geeske Margaritha | Batavian Republic | The ship was wrecked on Ameland with the loss of two lives. |

### 22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Affinity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. |
| Bellona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southsea. |

### 23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Domesnes, Norway with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London. |

### 24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Speculation | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Weymouth, Dorset. |

### 25 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | United States | The ship was lost near Hellevoet, Batavian Republic. |
| Favorite | United States | The ship was lost near Hellevoet. |

### 26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Crown Prince | Danzig | The ship was lost on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to and English port. |
| Jonge Kock | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Ems while on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Emden. |

### 28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bee | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. All six crew were rescued by the lifeboat Northumberland (United Kingdom). |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 29 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The merchantman wrecked in the South China Sea. |

### 30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atty | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark with the loss of all hands. |
| Clementina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark while on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Chepstow, Monmouthshire. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. |
| Grezell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape Wrath, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Ayr. |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Anholt, Denmark. |
| Langton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Nidens, in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Memel to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
| Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Nidens. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Maria Margareth or Mary and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Nidens. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith, Lothian. |
| Norval | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 30 leagues (90 nautical miles (170 km) from Bic, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Retrieve | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø. Her crew survived. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Anholt. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Friends (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.Admiral Nelson was later towed into Ventava, Courland Governorate by Betty's and Susan ( United Kingdom). She was a total loss. |
| Alethea | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Kuressaare, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Reval, Russia |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. |
| Boreas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Dantzig. |
| Caroline | France | The ship, a prize, was driven ashore and wrecked at Northfleet, Kent. |
| Catharine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Jamaica. |
| Christian | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was driven ashore near Tonningen. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Tonningen. |
| Christina | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Kongsbacka". She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg. |
| Dre Zeelust | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the White Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Liverpool. |
| Felicite | Prussia | The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel to London. |
| Fortuna | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Narva Bay. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Liverpool. |
| Gipsey | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hull. |
| Hermes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Hussar | United Kingdom | The privateer was wrecked on the Isle of Skye. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dantzig. She was on a voyage from Kirkcaldy, Fife to Dantzig. |
| Juffrow Jacobi | Lübeck | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lübeck. |
| Little George | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Île d'Orleans, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Margaret & Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Narva to Liverpool. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Reval, Russia. |
| Martin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Plymouth, Devon. She was later refloated and taken into Plymouth. |
| Nile | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Northumberland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was later refloated and taken into Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Polly & Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Mull. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dublin. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Helsingør, Denmark for Portsmouth, Hampshire on 20 November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Sophia Dorothea | Lübeck | The ship departed from Hull for Lübeck. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Sparsamhest | Lübeck | The ship was lost near Dagerort, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lübeck. |
| St. Eric | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Öland to Hull. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. |
| Susanna | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Theodore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Londonderry. |
| Trimmer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all hands. |

## December
### 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Buletta | Denmark–Norway | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Neptunus ( United Kingdom). Anna Buletta was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Copenhagen. |
| Constantia | Prussia | The ship foundered off the mouth of the Weser while on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom to Emden. Her crew were rescued. |

### 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Avenger | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war was wrecked in the Heligoland Bight at the mouth of the Weser. All 80 of her crew were rescued. |
| Lilly | United States | The ship was wrecked at Abacoa, Spanish Florida while on a voyage from Georgia to Nassau, Bahamas. |

### 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Copenhagen | Denmark–Norway | The ship was wrecked off Calai, France. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix. |
| President | United States | The ship was wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France while on a voyage from Amsterdam, Batavian Republic to Baltimore, Maryland. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Testimony | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Teignmouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached at Whitby, Yorkshire, where she was wrecked. |
| Daking | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Littlehampton, West Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Littlehampton. |
| Delight | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 15 December but then foundered. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St Austell, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to São Miguel Island, Azores. Elizabeth was later refloated and taken into Charlestown, Cornwall. |
| Maria | Rostock | The ship was last sighted on this date. She was on a voyage from Rostock to London. |
| HMS Minx | Royal Navy | The Archer-class gun-brig was driven ashore at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated five or six days later. |
| Reward | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| HMS Shannon | Royal Navy | HMS Shannon. War of the Third Coalition: The frigate ran aground on Tatihou, Manche, France. She was set afire the next day to prevent her capture by the French. Her crew were taken prisoner. |
| Tradesman | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. |

