# List of shipwrecks in 1801

The list of shipwrecks in 1801 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1801.
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## January
### 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Farmer's Delight | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex, while on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, to London. Her crew were rescued. |

### 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. |
| George Washington | United States | The ship was wrecked on Texel, Batavian Republic, while on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Amsterdam, Batavian Republic. |

### 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Concert | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Dingle, County Kerry, while on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Dictator | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Dingle Bay with the loss of all but three of the 60 people on board. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, the return leg of her maiden voyage. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea off St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire, while on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to "Warren". Her crew were rescued. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Rodney | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from London to Portsmouth. |

### 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Canna, Inner Hebrides while on a voyage from Danzig to Londonderry. |
| Light Horse | United States | The snow was driven ashore and wrecked on Preston Sands, Dumfriesshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Bremen. Her crew survived. |

### 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on the Sussex coast. Her crew were rescued. |
| Elizabeth | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the Fleshings, off Whalsay, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Thomas and Saint Croix. |
| Famous Delight | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Sussex coast. |

### 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lark | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured by the privateer Bougainville ( France) in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. She sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. Lark was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the English Channel off Brighton, Sussex, with the loss of all hands. |

### 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes and Edmund | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Viana do Castelo, Portugal, while on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Eliza | Denmark | The vessel was wrecked on a reef off the island of Saona, Hispanola. On 19 January 60 women and children, and 7 crewmen were rescued by USS Experiment ( United States Navy) shortly before the vessel broke up and sank. |

### 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, united States to Greenock, Renfrewshire |

### 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Great Orme, Caernarfonshire, with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rosannah | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall, while on a voyage from Cork to London. Her crew were rescued. |

### 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Milford | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, while of a voyage from that port to London. Her crew were rescued. |

### 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Juffrow Henrietta | Batavian Republic | The ship was wrecked at Callantsoog, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Amsterdam. |

### 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| La Curieuse | French Navy | War of the Second Coalition: The corvette was captured on 28 January by HMS Bordelais ( Royal Navy) off Barbados but foundered due to damage received in the battle to capture her. Seven crew of HMS Bourdelois were lost when La Curieuse sank. |
| HMS Forte | Royal Navy | The frigate was wrecked near Jeddah, Ottoman Empire. |
| HMS Incendiary | Royal Navy | War of the Second Coalition: The fireship was captured by the 80-gun ship of the line Indivisible ( French Navy) in the Gulf of Cádiz and scuttled. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from the Bahamas to Liverpool. |
| Annabella | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured by a French privateer and was subsequently driven ashore near Brest, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. |
| Apollo | Dantzig | The ship was wrecked on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. |
| Brilliant | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Wexford while on a voyage from Dublin to Wexford. |
| Catherina | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France while on a voyage from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to Altona. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Mersey at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, to Liverpool. |
| Convert | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Dingle, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool. |
| Dasher | United Kingdom | The privateer foundered in the West Indies with the loss of all hands. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Holyhead Bay. She was on a voyage from Ross to Liverpool. |
| Eve | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Carlingford, County Louth, while on a voyage from Dublin to Newry, County Down. |
| Fletcher | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Mersey at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Liverpool. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, while on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was captured by a French privateer while Hannah was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Newfoundland, British North America. She was set afire and sunk. |
| Hercules | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Newfoundland to a British port. Her crew were rescued by Virginia ( United States). |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Irvine, Ayrshire, while on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Huntingdon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Solway Firth while on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Sligo. |
| John & Mary | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and subsequently lost on the Just Reef. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to London. |
| Juffrow Anna | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Elsinore, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to London. |
| Justina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States. |
| Laird | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. |
| Lord Duncan | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier at Bridlington, Yorkshire, and sank. |
| Mary & Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Dublin. |
| Maglona | United Kingdom | The ship.was driven ashore near Newry. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin. |
| Melantho | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly while on a voyage from London to Tortola. |
| Santa Nicolla Princessa Alessandra | Spain | The ship was driven ashore on the Anatolian coast while on a voyage from "Tagamock" to Smyrna, Greece. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Boulogne while on a voyage from Surinam to London. |
| St. Antonio and Almas | Portugal | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Riga, Russia. her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Oporto. |
| Susan or Swan | British North America | War of the Second Coalition: The brig was captured and burnt by La Curieuse, Mutine and Espérance (all French Navy). She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Surinam. |
| Susannah | Dantzig | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea whilst of a voyage from Dantzig to Plymouth. She was later taken in to Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom. |
| Thomas and William | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly while on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Two Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset, and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. |
| Two Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Conway, Denbighshire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool. |
| Valiant | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Venice while on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Venice. |
| Vrouw Jeseina | Hamburg | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, United Kingdom, while on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool. |

## February
### 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was carrying passengers and mail that Grantham Packet, which had been wrecked off Barbados on 18 December 1800, had been scheduled to take to England. Princess Amelia carried the mail and passengers to Falmouth. |
| HMS Legere | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war was wrecked near Cartagenia, Viceroyalty of New Granada. Her crew survived. |

