# List of shipwrecks in September 1820

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

## 1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Martha | United States | The schooner was wrecked on the Anegado Shoals. |

## 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Forsoget | Norway | The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Messina, Sicily. The wreck refloated on 5 September and was taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Rysberge | Netherlands | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend. |

## 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariana | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Leith, Lothian. |
| Ellens | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. Ellens was refloated on 10 September and taken in to Harwich in a severely damaged condition. |

## 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diligence | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Llanmadoc, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. |
| Tanjore | United Kingdom | The ship was struck by lightning in the Indian Ocean off Ceylon and was abandoned with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Ceylon, Madras and Bengal, India. |

## 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Juno | United States | The ship was wrercked in the Abaco Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island to Havana, Cuba. |

## 9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industrie | France | The ship was run down and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Skagen, Denmark by Salus ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |

## 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Philip and William | United States | The ship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina with the loss of all but two of her crew She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bristol. |

## 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kingston | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Newburyport, Massachusetts. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near L'Islette, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Coleraine, County Antrim. |

## 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gesusters | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Monte Christo, Gran Colombia. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Puerto de Plata, Santo Domingo via Monte Christo. |
| Juffrow Johanna Shrabeth | Norway | The ship was abandoned in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was later taken in to Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. Juffrow Johanna Shrabeth was on a voyage from Christiansand to Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. |

## 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brilliant | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cronstadt, Russia for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore east of Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Newhaven. Polly was later refloated and taken in to Newhaven |

## 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Endymion ( United Kingdom) off Lowestoft, Suffolk and foundered with the loss of two lives. Endymion was severely damaged and made for Harwich, Essex. |
| Trader | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Loch Mingary. |

## 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frederica Dorothea | France | The ship was wrecked near Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the English Channel 130 nautical miles (240 km) north east of Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of three of her twelve crew. The survivors were rescued by a French brig. She was on a voyage from Buccari, Austrian Empire to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Home Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. |

## 18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Beacon Ridge, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. Mary was refloated on 21 September and taken in to Lowestoft. |

## 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frederica Christina | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Broyle, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from St. John's to "Buctush". |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Ooster Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the River Tay with the loss of all three of her crew. |
| Orestes | United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. |
| Twee Gesusters | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Sandhammaren, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Valentine | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Portreath, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Portreath. |

## 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | United States | The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Bermuda. |
| British Queen | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in Cardigan Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London. |
| Frau Maria | Prussia | The ship foundered 20 leagues (60 nautical miles (110 km)) north west of Britrum Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsburg to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Pallas | Russia | The ship was driven ashore on Listerlandet, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Saint Petersburg. Pallas had been refloated by 20 November and was taken in to Fahrsund for repairs. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near the Chagres River. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to the Chagres. |

## 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oscar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and hogged in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Gamla Carleby Sweden to Liverpool, Lancashire. Oscar was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Paramaraibo | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Kijkduin, South Holland. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Clyth, Caithness. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Clyth to London. |

## 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bittern | United Kingdom | The shipsprang a leak and was abandoned off the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued by Betsey ( United Kingdom). |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Rothscar", Sweden. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Boston, Lincolnshire. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lavinia and Nancy (both United Kingdom). Hope was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Weymouth, Dorset. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (41°00′N 13°30′W﻿ / ﻿41.000°N 13.500°W﻿ / 41.000; -13.500). Her crew were rescued by Flying Fish( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Oporto to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark and was abandoned by her crew. She had been refloated by 28 September and taken in to Aalborg. William was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. |

## 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christian | Hamburg | The ship was lost near "Cruds Island". She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hamburg. |
| L. R. Paris | France | The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, Finistère to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| William & Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Bergen, Norway. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to "Molda". |

## 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bilboa, Spain. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The sloop capsized and sank in the English Channel off the coast of Hampshire with the loss of her captain. |

## 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Æschylus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at The Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Oporto, Portugal. Æschylus was later refloated and taken in to Swansea. |
| Bee | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Naas Sands, in the Bristol Channel, and foundered with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Chepstow, Monmouthshire to Dublin. |
| Jugaren | Sweden | The ship was lost near Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Kristianstad to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Mary | Dominica | The droging sloop foundered in the Caribbean Sea off Dominica. |
| Patriot | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Quebec, British North America with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Quebec. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Clyth, Caithness. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Clyth to London. |

## 27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | Netherlands | The ship was lost off Vlieland, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| General Macomb | United States | The brig foundered off Port-au-Prince, Haiti. |
| General Pike | United States | The brig foundered off Port-au-Prince. |
| Prince of Orange | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Bramble Bank, in the Solent. |
| Princess Charlotte | United Kingdom | The brig departed from Hobart Town, Tasmania for Sydney, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board. |
| Vriendschap | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland. |

## 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Express | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Martinique. |
| William | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at New London, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from New London to Falmouth, Cornwall. The ship was abandoned on 9 October. |

## 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortuna | Gibraltar | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Martil River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Tétouan, Morocco. |

## 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Bergen, Norway. Alfred had been refloated by 5 October and was making for Aalborg, Denmark. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1820 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Duckenfield Hall | United Kingdom | The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was later refloated and found to have broken her back. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Barnstaple, Devon. |
| Farnham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Kiel, Prussia. Farnham was later refloated and put back to Liverpool for repairs. |
| Henry Lovett | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Île-à-Vache, Haiti in late September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Annapolis, Maryland. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Bornholm, Denmark with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Jonge Anna | Prussia | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Embden to London, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| St. Feodosia | Russia | The ship was driven ashore near Fredrikshamn, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Riga. |
| Villorious | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Baracoa, Cuba. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to Havana, Cuba. |
| Vrow Christina | Netherlands | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Elbe to Amsterdam, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. |