### 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Molly | United States | The brig was wrecked at Currituck, North Carolina with the loss of 24 lives. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Norfolk, Virginia. |

### 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk while on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London. |

### 14 December

List of shipwrecks: December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grenada | United Kingdom | The sloop was lost at Cowes, Isle of Wight. |

### 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hamburgh Packet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off East Haven, Forfarshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The sloop was in collision with Scorpion ( United Kingdom) off St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Scorpion. Jane was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork. |
| Roden | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and foundered in Blacksod Bay. |
| Scipio | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Horse Shoe Reef, Virginia, United States. |
| Society | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Arbroath, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Three Sisters | United Kingdom | The snow was driven ashore at Lurgan, County Armagh. |

### 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antelope | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Christian | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Ballagan, County Armagh. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Montrose with the loss of six of her nine crew. |
| King George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hamilton Point, County Armagh. |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at East Haven, Forfarshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wexford. |
| Tagus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Whiteness, Shetland Islands with the loss of all hands. |
| Tar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Carn Point, County Wexford while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. Her crew were rescued. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Nigg, Aberdeenshire and wrecked with the loss of seven of her eleven crew. |
| Waedewit | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cowie, Aberdeenshire with the loss of seven of her fourteen crew. |

### 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hornby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Marsh Chapel, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated in August 1804 and taken into Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |

### 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria Magdalena | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom and was wrecked. She was of a voyage from Gävle to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Her crew were rescued. |

### 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christiana | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire with the loss of five of her 24 crew. |
| New Draper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Chichester, West Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to London. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The snow was driven ashore at Ruswick Bay, Yorkshire devoid of crew. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London. |

### 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antelope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Copelin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Cork. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea south of Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
| New Greenwich | United Kingdom | The ship, a brig or brigantine, was driven ashore south of Bervie, Aberdeenshire and wrecked with the loss of all hands. |

### 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Northumberland coast and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Harmony | United States | The ship was driven ashore near King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Embden, Prussia to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Krageroe | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on Housay, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. |

### 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to the West Indies |
| Nancy and Katty | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |

### 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Greenock, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Black Dog, Aberdeenshire. Six crew were rescued, four having been lost before she came ashore. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. |

### 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Neta Henderika | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The collier foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued |

### 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine and Mary | United Kingdom | The privateer foundered in the Cattewater. |
| Cosmopolitan | United Kingdom | The privateer was wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. |
| HMS La Suffisante | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war foundered at Cork with the loss of ten of her crew. |
| Les Amis or Les Deux Amis | France | The ship, a prize, was wrecked in the Cattewater. |
| Pitt | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in Stokes Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Townsend | United Kingdom | The West Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked at Southsea Castle, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Dominica. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Deadman's Bay while on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |

### 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Nigg, Aberdeenshire and was wrecked with the loss of seven of her eleven crew. |

### 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore crewless and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Berwick upon Tweed. |
| Earl of Wycombe | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Glendore, County Cork. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |

### 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset while on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Poole, Dorset. |

### 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grappler | Royal Navy | En route from Guernsey to Granville, Manche on the 23 December, the Courser-class gun-brig sought shelter off the island of Maitre, one of the Iles Chausey. The storm abated on 30 December, but on leaving the anchorage a hawser parted and HMS Grappler drifted on to a half-tide rock, breaking in two as the tide dropped. |

### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clementina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø and was wrecked with the loss of all hands. |
| Dorothea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø and was wrecked with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore of Læsø and was wrecked with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Satisfaction | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø and was wrecked with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Standard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adriana | Prussia | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Ems. |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London. |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Scottish coast while on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Alexander | Russia | The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læso. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Paull, Yorkshire. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Anna | Russia | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. |
| Anna Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Dublin. |
| Anna Mathilda | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Sololilza" with the loss of a crew member. |
| Aphrodite | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Embden to Bourdeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. Argo was refloated in June 1804 and taken into Aalborg, Denmark for repairs. |
| Atlas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Sololilza". Her crew were rescued. |
| Attempt | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Rye, East Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Rye. |
| Bayomaire | France | War of the Third Coalition: The privateer was driven ashore on the French coast in an engagement with HMS Ardent ( Royal Navy) and was destroyed by her crew. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Batavian Republic to Boston, Lincolnshire. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Arbroath, Forfarshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Boerse | Lübeck | The ship was driven ashore near Lübeck while on a voyage from Liverpool to Lübeck. |
| Bristol | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Annarey", County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Liverpool. |
| Carl | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Tonningen to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| Carolina Frederica | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bullers Buchan, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London. |
| Centaurus | Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on the coast of France. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Batavian Republic to Guernsey. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Alemouth". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the "Termensickin River", Ireland. |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on Islay. She was on a voyage from Saltcoats, Ayrshire to an Irish port. |
| Commerce | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Goree, Batavian Republic. |
| Concord | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Liverpool. |
| Cornelia Eleonora | Lübeck | The ship was wrecked on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Lübeck. |
| Cotton Planter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Diana | United States | The ship was lost near Goree. |
| Diligent | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Dorothea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø and was wrecked. |
| Duke of Athol | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. |
| Eagle | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Goree. |
| Echo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Flastrand, on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Rochester, Kent. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | Captain Thompson's ship was wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool. |
| Fame | Guernsey | Captain Yeats's ship was driven ashore near Drogheda. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Portland, Dorset with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Poole, Dorset. |
| Frederika | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to London. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Balbriggan, County Dublin with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Dundalk and Drogheda, County Louth. |
| General Johnson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Balbriggan, County Dublin. |
| Hector | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford. |
| Houghton | United Kingdom | The ship foundered on a voyage from Canton to Bombay. |
| Jane and Bella | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Dublin. |
| Jeannie | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Lancashire to Peel, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. |
| Joseph and Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø and was wrecked with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. |
| Juno | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire while on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool. Her crew were rescued. |
| Katty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool. |
| Kelly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Isle of Man while on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool. |
| Kron Prince | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at Dublin. |
| Lady Saltoun | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. |
| Loftus | Batavian Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast with the loss of over 300 lives. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Amsterdam. |
| London Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. |
| Lune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. |
| Lytiskier | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near "Alemouth". She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Paull. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Martha Magdalena | Sweden | The ship was wrecked off Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from Gefle to Hull. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast while on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Dublin Bay. |
| Mercury | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. |
| New Draper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Chichester, West Sussex. |
| Norske Lowe | Denmark–Norway | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Dort, Batavian Republic. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Carmarthen. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Wexford. |
| Phœnix | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued. |
| Pomona | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near "Sololilza". Her crew were rescued. |
| Pursuit | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Aberdeenshire coast 17 nautical miles (31 km) north of Aberdeen with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Kiel, Duchy of Holstein. |
| Rebecca | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Riga to Leith, Lothian. |
| Retrieve | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø. She was refloated in May 1804 and take into Aalborg |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic or North Sea. |
| Roebuck | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Holy Loch. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to the Clyde. |
| Rolina | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from the Vlie to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche, France. |
| Rover | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Black Sod Bay, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dublin. |
| Ruby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Sololilza". Her crew were rescued. |
| Shakespear | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool. |
| Sojus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Sololilza". Her crew were rescued. |
| St Juan Baptista | Spain | The ship foundered off the North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Deva to London. |