### 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Orono | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Londonderry, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Londonderry. |

### 6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Denton | United Kingdom | The transport ship was wrecked at Guernsey, Channel Islands. |

### 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of Richmond | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from British Honduras to London with the loss of 22 of the 34 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Mary ( United Kingdom). |

### 9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Denton | United Kingdom | The transport ship was wrecked at Guernsey, Channel Islands. |

### 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United States | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°20′N 54°00′W﻿ / ﻿39.333°N 54.000°W﻿ / 39.333; -54.000) by her crew after naving sprung a leak some days previously while on a voyage from New York to an Irish port. They were rescued by Hope United Kingdom. |

### 12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands. |

### 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| York | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Dublin. |

### 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Limerick to London. Her crew were rescued by Ann ( United States). |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Blakeney, Norfolk, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Bridport, Dorset. |

### 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| London | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The transport ship was wrecked on The Merlins, in the Atlantic Ocean south of Lisbon, Portugal, while attempting to avoid capture by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Menorca, Spain. Nineteen of the 24 people on board were killed. |

### 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. |

### 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duckenfield Hall | United Kingdom | HMS Russell had towed "Duckingfield Hall" into Torbay. She had been sailing from Antigua to London when off the Scilly Islands another vessel had run foul of her. Duckenfield Hall had lost her foremast, and her fore, main, and mizzen topmasts; the vessel that ran into her was believed to have foundered. |

### 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United States | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her crew were rescued. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The transport ship was wrecked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Arcaide | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia Capes, United States. |
| HM hired cutter Charming Molly | Royal Navy | The hired armed cutter foundered in the Seine Bay off the Îles Saint-Marcouf with the loss of all hands. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Blackpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Sligo and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool. |
| Four Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was later refloated and taken in to Hull for repairs. |
| Franklin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Swin, in the North Sea. |
| Hoopen de Zeeman | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore near Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. |
| Hope | Batavian Republic | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London, United Kingdom. |
| Infant Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
| Jannet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire, while on a voyage from Newry, County Down, to Liverpool. |
| Justina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Man with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Lady Wentworth | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Rhode Island while on a voyage from New York to Halifax, British North America. |
| Lighthorse | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Solway Firth while on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Bremen. |
| Lucy | United States | The ship was wrecked at Calais, France, while on a voyage from Amsterdam, Batavian Republic, to Málaga or Madeira, Spain. |
| Magnanimitas | Bremen | The ship was lost at Saint-Domingue, Hispaniola while on a voyage from Bremen to Saint-Domingue. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off Wexford. |
| Montrose | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea while on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire, to Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by a Prussian vessel. |
| Orona | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Londonderry while on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Londonderry. |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Port Mahon, Spain, while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Menorca, Spain. |
| Prudence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| HMS Requin | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war struck a rock off Quiberon, Morbihan, France, and sank. Her crew survived but were taken prisoner by the French. |
| HM hired brig Telegraph | Royal Navy | The hired armed brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Ortegal, Spain, on or after 14 February with the loss of all hands. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was consequently beached at Mundesley, Norfolk. Thames was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, to London. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Weser. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bremen. |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Two Brothers was later refloated and taken in to Hull for repairs. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The transport ship foundered off Menorca, Spain. |
| William & Mary | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and recaptured, but was subsequently lost. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Zealous | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Copenhagen, Denmark, while on a voyage from Copenhagen to London. |

## March
### 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Exbury | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. |

### 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire, for Amsterdam, Batavian Republic. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Neptunus | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore off Elsinore, Denmark. |

### 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Invincible | Royal Navy | The third-rate ship of the line was wrecked on the Hammond Knoll, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of over 400 lives. |

### 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Lancaster, Lancashire, while on a voyage from Whitehaven to Liverpool. |

### 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Leith Packet | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire, as a consequence of striking a submerged rock off Filey. |
| Musgrave | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Chinqueque Shoals while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Virginia, United States. Her crew were rescued. |

### 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christian | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, while on a voyage from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland to London. One of her crew was lost. |

### 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Crescent | United Kingdom | Atlantic slave trade: The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Angola to the West Indies with a cargo of 298 slaves. Twenty-two to 30 of her crew are reported to have survived the foundering. |

### 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Fulminante | Royal Navy | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Damiette, Egypt. Her crew survived. |

### 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Scout | Royal Navy | The corvette was wrecked in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by HMS Beaver ( Royal Navy). |

### 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alknomack | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandy Hook. She was on a voyage from New York to the Clyde. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was consequently beached at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. |
| Favourite Emma | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey while on a voyage from Cork to Oporto. |
| Forster | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, while on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. |
| Friends Goodwill | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured by a privateer while on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Lisbon or Oporto, Portugal. She was later recaptured but was subsequently lost. |
| General Moore | United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven ashore at Dartmouth, Devon. |
| Goodintent | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the coast of Africa while on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores. |
| Juffrow Anna Catharina | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Rotterdam. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores. |
| Mary-Ann | United States | The ship foundered off Bermuda while on a voyage from New York to Montserrat. |
| Minorca Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. |
| Montelambert | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Suriname and Saint Kitts to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset, and wrecked while on a voyage from Looe, Cornwall, to Weymouth, Dorset. |
| Nossa Senhora do Carmo | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom, with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from São Miguel to London. |
| Rising Sun | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Sally | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Hamburg. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to London. Sally was later refloated. |
| Tamer's Delight | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank while on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to Morlaix, Finistère, France. |

