# List of shipwrecks in October 1820

The list of shipwrecks in October 1820 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during October 1820.

## 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Andrews Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to London. |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Penmon Point, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon. |
| Fly | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Penmon Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Caernarfon. |
| Sincerity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Penmon Point. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Caernarfon. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Abaco Islands, She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana. |

## 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Policy | United Kingdom | The whaler was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas. Policy was refloated on 3 October and put back to the River Thames on 5 October. |

## 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Oreground, in the Gulf of Bothnia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Leander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Odessa. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Liverpool, Lancashire. Leander was refloated on 6 October. |

## 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | Sweden | The ship was lost near Varberg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |

## 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth and Jean | Netherlands | The ship was lost near Port Mahon, Spain. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Genoa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Idea | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the English Channel off Helford, Cornwall with the loss of three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by HMRC Hind ( Board of Customs). Idea was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Falmouth, Cornwall. |

## 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ida | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Helford, Cornwall with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Padstow, Cornwall. |
| St. Pierre | France | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Calais. She was on a voyage from Calais to Cette, Hérault. |
| Trident | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated but found to have hogged. |

## 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hillma | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore near "Leerham", Sweden. |

## 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oscar | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Haisborough Sands and consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Wylam | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henry Addington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pillau, Prussia. Her crew were rescued by the Pillau Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pillau. |

## 13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Integrity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was refloated but was abandoned the next day in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by Friends ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to London. |

## 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Twins | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Neath, Glamorgan. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Cardigan Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth to Neath. |

## 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wohlfarth | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore on Gotaland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Wohlfarth was later refloated and taken in to Östergarn. |

## 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Cork to Plymouth, Devon. Catherine was later refloated. |
| City of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London. She was refloated on 19 October and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly for repairs. |
| Conjunction | Sweden | The ship was lost on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Calais, France. |
| Elizabeth and Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Bantry Bay. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Venus | France | The ship was driven ashore near the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. |

## 17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acorn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Barrow of Ballyteague, County Galway. Her crew were rescued. |
| Amity | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Sandwich, Kent. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Littlehampton, Sussex. |
| Dadales | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was refloated the next day. |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The packet boat was driven ashore at Calais, France. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Calais. Lark was refloated on 21 October. |
| Ourang Outang | France | The ship was wrecked at Calais. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Calais. |
| Pollux | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Weymouth, Dorset with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. |
| Unge Johannes | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and sank in the Cattewater. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Terravecchia, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Drontheim. |
| William | United Kingdom | The brig foundered whilst on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Josina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Ballina, County Mayo. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bangor. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Londonderry. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank near Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| St. Peter | Russia | The ship was driven ashore near Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Loviisa, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Venus | Jersey | The brig was wrecked at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork with the loss of a crew member. |

## 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Halifax Packet | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Londonderry for New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| John Crawford | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Black Rock, in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Greenock, Renfrewshire. John Crawford was later refloated and taken in to Greenock. |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Calais, France. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Calais. |

## 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk for Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Leicester | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Aveiro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Messagere | France | The ship was driven ashore in the Seine. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| St. Peter | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Southport, Lancashire. |

## 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ellen or Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Selsey Bill, Sussex. Seven crew were rescued by Bonne Foi ( France). |
| Fly | United Kingdom | The cutter was driven ashore at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Gipsey | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Livorno. |
| Helena | Russia | The ship was wrecked in the Aspö Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| John Crawford | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Black Rock Point, Renfrewshire She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Laura | Prussia | The ship was lost near Frederikshavn, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Messagère | France | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and beached in the Seine. Messagère was on a voyage from Louisiana to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Southampton, Hampshire. Providence was refloated the next day and taken in to Lymington. |
| Young Lars | Denmark | The ship was lost on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Copenhagen. |