| Supply | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia to Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated in May 1804 and taken into Aalborg. |
| Surprise | France | The schooner was wrecked in the Sister Islands, Tasmania with some loss of life. |
| Surprize | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to London. Surprize was later refloated and taken into Bridlington, Yorkshire. |
| Sutton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Dublin. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dundalk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Greenock. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sussex. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Newhaven, East Sussex. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. she was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. |
| Three Gebroeders | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Embden to Amsterdam. |
| Triumph | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near Katwijjk, Batavian Republic. |
| Two Gebroeders | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Tonningen to London. |
| Vesser's Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Whitehaven. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Whitehaven. |
| Vreede | Batavian Republic | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey, Channel Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Bilboa, Spain. |
| Vrow Cornelia | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Barton on Sea, Hampshire. |
| Vrow Gesina | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Oldenburg to London. |
| Vrow Margaretta | Duchy of Holstein | The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Oldenburg to London. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the "Termensickin River", Ireland. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1803 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adamant | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by an American vessel. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |
| Adventure | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Havana, Cuba. |
| Adventure | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Quebec City. |
| Ajax | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost in the Bengal River with the loss of thirteen of her crew. |
| Alice Bridger | United States | The ship was wrecked at Antigua. She was on aw voyage from New York to Antigua |
| Astrea | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked on the Island of Desolation, South Shetland Islands with some loss of life. |
| Barbadoes Planter | United Kingdom | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured off Tobago by a French privateer and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the North Cape, Cape Breton Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec to Trinidad. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Florida Keys. she was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Catharine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tobago. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | War of the Third Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer Bellona (France). She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to London. |
| City of Amsterdam | Batavian Republic | The ship was lost at Curaçao with the loss of five of her crew. |
| Consolante | French Navy | The Consolante-class frigate foundered off Margarita Island. |
| Dispatch | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Cork. |
| Dreadnought | United Kingdom | The former fourth rate foundered in the English Channel 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) south of North Foreland, Kent. |
| Duke of Leeds | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and foundered off St. Andrew, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Brunswick. |
| Earl St. Vincent | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gold Coast, Africa. |
| Enterprize | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Newfoundland to an Irish port. |
| Fancy | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near New Providence, New Jersey, United States. |
| General Abercrombie | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Saint Croix, Virgin Islands before 22 April. She was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies. |
| Golden Grove | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to the West Indies. |
| Goodhope | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Barbadoes. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to "Pictow". |
| Henry Dundas | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was lost in the Bengal River. She was on a voyage from Madras and Bengal, India to London. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship, with Dennison, master, was lost in the Bay of Bengal. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Bengal |
| Joseph | United States | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Deux-Nèthes, France to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Trinidada. |
| La Julie | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Saint-Domingue. |
| Les Deux Amis | France | The prize ship was wrecked at Bonny, Nigeria. Her crew were rescued by Diligent (United Kingdom) and L'Oliveire (France). |
| Lion | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Tortola to Saint Thomas and Curaçoa and return. |
| L. L. | France | The ship was lost at Montserrat. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Guadeloupe and Antwerp. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of East Florida. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Maria | Spain | The ship was lost in the Gulf of Mexico. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Vera Cruz, Viceroyalty of New Granada. |
| Marquês Marialva | Portugal | The ship was lost in the Mozambique Channel. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Point des Monts, in the Saint Lawrence River. |
| Nile | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of her captain. |
| Nostra Señora del Carmen | Spain | The ship was lost in the Gulf of Mexico. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Vera Cruz, Viceroyalty of New Granada. |
| Nostra Señora del Carmen | Spain | The ship was lost near Montevideo, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. She was on a voyage from St. Andero to Montevideo. |
| Phœbus | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Saint Augustine, East Florida. |
| Phœnix | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City. |
| Pointer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Grenada. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Red Island, in the Saint Lawrence River. |
| Romulus | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock in Tyrrell's Bay, Tobago and was beached. She was consequently condemned. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Angustura, on the Spanish Main. She was on a voyage from London to Demerara |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Port Royal, Jamaica. |
| St. Juan | Spain | The slave ship was taken over by the slaves, who murdered most of her crew. She was subsequently wrecked at Rigo Pongos, on the African coast. |
| Stork | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix. |
| St Peter | Prussia | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Embden. |
| Tamer | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued by her prize, Braave (France). She was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies. |
| Triumph | Batavian Republic | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Orinoco. She was on a voyage from the Orinoco to Amsterdam. |
| Undaunted | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Coleradoes, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Undaunted was later refloated and put into New York, where she arrived on 20 June. |
| Virginia | United States | The ship was lost south of Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from London to New York. |
| Windsor Castle | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued by Eliza (United Kingdom). Windsor Castle was on a voyage from St Thomas to Liverpool. |