## April
### 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and sunk by the privateer Gironde ( France). She was on a voyage from Sligo to Oporto, Portugal. |

### 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HDMS Indfødsretten | Dano-Norwegian Navy | War of the Second Coalition, Battle of Copenhagen: The 64-gun ship of the line was captured by the Royal Navy. She was set afire and sunk after the battle. |

### 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The brig was captured by the privateer frigate Braave ( France) in the Atlantic Ocean. She was set afire and left to sink. Charlotte was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London. |

### 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| New Recovery | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |

### 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Constellation | United States Navy | While anchoring in Delaware Bay, the frigate was caught in winds and an ebb tide that laid her over on her beam ends on a sand bar. Was still aground as of 26 April, but refloated by 3 May. She suffered damage requiring extensive repairs, but returned to service after completion of the repairs. |

### 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Torbay. She was on a voyage from London to Martinico. Alexander was later refloated. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Torbay. |
| Leander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Torbay. She was on a voyage from London to Demerara. |
| Reward | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Torbay while on a voyage from London to Wilmington, Delaware, United States. |

### 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship, which had been captured by the privateer La Gironde ( France) on 7 April, was wrecked on the coast of Spain. Her crew were rescued. Brothers was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London. |
| Lord Hawke | United Kingdom | The letter of marque schooner departed from Waterford for the West Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dispatch | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Bermuda while on a voyage from Nevis to New England. |

### 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Judith | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Bellone ( France). She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London. |
| Success | British North America | The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland. |

### 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The whaler was crushed by ice and sunk off the coast of Greenland. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Columbia | United States | The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland while on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Lydia ( United Kingdom). |
| Denton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto. |
| Dorothea | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Ridear Sand, in the North Sea. |
| Favonius | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak while on a voyage from Demerara to London and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Tyson ( United Kingdom). |
| Gordon | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Oporto. |
| Heart of Oak | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Ridear Sand. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mandona del Rosario | Trieste | The ship caught fire and sank while on a voyage from Latichea, Greece, to Trieste. |
| Margaretta | Bremen | The ship was lost in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Bremen to London. |
| Margaretta Maria | Rostock | The ship was wrecked on Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Portsmouth, Hampshire, and was scuttled. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Hasker Island". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dunbar, Lothian. |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Rambler | United Kingdom | The ship was run down by a collier and sunk in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. |
| Rising Sun | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Speculator | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Soldorado | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Oporto while on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Oporto. |
| Sukey | United States | The ship was wrecked at Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured in the North Sea by the privateer Bellona ( France) while on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to London. She was set afire and sunk. |
| Tyson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire while on a voyage from Demerara to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
| Young Peter | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Oporto. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Oporto. |

## May
### 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Volunteer | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the English Channel off Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex, to London. Volunteer was later raised and taken in to Newhaven. |

### 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rebecca | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Point, Baltimore, Maryland, while on a voyage from Baltimore to a European port. |

### 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unknown | United States | The vessel went aground and was wrecked at Dunkirk, France. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Milford, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Assistance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at The Shingles, near Lymington, Hampshire, while on a voyage from Carlisle, Cumberland, to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Eliza | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, to Liverpool. |
| Hector | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean around 23 May with the loss of a passenger. Survivors were rescued by Will. |
| La Mouche | France | War of the Second Coalition: The privateer was run aground and destroyed in the Canary Islands, Spain, by HMS Diamond ( Royal Navy). |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, while on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, to London. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Surinam to Liverpool. Her crew were rescued by Esther ( United Kingdom). |
| Mercurius | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore near Middelburg, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Bremen to London. |
| Morning Star | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
| Speculation | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured by the privateer frigate Braave ( France) while on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk, to Chester, Cheshire. She was set afire and sunk. |
| Sovereign | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Success | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Braave ( France). She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Zoroaster | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the Cannonore while on a voyage from China to Bombay. |

## June
### 8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United States | The brig was wrecked on Long Island. |
| Rockingham | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman ran aground on a reef in the Red Sea, suffering heavy damage. She was towed off and reached port safely. |

### 9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harriot | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Boston. |
| HMS Meleager | Royal Navy | The fifth-rate frigate was wrecked on the Triangles Shoal in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew survived. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Keys, off the coast of British Honduras. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ann | United States | The ship was wrecked on Long Island while on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Betsey & Susan | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Braave ( France). She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States, to London. |
| Couriere | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pilau, Prussia, to London. |
| Four Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. |
| Frederick Wilhelm | Dantzig | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Dublin, United Kingdom. |
| Hector | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore in St Brides Bay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Lime, Dorset, to Liverpool. Hope was later taken in to Milford, Pembrokeshire. |
| Lester | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Trott | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Sable Island, British North America, while on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, to Liverpool. Her crew were rescued. |