## 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abartouri | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom with some loss of life. |
| Alderney | Guernsey | The sloop was wrecked on Alderney, Channel Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Guernsey. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Felixstowe, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Maldon, Essex. |
| Arab | United Kingdom | The whaler was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was later refloated. |
| Borneo | United Kingdom | Borneo ashore at Southsea. The ship was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. She was refloated on 25 October and put into Liverpool for repairs. |
| Boyne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of all hands. |
| Christopher | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset. |
| Churchill | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Liverpool, Lancashire. Churchill was refloated on 2 December. |
| Commodore | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Curlew | United Kingdom | The Collier was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich. Her crew survived. |
| Duke of York | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off Margate. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Edward Hendrick | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Barth to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Selsey Bill, Sussex with the loss of all hands. |
| Esperance | France | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime to Calais. Esperance was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, suffolk Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. |
| Herald | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Deal, Kent. |
| Kite | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Dover. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The collier was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich. Her crew survived. |
| Nantaise | France | The ship was driven ashore near Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Ramsgate. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand. She was on a voyage from Ceylon to Mauritius and London. Providence was later refloated. |
| Recovery | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Dymchurch and New Romney, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Tongue Sand, in the North Sea off Margate, Kent. Her crew survived. |
| Royal Oak | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Harwich. She had been refloated by 24 October. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Smerwick, County Kerry with the loss of eleven of the twelve people on board. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Margate. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued. Sally was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Margate. |
| Sarah and Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. |
| Trim | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Galway Bay. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Faial Island, Azores. Unity was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate. |
| Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of the twenty people on board. The survivors were rescued on 29 October by Merchant ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool. |
| Xania | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to London. Xania was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate. |

## 23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Fowey, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey to Plymouth, Devon. |
| John | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. |
| Kendal | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Providenza | Spain | The ship was wrecked at Le Conquet, Finistère, France with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from "Molda" to the Île de Ré, Finistère. |
| Seaforth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Sophia | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg. |
| Plover | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of twelve of her fifteen crew. The survivors were rescued on 13 November by the packet Blucher United Kingdom. |

## 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clara | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to San Sebastián, Spain. |
| Cushenden | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Cushenden Bay. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Ballycastle, County Antrim. |
| Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached in Davis's Cove, Saint Lucia. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana, Cuba. |
| Mary and Betty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire with the loss of eight of the eleven people on board. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 4 November and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Tönningen, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Husum, Duchy of Holstein to an English port. |

## 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cornborough | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Kattegat whilst on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Riga, Russia, No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Friend's Increase | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Ailsa Craig. Her crew were rescued. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Abererch, Caernarvonshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 22 November and taken in to Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Ayr with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Cork to Glasgow. |
| William Pitt | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London. |

## 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dumfries. |
| Josephine | France | The ship was lost near Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord. |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. |

## 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prut | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the Tarkhankut Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sevastopol to Nicholaieff. |

## 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Cape de Gatt, Spain. She was on a voyage from Dénia, Spain to London. |
| Charles Henry | United Kingdom | The ship brig sprang a leak and capsized in the Irish Sea off St. Anns Head, Pembrokeshire. Two crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wexford to London. Charles Henry later came ashore and was wrecked. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Dover. |

## 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lloyd | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Jersey. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk and abandoned by her crew. |

## 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Experiment | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Exeter to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire; where she was wrecked with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Wexford to London. |
| Race Horse | Guernsey | The ship was abandoned by her crew whilst on a voyage from Trinidad, Cuba to Havana, Cuba. Her crew were rescued by an American schooner. Race Horse subsequently foundered. |
| Waterloo | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Merchant ( United States). Waterloo was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River between 14 and 21 October. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |
| Columbus | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Diana | India | The ship was lost in the Khuriya Muriya Islands, off Muscat with the loss of more than fourteen lives. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River between 14 and 21 October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City. Eliza had been refloated by 26 October and resumed her voyage. |
| Eliza Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith Lothian. |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Happy Return | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Knoch John, in the White Sea in late October. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Liverpool. |
| James Berridge | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Garonne before 24 October. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Jenny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Lossiemouth, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Hamburg. |
| Kendal | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Bay of Fundy off Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Princess Royal | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged in the Saint Lawrence River in early October. |
| Release | United Kingdom | The ship is presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Netherlands. |
| Sarah & Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Boyne. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick to Drogheda, County Louth. |
| Sophia | Jamaica | The ship was wrecked on Mayaguana, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Antonio to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Tobago | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. Tobago was later refloated. |
| Vrow Eliza | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Antwerp. Her crew were rescued. |
| William & Catherine | Sweden | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Three of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Norway. |