# List of shipwrecks in January 1820

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

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marianna | Sweden | The ship was lost near Gothenburg with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Liebau, Prussia to London, United Kingdom. |
| Roseberry | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier at Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire and was severely damaged. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | Sweden | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Mogadore, Morocco. |
| Assunta | Kingdom of Sardinia | The brig-schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Mogadore. |
| Minerva | Kingdom of Sardinia | The bombard was driven ashore and wrecked at Mogadore. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship struck Rock Patrick, off Strangford, County Down, and foundered. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey, to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles | France | The ship was lost near Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Indian Hunter | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by United States ( United States). She was on a voyage from Bermuda to New York. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock at Strangford, County Antrim and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mateldess | Portugal | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from "Acra" to Madeira. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, East Riding of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Miramichi Bay to Hull, Yorkshire. Isabella was later refloated and taken in to Hull. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| El Furia | Spain | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Santa Marta, Viceroyalty of New Granada. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. |
| Preussens Freywilliger | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pillau to London, United Kingdom. |
| Sultan | France | The ship was wrecked at Sables d'Olonne, Vendée. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to "Rodon". |
| Wessaweskeay | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Wood Island Lighthouse, Maine. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. |
| William & Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from London to Poole. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked off Port Royal, Jamaica. |
| William Henry | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. William Henry was refloated on 12 January and taken in to Margate. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. |
| Ibbetson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. Ibbetson was later refloated and taken in to Whitstable, Kent. |
| Magnet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the East Barrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. All on board were rescued She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to London. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Countess of Leven & Melville | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Malta for Trieste. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Elizabeth | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, New Jersey. |
| General Gadsden | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Deal, New Jersey. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to New York. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Sally | United States | The ship was wrecked in New Topsail Inlet. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Wilmington, Delaware. |
| Valor | United States | The ship was wrecked at Deal, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on Mahee Island, County Down. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Dublin. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Terceira, Azores. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Galway Bay. She was on a voyage from Berbice to London. |
| Felix Ventura | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Terceira. |
| Fleece | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Newry, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Terceira. |
| Lord Cathcart | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Adriatic Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east north east of Pelagosa, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with the loss of five of her nineteen crew. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Terceira. |
| Valency | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Ceuta, Spain. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to London. |
| Young William | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Terceira. |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United States | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in a gale at São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. |
| Elizabeth and Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was last seen in the Atlantic Ocean (46°55′N 12°00′W﻿ / ﻿46.917°N 12.000°W﻿ / 46.917; -12.000 whilst on a voyage from São Miguel to London. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Twelve Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore crewless at Blakeney, Norfolk. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank in Loch Tarbert. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Alnmouth, Northumberland to London. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friends | United States | The ship was wrecked near Eastport, Maine. |
| George and Jenny | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Southport, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Heart of Oak | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground, capsized and was wrecked at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands Her crew survived. |
| Helen | France | The ship was wrecked on Long Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to New York City. |
| Jeune Corrinne | France | The ship ran aground on the Îles Deux Moulins, Gironde. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bordeaux. |
| Midas | United States | The ship was run down and sunk off Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Boston. |
| Quatre Sœurs | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York. |
| Rodney | United Kingdom | The brig was sunk by ice in the River Thames at Wapping, Middlesex. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adventure | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Dublin Bay with the loss of all hands She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off Great Orme Head, Caernarvonshire with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off Great Orme Head. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Carlingford, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Rubicon | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Long Branch, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to New York. |
| Union | United States | The ship was wrecked off Cape Ann, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of nine lives. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground, capsized and was wrecked at Kilcolgan, County Galway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berbice to London |
| Bountiful | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Cleopatra | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Gray Point, Belfast Lough and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Clio | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Dido ( United Kingdom). |
| Cruizer | United Kingdom | The brig capsized and was wrecked off Wylfa, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged in Swansea Bay. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan. |
| Dumfries | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Mary Ann ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Emilie | Norway | The ship was lost off Christiansand. |
| Jennet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Howth, County Dublin with the loss of all hands. |
| Jobson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Porto Santo Stefano, Grand Duchy of Tuscany with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Genoa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| John & Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was on a voyage from Wisbech to London. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Merton Hall | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballantrae, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham and was wrecked. |
| Nicholas | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Howth. Her crew were rescued by Countess ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated in late August and taken in to South Shields. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at North Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 16 February and taken in to South Shields. |
| Sprightly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice in the River Thames. |
| Supply | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Amlwch, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. |
| Susan & Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated. |
| Thomas and Alice | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand. She was later refloated and taken in to South Shields. |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Shields. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Islandmagee, County Antrim with the loss of two lives. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hook Sand with the loss of more than four lives. She was on a voyage from Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Bristol. John was later refloated and taken in to St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. |
| Lamb | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of at least three lives. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Quoddy Head, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. Margaret was eventually refloated and taken in to a port. |