## July
### 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Desaix | French Navy | War of the Second Coalition, First Battle of Algeciras: The Téméraire-class ship of the line was driven ashore in Algeciras Bay. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
| HMS Hannibal | Royal Navy | War of the Second Coalition, First Battle of Algeciras: The Culloden-class ship of the line ran aground in Algeciras Bay. Subsequently captured by the French and entered French Navy service as Annibal. |
| Indomptable | French Navy | War of the Second Coalition, First Battle of Algeciras: The Tonnant-class ship of the line was driven ashore in Algeciras Bay. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |

### 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ambuscade | United Netherlands Navy | The frigate sprang a leak and capsized in the Thames Estuary 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom, with the loss of 23 lives. She was refloated on 18 July. |
| HMS Augustus | Royal Navy | The gunboat was wrecked at The Citadel, Plymouth, Devon. |

### 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Perla | Spanish Navy | War of the Second Coalition, Second Battle of Algeciras: The frigate foundered off the Barbary Coast due to damage sustained in battle. |
| Real Carlos | Spanish Navy | Real Carlos and San Hermenegildo. War of the Second Coalition, Second Battle of Algeciras: The Santa Ana-class ship of the line caught fire, exploded and sank in Algeciras Bay with the loss of about 850 lives. She had fired on San Hermengegildo ( Spanish Navy) in the confusion of battle. |
| San Hermenegildo | Spanish Navy | War of the Second Coalition, Second Battle of Algeceiras: The Santa Ana-class ship of the line caught fire, exploded and sank in Algeciras Bay with the loss of about 850 lives. She had fired on Real Carlos ( Spanish Navy) in the confusion of battle. |
| HMS Venerable | Royal Navy | War of the Second Coalition, Second Battle of Algeciras : The Culloden-class ship of the line was driven ashore in Algeciras Bay. Subsequently refloated and returned to service. |

### 16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sir Sidney Smith | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged in a storm at Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Speedwell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Gibraltar. |

### 20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotta | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom, while on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dublin, United Kingdom. |

### 21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Jason | Royal Navy | The fifth-rate was wrecked off Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. Her crew survived by were taken prisoner by the French. The wreck was blown up on 5 August to prevent her being refloated and taken into French Navy service. |

### 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bellona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New Providence, New Jersey, United States. She was later refloated. |
| Deception | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New Providence. |
| Fraternite | Denmark | The Guineaman was driven ashore and wrecked at New Providence. |
| Lion's Revenge | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New Providence. She was later refloated. |
| Lovely Lass | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New Providence. |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New Providence. She was later refloated. |
| Sheerwater | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New Providence. She was later refloated. |
| St. Joseph | Spain | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at New Providence. |

### 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Actress | United States | The ship was wrecked on Little Caicos Island. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica. |

### 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thomas and Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, with the loss of her captain. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Cremorne | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor at Liverpool, Lancashire, and sank. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool. |
| Orion | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Orkney Islands while on a voyage from Dublin to Sligo. |
| Pitt | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Irish coast while on a voyage from Virginia, United States, to the Clyde. |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Whitby. |
| Ruth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire, to London. |

## August
### 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Malabar | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at Madras, British India. |

### 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Martinico. She was on a voyage from London to British Honduras. |

### 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire, with the loss of all hands. |

### 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auspicious | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Bushy Park | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| HMS Lowestoffe | Royal Navy | The fifth-rate frigate was wrecked on Heneaga with the loss of five of her crew. |
| Melton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Swansea | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Heneaga while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

### 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Success | United Kingdom | The galley was driven ashore and wrecked on Ambon Island with the loss of ten of her crew. |

### 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Spitfire | Royal Navy | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off the coast of Africa and north of the Amirante Islands. Her crew survived. |

### 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stranger | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shoals of Granda off the African coast with the loss of all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Bee | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London. Her crew were rescued. |
| Catharina Blendina | Dantzig | The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dantzig. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship is presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cork. |
| Jong Willem | Prussia | The ship struck a sanbank in the North Sea and consequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Embden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Louisa | Dantzig | The ship was lost on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Olive | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Benacre, Suffolk, and was wrecked. |
| Nottingham | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |

## September
### 4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Proselyte | Royal Navy | The fifth-rate frigate was wrecked on the Man of War Shoal, off Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. Her crew were rescued. |
| Walter Boyd | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Martinique to London. |

### 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| La Flèche | French Navy | War of the Second Coalition: The frigate was sunk off the coast of India by HMS Victor ( Royal Navy). |

### 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gabriel | United Kingdom | The ship wrecked in the Strait of Jubal at the entrance to the Gulf of Suez. Captain Turnbull and the crew of 100 men, and 42 women and 46 children, dependents of the 61st Regiment of Foot, were all saved. |

### 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bravoure | French Navy | The Cocarde-class frigate ran aground off Elba, Kingdom of Sicily and was a total loss. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at "Walden", France while on a voyage from Bideford, Devon, to "Dram", Norway. She was set afire by the French and destroyed. Her crew were rescued by HMS Mariner ( Royal Navy). |

### 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stephen | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |

### 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aimable Adell | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sarah ( United States). Aimable Adell was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. |

### 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pionier | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Hamburg. |

### 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wheatfield | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Demerara for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| King George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Demerara. She was on a voyage from Demerara to London. |

### 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on The Needings, off Varberg, Sweden, while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, to London. |
| Hoppett | Sweden | The ship was lost on The Needuings. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to an English port. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Actress | United States | The ship was wrecked on Little Caicos while on a voyage from New York to Jamaica. |
| Adventure | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Boston, Lincolnshire. |
| Belzebub | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Texel, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Gotland. |
| Dairy-Maid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Elsinore, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Dove | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dragør, Denmark. |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Martinique. |
| Flor du Fenehall | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured and burnt by two French frigates. She was on a voyage from the Cape Verde Islands to Madeira. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lapsand. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Kingston | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Dieppe. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dantzig. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Cattewater. |
| Otway | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
| Ptolmeus | Dantzig | The ship was lost on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Hagland", Denmark. She was later refloated. |
| Wilhelm | flag unknown | The ship was lost in the Baltic. |

## October
### 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ardelia | United States | The ship departed from the Hampton Roads, Virginia, for Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enterprize | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| HMS Scout | Royal Navy | The ship-sloop departed for Newfoundland, British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Hilberry Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Wexford. |

### 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Babet | Royal Navy | The sixth rate post ship departed Martinique. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| HMS Bonetta | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war was wrecked on a reef in the Jardines de la Reina in the Caribbean Sea south of Cuba.. |
| Jonge Egbert | flag unknown | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain, to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. |
| Richard | United Kingdom | The ship departed Curaçao for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Areana | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on The Shingles, Isle of Wight. |
| Friedrich Wilhelm | Russia | The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden, while on a voyage from Riga to London. |
| Sophia Magdalena | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baltic Merchant | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Belzebub | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Texel, Batavian Republic, while on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |
| Bom Amigos | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore at Portsea, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon. Bom Amigos was later refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Dispatch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Castle Point, Elsinore, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Workington, Cumberland. |
| Dorothea Wilhelmina | Hamburg | The brig was wrecked near Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom, with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| Esther | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hale Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia, to Hull. |
| Hermit | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Præstø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Baltic port. |
| Jamaica | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland, Sweden. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to London. |
| Neptunus | Dantzig | The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to Dantzig. |
| Renwick | United States | The ship foundered at the end of October while on a voyage from Virginia to Jamaica. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship departed Martinique for Jamaica. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| St. John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Tejo | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore in Dingle Bay and was abandoned by some of her crew. She was on a voyage from Waterford, United Kingdom, to Lisbon. |
| True Love | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. |
| Tycho de Bracke | Dantzig | The ship was driven ashore at Kirkwall. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to Liverpool. |

## November
### 2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dash | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. |
| Flaxton | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Prussian vessel. Flaxton was later taken in to a Swedish port. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Libava, Courland Governorate. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Mount's Bay. |

### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Baltic Sea. She subsequently came ashore near Carlscrona, Sweden. |
| Amicitia | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore near "Bremer Lee". She was on a voyage from Bremen to Málaga, Spain. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Fladstrand, Denmark, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Stockholm, Sweden. |
| HMS Friendship #2 | United Kingdom | The gunboat was wrecked on the coast of France near Saint-Malo. Crew were saved and returned to Jersey on 15 November. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with another vessel off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked south of Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. |

### 4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Covehithe, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London. |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Casquets, off the Channel Islands with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Surinam. |

### 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Île de Batz, Finistère, France with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
| Esperance | United Kingdom | The brig struck Nut Rock, in the Isles of Scilly and was a total loss, after parting her cables during a south-west gale. Her crew were rescued. She was bound for Venice from Penzance, Cornwall, with pilchards. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Aruba. She was on a voyage from Trinidada to Curaçao. |

### 9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Friendship (#1) | Royal Navy | The gunboat was coming into Plymouth to be paid off when she went on shore on Portland and was lost. Her crew was saved. |

### 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Duncan | United Kingdom | Lord Duncan was at Smyrna when lightning struck her. She suffered considerable damage. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friendship | United States | The ship departed New York for Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Firm | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America, to Madeira. |

### 20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Colworth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Venice. |
| Harmonie | Lübeck | The ship departed from Lübeck for Reval, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands. |

### 21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Thurso, Caithness while on a voyage from Narva, Russia, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Neptunus | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on Eierland, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Embden. |
| Nordlicht | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, to Altona. There were no survivors. |
| Vrouw Anna | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Amsterdam. |

### 23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dash | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near the Vlie with the loss of five of her crew. |
| Pallas | Stettin | The ship was lost on the Flemish coast of France with the loss of fourteen lives. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom. |

### 24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Orion | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

### 25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the north west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to the Clyde. |