| Riga Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was dismasted and abandoned off St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Demerara to London. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Ilfracombe, Devon with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Ilfracombe to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bell & Mary | United Kingdom | The ship sank at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and beached. |
| Drie Gesusters | Bremen | The ship was lost in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Bremen. |
| Edmund | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Holderness coast, Yorkshire. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Worms Head, Glamorgan. Her four crew were rescued. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Rhossili Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Llanelli to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Stony Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rochester, Kent. |
| Picton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Foreland Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Barbados. Two crewmen died; remainder of crew and woman passenger were rescued. |
| Ponsonby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Rambler | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Rambler was refloated in June and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| Rubicon | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Long Branch, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to New York. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the English Grounds. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Bristol. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Margate, Kent. Her crew were saved. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Hugh Crawford | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and was wrecked in the Clyde 6 nautical miles (11 km) from Dunoon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Spartan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Londonderry. She was later refloated. |
| Victory | United States | The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Agile ( United States). She was on a voyage from Surinam to Boston, Massachusetts. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Dunworthy Bay. |
| Rabbit | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near the Carr Rock. Her crew were rescued. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to London. Brothers was later refloated and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex. |
| Collins | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Jean McCleary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cushendun, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Londonderry. |
| John Edwards | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank at Tobermory, Isle of Mull. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Dublin. |
| Lady Bulkeley | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Irish Sea off Southport, Lancashire with the loss of all hands. |
| Mean McCleary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Cashendom". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Londonderry. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from London to Memel. Minerva subsequently came ashore north of Memel. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alabama | United States | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Haiti and was plundered by 400 of the local inhabitants. Her crew were rescued. |
| Anacreon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the north west coast of Wangerooge, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bremen. |
| Belle Sauvage | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Rhode Island to Bilbao, Spain. |
| Countess of Leven and Melville | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Lastovo, Austrian Empire with the loss of all but two of those on board. She was on a voyage from Malta to Trieste, Austrian Empire. |
| Giacomina | Malta | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in St. Paul's Bay, Malta. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Malta. |
| Integrity | United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven ashore and damaged at Mountbatten, Devon. She was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent to Plymouth, Devon. She was later refloated. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Home Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Zakynthos, Greece to Hull, Yorkshire. Isabella was refloated on 28 January and taken in to Hull. |
| Leda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Malta. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Ancona, Papal States. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. Rose was later refloated. |
| San Fidel | Spain | The ship struck rocks and sank off Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from "Caril" to Algeciras. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Saron, Cantabria, Spain with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Hull. |
| Stag | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the Cape Henry Lighthouse, Virginia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sumatra to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Two Generals | United States | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by George Crosard ( France). She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augusta | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (51°00′N 20°30′W﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 20.500°W﻿ / 51.000; -20.500). Five of her eleven crew died before the survivors were rescued on 9 February by Everthorpe ( United Kingdom). Augusta was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dumfries. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Scarborough, Yorkshire. |
| Giacomina | Ottoman Empire | The ship was wrecked in St. Paul's Bay, Malta. |
| Leda | Norway | The ship was wrecked in Melleha Bay, Malta. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Worthing, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Malta to London. Thetis was later refloated and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at St Helen's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Chepstow, Monmouthshire to St Helen's. Union was later refloated and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nile | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Rieutienville", Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Malta to London. Nile was refloated and taken in to Le Crotoy, Somme, France. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Borneo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Carragona", on the north west coast of America. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Bilboa, Spain. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the North Sea and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Sally | United States | The ship was lost in the Turks Islands. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Gonaïves, Haiti. |
| Tiger | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bayonne. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bilboa. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Naas Sand with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Bridgwater, Somerset. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Naas Sand. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Bridgwater. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Naas Sand. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Bridgwater. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fleece | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Spit Sand, in the English Channel off Portsmouth, Hampshire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth. |
| Fortune | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Cazgiel Island" in the Gulf of Venice. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Fiume, Austrian Empire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belinda | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Cork. |
| Bell and Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop sank at North Shields, County Durham before 22 January. She was later refloated and beached in shallow water. |
| Bellona | Spanish Navy | The ship was wrecked at Vera Cruz, Viceroyalty of New Granada. |
| Consulado de la Havannah | Spanish Navy | The ship was wrecked at Vera Cruz. |
| Earnest | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Guia | Spanish Navy | The ship was wrecked at Vera Cruz. |
| Hugh | United States | The ship ran aground at Toward Point, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to the Clyde. |
| Louisa | France | The ship was wrecked at Lannion, Côtes-du-Nord. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Lannion. |
| USS Lynx | United States Navy | The schooner departed from St. Mary's, Georgia for Jamaica 11 January. No further trace, presumed foundered in a hurricane off Jamaica with the loss of all 50 hands. |
| Martha | United States | The ship was lost off Matanzas, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Matanzas. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was reported wrecked at Cahirsiveen, County Kerry before 29 January. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Liverpool. Also reported as arriving at Valentia Island, County Kerry on 25 January. |
| Medina | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground off Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Cadiz, Spain to Bristol. |
| Princess Royal | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bermuda. |
| Rippon | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to York. |
| Rising Sun | Netherlands | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Rose Victoire | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. |
| St. Johannes | Stettin | The ship was wrecked near "Swenor". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Stettin. |
| Shannon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Portishead, Gloucestershire in early January. |
| Young Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Filey Bridge, Yorkshire in late January. She was later refloated and taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire. |