### 27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of Clarence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts. Duke of Clarence was refloated in December and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Drontheim, Norway. |
| Lion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Drontheim. |
| Peace and Plenty | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Alloa, Ayrshire. |
| Sophia Magdalena | Sweden | The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. |
| Three Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Drontheim. |

### 29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blenheim | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dantzig. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzig. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Stolpemünde. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dantzig. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to London. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea while on a voyage from Dantzig to Kirkcaldy, Forfarshire. |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Birchington, Kent, with the loss of all four crew. She was on a voyage from Sandwich, Kent, to London. |
| Lord Salton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adcona | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America, to London. |
| Admiral Laforey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoeburyness, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to London. |
| Adventure | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Hull, Yorkshire. Adventure was later refloated and taken in to Calmar, Sweden. |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London. |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. |
| Alexis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, to Virginia, United States. |
| Amity | United States | The ship foundered during November. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime to Virginia. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. |
| Anna Sophia | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore in the Baltic. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin. |
| Arrow | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Waterford and Liverpool. |
| Aurora | Dantzig | The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom, to Dantzig. |
| Benevolence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Marshchapel, Lincolnshire. She was later refloated. |
| Catherine | United States | The ship was wrecked at Dunquerque, Nord, France. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Christian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Margate. |
| Christian | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Cybille | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Malmö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg. |
| Diligence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Elsinore. Her crew were rescued. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to London. |
| Earl Falkenburg | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to London. |
| Elizabeth Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Enterprize | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Esperance | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall, to Venice. |
| Expedition | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Friendelyke | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia, to London. |
| George & Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. |
| Guildford | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Gustaff | Sweden | The ship was wrecked near Skagen Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gefle to London. |
| Handscombe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Morlaix, Ille-et-Vilaine, France while on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Hawke | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to London. |
| Hercules | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Scharhaven, near Bremen. She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen. |
| Heveluis | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Stettin. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| John | United Kingdom | The transport ship was wrecked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| John and Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to King's Lynn. |
| John and Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Herne Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to London. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jonge Frouyn | flag unknown | The ship departed from Bilboa, Spain, for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Juffrouw Dirkje | Batavian Republic | The ship foundered off Norderney. |
| June | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Lady Mary | | The ship was wrecked at Falsterbo, Sweden. |
| Laus Deo | Danzig | The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France, while on a voyage from Plymouth to Danzig. |
| Lee Lea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Malta. |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Swartart". |
| Lord Solton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Louisa | Stettin | The ship was lost near "Folkenburg". She was on a voyage from London to Stettin. |
| Lovely Nelly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ventava, Courland Governorate. |
| Manchester | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to London. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Hull. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Medway | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Middleton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Balmanghan Bay, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Wiscasset, Maine, United States, to Kirkcudbright, Wigtownshire. |
| Morning Star | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark, while on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Danzig. She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands, to a Welsh port. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Marshchapel. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hull to Hamburg. |
| Palladium | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Liverpool. Lancashire. |
| Penguin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Biddiford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Barnstaple, Devon. |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The tender was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Robs & Betsey | United States | The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Cattewater. She was later refloated. |
| Three Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Courland Governorate while on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. |
| Urania | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Memel. She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| HMS Utile | Royal Navy | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Minorca. |
| Yarmouth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Skagen, Denmark. |

## December
### 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was struck by lightning in the Atlantic Ocean 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km)) west of Tory Island, County Donegal, and destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued by Hero ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Demerara. |

### 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Gibraltar. |

### 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. |

### 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rising Sun | United States | The ship departed Charleston, South Carolina, for Cadiz, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abraham Newland | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, with the loss of a crew member. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Poole, Dorset. |

### 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Amsterdam, Batavian Republic. |
| Ellerbeck | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, to Embden, Prussia. |
| Story & Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. |

### 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Maranzies Reef while on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her crew were rescued. |

### 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jupiter | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Hamburg to Antwerp, Deux-Nèthes, France. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Huntly, Aberdeenshire. |

### 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thurso, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Newby | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Surinam to Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by Fame and Nymph (both United Kingdom). |

### 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cicero | United States | The sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lady Nelson ( Guernsey). |

### 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Pittenweem, Fife, with the loss of a crew member. |

### 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Queen | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the pier at Bridlington, Yorkshire, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the River Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southwold, Suffolk, to Hull, Yorkshire. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abraham Newland | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Topsham, Devon, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Acorn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| African Queen | United Kingdom | The whaler was driven ashore in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from the South Seas to London African Queen was later refloated and taken in to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. |
| Amphion | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Öregrund, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hernosand, Sweden, to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Zeeland, Batavian Republic. She was on a voyage from Dram, Norway, to Dublin. |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Barbuda. |
| Arrogant | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire while on a voyage from Rye, Sussex, to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark, while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. |
| Brook Watson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Cæsar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Breaksea Point, Glamorgan, while on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to St. Croix. Two of her crew were lost. |
| Cæsar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Sunderland to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic. |
| Carolina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, while on a voyage from Pernau, Livonia, Russian Empire, to Liverpool. |
| Catherina Augusta | Lübeck | The ship was lost while on a voyage from Lübec to Saint Petersburg. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Riga. |
| Chesapeak | United States | The ship ran aground on the Drimple Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, to Amsterdam, Batavian Republic. Chesapeak was later refloated and taken in to Den Helder, Batavian Republic. |
| Christian Septimus | Denmark-Norway | The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reef while on a voyage from Batavia to Copenhagen. |
| Cicero | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven while on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Hamburg. |
| Clara | Batavian Republic | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark, while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Amsterdam. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Norway to Plymouth. Only two of her crew survived. |
| Cornish Oak | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow. |
| Dædalus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Delham Tower | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Holyhead Bay. |
| Dobraya Nadeshda | Russia | The ship foundered in the White Sea while on a voyage from Archangelsk to Portugal. |
| Eerstrom | Batavian Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia, to Amsterdam. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kirkwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Dublin. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Amsterdam with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Amsterdam. |
| Felicity | United States | The ship was lost near Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Flora | flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Swine Bottoms, in the Baltic Sea. |
| Florissant | Prussia | The ship ran aground off Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom. She was set afire and destroyed on 21 January 1802. |
| Fortitude | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea while on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Fortuna | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Bremen. |
| Friendelyke | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, Nord, France. |
| George | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Banyard Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Lys, France. |
| Good Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Norway to Bristol. |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France while on a voyage from Rye, Sussex, to Dieppe. |
| Grinder | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Stoney Binks, off the mouth of the River Humber while on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Gibraltar. |
| Hoffnung | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked near Rotterdam, Batavian Republic, while on a voyage from Hamburg to Senegal. |
| Hoffnung | flag unknown | The ship was lost at Stavanger, Norway. She was on a voyage from London to Riga. |
| Holderness | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pillau, Prussia. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Bahamas to British Honduras. Her crew were rescued. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The brig was destroyed by fire in the Bay of Fundy. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pillau. |
| James and Mary | United Kingdom | The stores ship foundered while on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Hull. Her crew were rescued by Camel ( United Kingdom). |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Memel, Prussia. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Juffrow Hermina | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoet. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London. |
| Juliana | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark, while on a voyage from Memel to Dublin. |
| Junius | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Elsinore, Denmark. |
| Lancaster | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Danzig with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Lancaster, Lancashire. She was later refloated and put into "Fairwater" for repairs. |
| Louisa Konigen von Prussen | Danzig | The ship was wrecked at Dunkerque, Nord, France while on a voyage from London to Danzig. |
| Louise | Denmark-Norway | The ship was lost near the "Briell". |
| Margaret | Batavian Republic | The ship was lost near the "Briell" while on a voyage from Riga to Rotterdam. |
| Mariam | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark, while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Poole. She was on a voyage from London to Faial Island, Azores. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Danzig. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France. She was on a voyage from Mount's Bay to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The brig struck a rock off Lady Isle. She was wrecked by a storm on 22 January 1802. |
| Navigator | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm. She was on a voyage from Riga to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Neptunus | Danzig | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool. |
| Padstow | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Padstow. |
| Palm Baum | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to London. |
| Parthenia | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Hogland, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Courland Governorate. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near South Shields, County Durham. |
| Rio Douro | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore near Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Newcastle upon Tyne. Rio Douro was later refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Riga with the loss of eleven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Riga. |
| Seaflower | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset, to Cork. |
| Stadt Copenhagen | Denmark | The ship was lost on the Flemish coast of France. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to a Norwegian port. |
| St. George | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Den Helder, Batavian Republic, while on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, to Amsterdam. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Marazion, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Gorey, Jersey, Channel Islands, to London. |
| Tartar | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at West Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
| Three Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Ventava, Courland Governorate while on a voyage from Riga to London. |
| Triton | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Hamburgh to Bordeaux, Loire-Inférieure, France. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast while on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to London. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Narva, Russia. |
| Unknown brig | United States | The brig was driven ashore and went to pieces at Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies sometime if December, 1801 or before 11 January, 1802, but possibly on 21 December. |
| Unknown corvette | Ottoman Tripolitania | The corvette sailed from Tripoli on 19 December and loss, with all but 10 hands, known by 25 December. |
| Unknown polacre | Greece Ottoman Greece | The polecre was driven ashore at Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies sometime if December, 1801 or before 11 January, 1802, but possibly on 21 December. |
| Walsingham | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Bideford, Devon, with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Malta to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Welcome | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to London. |
| William Pitt | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Norway, to Weymouth, Dorset. |
| Zeevaart | Batavian Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Amsterdam. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1801 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adriana | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice in the Delaware River, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Dublin. |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Tortola, Virgin Islands before 8 September. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to London. |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off British Honduras while bound for London. Her crew were rescued. |
| Anna Maria | Hamburg | The ship was lost at Senegal. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Senegal. |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Barbuda. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of British Honduras. |
| Benjamin | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Virginia Capes, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Virginia. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at [Old Harbour, Jamaica, while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship exploded off the Bonny Bar with the loss of all but eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies. |
| Chance | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Barbados. |
| Columbia | United States | The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland while on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to London. Her crew were rescued by Lydia ( United Kingdom). |
| Dalrymple | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the St. Lawrence River while on a voyage from Barbados to Quebec, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Bonny Bar. Her crew were rescued by Lord Stanley and Will (both United Kingdom). |
| Dove | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States. Her crew were rescued. |
| Earl of Liverpool | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Surinam. |
| Earl Spencer | United Kingdom | The whaler was wrecked at South Georgia Island in late 1801 or early 1802. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Bermuda. |
| Eensgerindheyd | Batavian Republic | The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. She was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Surinam. |
| Eliza | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida(approximately 29°N 82°W﻿ / ﻿29°N 82°W﻿ / 29; -82) while on a voyage from Jamaica to New York. |
| El Paysano | Spain | The ship foundered off St. Andreas while on a voyage from the Spanish Main to Jamaica. |
| Endeavour | United States | The ship was wrecked on Long Island, Antigua. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to Crooked Island, Bahamas. |
| Experiment | United States | The ship was crushed by ice and sunk at New Castle, New Hampshire |
| Enterprize | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Surinam. Her crew were rescued. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman foundered while on a voyage from Madras, India, to the Cape of Good Hope. |
| Galen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of British Honduras. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New Providence, New Jersey, United States. |
| Gudgeon | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Quebec. |
| Hannah | United States | The ship was lost off the Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jamaica. |
| Harriot | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured by a Spanish frigate. She was subsequently wrecked on the Spanish Main. Harriot was on a voyage from London to Demerara. |
| Harvey | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Bay of Bulls. |
| Hector | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Jamaica while bound for London. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Jamaica. |
| Hope | United States | The ship was lost off the Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jamaica. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Martinique. She was on a voyage from London to Tortola. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Bahamas to British Honduras. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the St Lawrence River while on a voyage from Quebec to Leith, Lothian. |
| Johanna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of British Honduras. |
| Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of British Honduras. |
| Lady Milford | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a reef off Savannah-La-Mar, Jamaica and ten of the crew abandoned her. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| La Liberté | France | The ship was wrecked on Sumatra with some loss of life. |
| Lavinia | flag unknown | The ship was lost near Tortola before 15 September. She was on a voyage from Tortola to Quebec. |
| Letter | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Newfoundland. |
| Little John | United States | The ship foundered off Jamaica. |
| Liverpool Hero | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Surinam. |
| Love | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Grenada. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Grenada. |
| Lydia | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hope ( United Kingdom). Mary was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, to an Irish port. |
| Mary Ann | United States | The ship foundered off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from New York to Montserrat. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Surinam to Liverpool. Her crew were rescued by Esther ( United Kingdom). |
| Madona | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Martinique. |
| Mermaid | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Diamond Island, Myanmar. Her crew were rescued. |
| Montgomery | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. Her crew were rescued. |
| Moreland | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Salt River, Jamaica. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The whaler was crushed by ice and sunk off the coast of Greenland. |
| Norval | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Demerara. She was on a voyage from London to Demerara. |
| Oak | United Kingdom | War of the Second Coalition: The ship was captured by a French squadron and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Mogadore, Morocco and London. |
| Pacific | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Martinique. She was on a voyage from London to Martinique. |
| Packers | United States | The ship was lost near Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Liverpool. |
| Paramaribo | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Sandy Hook. She was on a voyage from New York to Londonderry. |
| Patriot | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Charleston, South Carolina, while on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
| Proteus | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Surinam to London. Her crew were rescued. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Weather Bank, Demerara. She was on a voyage from London to Demerara. |
| Rebecca | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Tobago. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Jamaica to Dublin. Her crew were rescued by Peggy ( United States). |
| St. Antonio | Portugal | The ship was abandoned by her crew while on a voyage from Oporto to Dublin. They were rescued by Criterion ( United Kingdom). |
| Santo Marlyres Triumpo Pinto | Portugal | The ship foundered at Rio de Janeiro while on a voyage from Lisbon to Montevideo, Brazil. |
| Speedwell | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newfoundland. |
| Spitfire | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the African coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India, to the Red Sea. |
| Suffolk | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Virginia Capes while on a voyage from New York to Virginia. |
| Supply | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Mohairs Key, off New Providence, New Jersey United States. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
| Susan and Sally | United Kingdom | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon, to Newfoundland. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Jeddah, Ottoman Empire sometime before 24 June. She was on a voyage from New York to Londonderry. |
| Sv. Arkhistrati Mikhail | Russian Empire | The vessel was lost with all hands at Unalaska Island in the Catherine Archipelago. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk by Lord Duncan ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Lord Duncan. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Dartmouth. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at New York. |
| Traveller | United States | The ship was wrecked on Long Island while on a voyage from the West Indies to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Saint Kitts. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool. |
| HMS Vengeance | Royal Navy | The 38-gun fifth rate ran aground, suffering damage. After she was refloated, she became a receiving ship. |
| Washington | United States | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Virginia to Rotterdam, Batavian Republic. |
| Washington Packet | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from New York to London. |
| Withywood | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank off Jamaica. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |