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The '''list of shipwrecks in 1797''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during [[1797]].
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==January==
===11 January===
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|ship=''Burton'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[collier (ship type)|collier]] ran aground on [[Scroby Sands]], [[Norfolk]]. She was consequently beached at [[Great Yarmouth]], Norfolk.<ref name=LL130197/>
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|ship={{ship||Ganges|1794 ship|2}}
|flag=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|25px]] [[British East India Company]]
|desc=The [[brig]] caught fire in [[Sagar Island|Saugar]] [[Roadstead|Roads]] in the [[Ganges Delta]] and exploded with the loss of eight lives after the fllames spread to her [[gunpowder]] [[Magazine (artillery)|magazine]]. The vessel ''Laurel'' (flag unknown) rescued her 99 survivors. Some sources place this incident on 11 January 1799.<ref>Grocott, Terence (1997), ''Shipwrecks of the revolutionary & Napoleonic eras'' (Chatham). {{ISBN|1-86176-030-2}}, pp.67–68.</ref><ref>Phipps, John Phipps (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta) (1840), ''A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ....'', (Scott), (Google eBook), p. 133.</ref>
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|ship=''Hazleton'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The collier was wrecked on Scroby Sands.<ref name=LL130197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=15 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2889 |date=13 January 1797 }}</ref>
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|ship=''Prosperous'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The collier ran aground on Scroby Sands. She was consequently beached at Great Yarmouth.<ref name=LL130197/> }}
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===14 January===
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|ship={{HMS|Amazon|1795|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=[[File:Vaisseau-Droits-de-lHomme.jpg|thumb|''Droits de l'Homme'' (centre)]]
[[War of the First Coalition]], [[Action of 13 January 1797]]: The [[frigate]] ran aground at [[Audierne]], [[Finistère]], France and was wrecked with the loss of six of her crew.
}}
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|ship={{ship|French ship|Droits de l'Homme|1794|2}} 
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]], [[Action of 13 January 1797]]: The {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line}} was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Plozévet]], Finisterre with the loss of between 250 and 390 lives.
}}
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|ship=''Jamaica'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The transport ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|44|N|14|W}}). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Kitts]] to [[London]].<ref name=LL280497/> }}
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===18 January===
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|ship={{ship||Indian Chief|1796 ship|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1796}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at [[Falmouth, Cornwall]].<ref name=LL240197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=21 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2892 |date=24 January 1797 }}</ref>
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===21 January===
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|ship=''Thomas and Alice'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was run down and sunk in the [[River Thames]] at [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]], [[Middlesex]] by {{ship||Hindostan|1796 Indiaman|2}} ([[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22px]] [[British East India Company]]). ''Thomas and Alice'' was on a voyage from [[Blyth, Northumberland]] to [[London]].<ref>[http://www.1812privateers.org/LLOYDS/1797/01-24-1797.jpg ''Lloyd's List'', 24 January 1797 Accessed 31 May 2020]</ref> }}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship=''Active'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the [[River Thames]] at [[Woolwich]], [[Kent]]. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL200197/>
}}
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|ship=''Agnes'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Whitehaven]], [[Cumberland]].<ref name=LL310197/>
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|ship=''Albion'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Isles of Scilly]] whilst on a voyage from [[Ipswich]], [[Suffolk]] to [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]].<ref name=Times110197/>
}}
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|ship=''Amphion'' 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]. She was on a voyage from [[St. Ubes]], Portugal to [[Gothenburg]].<ref name=LL100197/>
}}
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|ship=''Ann'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[Gibraltar]]. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=LL100197a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=14 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2888 |date=10 January 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Bailies'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Horle, off [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the [[West Indies]].<ref name=LL130197a/>
}}
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|ship=''Betsey'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was sunk by cannon fire from a [[privateer]] whilst on a voyage from Bristol to [[Faro, Portugal]].<ref name=Times110197/>
}}
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|ship=''Buona Elina'' 
|flag=[[File:Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg|22px]] [[Republic of Venice]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the [[Isle of Wight]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]. She was on a voyage from [[Venice]] to London.<ref name=LL170197/>
}}
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|ship=''Betsey'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool.<ref name=LL170197/>
}}
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|ship=''Calypso'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured by {{ship|French frigate|La Tortue||2}} ({{navy|France}}), set afire and sunk. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London.<ref name=LL130197a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=16 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2889 |date=13 January 1797 }}</ref><ref name=Times130197>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 January 1797 |page=3 |issue=3792 |column=A }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Charlestown'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from [[Maryland]] to [[Rotterdam]], [[Batavian Republic]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times130197/>
}}
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|ship=''Concordia'' 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of [[Jutland]]. She was on a voyage from London to [[Gothenburg]].<ref name=LL170197a/>
}}
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|ship=''Conjecturea'' 
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Calais]], France. She was on a voyage from [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to Lisbon.<ref name=LL030297/>
}}
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|ship=''Dorothea Catherina'' 
|flag=[[File:Flag of Bremen.svg|22px|border]] [[Bremen]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Heligoland]] whilst on a voyage from [[Baltimore, Maryland]], United States to Bremen.<ref name=Times110197>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=11 January 1797 |page=3 |issue=3790 |column=B }}</ref><ref name=LL100197a/>
}}
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|ship=''Downes'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Lisbon with the loss of three of her crew.<ref name=LL200197/>
}}
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|ship=''Draper'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk by the French. She was on a voyage from [[Porto]], Portugal to [[Dublin]], Ireland.<ref name=Times130197/>
}}
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|ship=''Dublin'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Carlingford, County Louth]]. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.<ref name=LL060197/>
}}
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|ship=''Elizabeth'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from [[Cádiz]], Spain to [[Guernsey]], [[Channel Islands]].<ref name=LL130197a/><ref name=Times130197/>
}}
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|ship=''Elizabeth'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to [[Virginia]], United States.<ref name=LL040497/>
}}
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|ship=''Fame'' 
|flag={{Flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Holland. She was on a voyage from [[Baltimore, Maryland]] to [[Rotterdam]], [[Batavian Republic]].<ref name=Times130197/>
}}
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|ship=''Friends'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol.<ref name=LL060197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=11 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2887 |date=6 January 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Friends'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to [[Campbeltown]], [[Argyllshire]].<ref name=LL170197/>
}}
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|ship=''Hope'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured by the French and was subsequently lost.<ref name=LL270197a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=24 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2893 |date=27 January 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Hope'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk by a French [[squadron (naval)|squadron]].<ref name=LL030297/>
}}
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|ship=''Industria'' 
|flag=[[File:Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg|22px]] [[Hamburg]]
|desc=The ship was lost off Porto.<ref name=LL170197a/>
}}
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|ship=''Jane'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Needing. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.<ref name=LL310197/>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Jenny|1783 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Lundy Island]], [[Devon]] with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Africa to Bristol.<ref name=LL270197/>
}}
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|ship=''Juno'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The [[transport ship]] was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly.<ref name=Times110197/>
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|ship=''Lord John Campbell'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from the "Highlands" to Liverpool.<ref name=LL200197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=19 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2891 |date=20 January 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Maria Christina'' 
|flag=[[File:POL Szczecin flag.svg|22px]] [[Stettin]]
|desc=The [[galiot]] was driven ashore at the [[Old Head of Kinsale]], [[County Cork]], Ireland in late January. She was on a voyage from Porto to Liverpool.<ref name=Cork>{{cite web |url=http://www.corkshipwrecks.net/ssshipwrecklist18thcent.html |title=Shipwreck List 18th Century |publisher=Cork Shipwrecks |access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The [[sloop]] was captured by the [[privateer]] ''La Bonne Citoyenne'' ({{flag|France}}). She was subsequently wrecked at [[Guernsey]], [[Channel Islands]].<ref name=LL240197/>
}}
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|ship=''Mercey'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Newhaven, Sussex]]. She was on a voyage from [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland to London.<ref name=LL310197/>
}}
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|ship=''Mercury'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from the Isles of Scilly to London.<ref name=LL060197/>
}}
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|ship=''Mermaid'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in [[Dundrum Bay]]. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.<ref name=LL130197/>
}}
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|ship=''Minerva'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Figueira da Foz]], Portugal. She was on a voyage from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[British America]] to Portugal.<ref name=LL030297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=27 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2895 |date=3 February 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Molly and Nancy'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the [[Isle of Mull]].<ref name=LL060197/>
}}
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|ship=''Nancy'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Celtic Sea]] off [[St. Ives, Cornwall]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times040197/>
}}
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|ship=''Neptune'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Dragør]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from [[Königsburg]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] to London.<ref name=LL130197a/>
}}
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|ship=''Olive Branch'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized in the [[North Sea]] with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Baltic to a Scottish port. ''Olive Branch'' was towed in to [[Peterhead]], [[Aberdeenshire]] in a capsized condition.<ref name=LL200197/>
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|ship=''Peter Munck'' 
|flag=[[File:Gdansk flag.svg|22px]] [[Gdańsk|Danzig]]
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Baltic Sea]]. She was on a voyage from [[Copenhagen]], Denmark to Danzig.<ref name=LL310197/>
}}
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|ship=''Phillis'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Carlingford. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.<ref name=LL100197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=13 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2888 |date=10 January 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Pomona'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven. She was on a voyage from Cork to London<ref name=LL310197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=25 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2894 |date=31 January 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Providence'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[St. David's]], [[Pembrokeshire]]. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol.<ref name=LL310197/>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Ranger|1786 ship|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Whitby]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=LL240197/>
}}
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|ship=''Resolution'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured off "Cape Clare" and was subsequently lost.<ref name=LL170197a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=18 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2889 |date=17 January 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Sarah'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Bornholm]], Denmark.<ref name=LL310197/>
}}
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|ship=''Sincerity'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was lost at [[Plymouth]], Devon. She was on a voyage from [[Tenby]], [[Pembrokeshire]] to [[Dartmouth, Devon]].<ref name=LL170197a/>
}}
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|ship=''Sisters'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured of the Isles of Scilly by the French and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Falmouth to Lisbon.<ref name=LL130197/>
}}
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|ship=''Sovereign'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Grand Banks of Newfoundland]] whilst on a voyage from [[Quebec]] to London. Her crew were rescued by ''Hebe'' ({{flag|United States|1795}}).<ref name=Times110197/>
}}
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|ship=''Speedy Packet'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[English Channel]] whilst on a voyager from [[Jersey]], [[Channel Islands]] to [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]].<ref name=Times040197/>
}}
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|ship=''St. John'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[Domesnes]], Norway.<ref name=LL170197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=17 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2890 |date=17 January 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|French frigate|Surveillante|1778|2}} 
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=[[Expédition d'Irlande]]: The {{sclass|Iphigénie|frigate}} was scuttled in [[Bantry Bay]].
}}
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|ship=''Syrene'' 
|flag=[[File:POL Szczecin flag.svg|22px]] [[Stettin]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Stettin to [[Bordeaux]], [[Gironde]], France.<ref name=LL170197/>
}}
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|ship=''Thames'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.<ref name=LL310197/>
}}
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|ship=''Thetis'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[North Sea]] off [[Sunderland, County Durham]] whilst on a voyage from [[Klaipėda|Memel]], Prussia to London.<ref name=Times040197>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(untitled) |date=4 January 1797 |page=3 |issue=3784 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Three Friends'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured by the French and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork.<ref name=LL070497>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=61 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2913 |date=7 April 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Two Friends'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Brighton]], [[Sussex]]. She was on a voyage from the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] to London.<ref name=LL170197/>
}}
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|ship=''Unity'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Carlingford. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.<ref name=LL100197/>
}}
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|ship=''Volunteer'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cork to Falmouth.<ref name=LL130197/>
}}
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|ship=''Westmoreland Packet'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Falmouth.<ref name=LL270197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=23 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2893 |date=23 January 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''William'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the [[Kingdom of Ireland|Irish coast]] and was plundered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from [[Chester, Cheshire]] to London.<ref name=Times110197/>
}}
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|ship=''William and James'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Liverpool.<ref name=LL270197/>
}}
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|ship=''Wye'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked on Lundy Island with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from [[Chepstow]], [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]] to Plymouth.<ref name=Times110197/> }}
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==February==
===1 February===
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|ship={{ship||Ocean|1788 EIC ship|2}} 
|flag=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22px]] [[British East India Company]]
|desc=The East Indiaman ran aground on a reef off Kalatea ({{coord|7|09|S|121|00|E}}). She was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] on 5 February with the loss of two of her crew. }}
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===3 February===
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|ship=''Greyhound'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Faial Island]], [[Azores]] with some loss of life.<ref name=LL170397/> }}
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===7 February===
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|ship={{ship||Sydney Cove|1796 ship|2}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[New South Wales]]
|desc=The ship was beached on [[Preservation Island]], [[Van Diemen's Land]]. All on board survived. }}
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===18 February===
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|ship={{ship|Spanish ship|Arrogante|1754|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spain|1785}}
|desc=[[File:Trinidad, 1797.jpg|thumb|Spanish ships burning at Trinidad.]]
[[War of the First Coalition]], [[Invasion of Trinidad (1797)|Invasion of Trinidad]]: The [[third rate]] [[ship of the line]] was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=LL280397/><ref name=Arrogante>{{cite web |url=http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=2742 |title=Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Arrogante' (1754) |publisher=Threedecks |access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Spanish ship|Gallardo||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spain|1785}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]], [[Invasion of Trinidad (1797)|Invasion of Trinidad]]: The third rate ship of the line was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.<ref name=LL280397/><ref name=Gallardo>{{cite web |url=http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=2721 |title=Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Gallardo' (1754) |publisher=Threedecks |access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Spanish frigate|Santa Cecilia|1777|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spain|1785}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]], [[Invasion of Trinidad (1797)|Invasion of Trinidad]]: The [[fifth rate]] [[frigate]] was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.<ref name=LL280397/><ref name=SC>{{cite web |url=http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=11090 |title=Spanish Fifth Rate frigate 'Santa Cecilia' (1777) |publisher=Threedecks |access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Spanish ship|San Vicente Ferrer||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spain|1785}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]], [[Invasion of Trinidad (1797)|Invasion of Trinidad]]: The third rate ship of the line was burnt at Trinidad to prevent capture by the Royal Navy.<ref name=LL280397>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=55 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2910 |date=28 March 1797 }}</ref><ref name=SVF>{{cite web |url=http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=2655 |title=Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'San Vicente Ferrer' (1768) |publisher=Threedecks |access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===23 February===
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|ship=''Elizabeth'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. She was on a voyage from [[New York City|New York]], United States to [[derry|Londonderry]].<ref name=LL040497>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=59 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2912 |date=4 April 1797 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===25 February===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Wyndham'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Nash Sands, in the [[Bristol Channel]] with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Neath]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Watchet]], [[Somerset]].<ref name=BC>{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |access-date=16 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Apphia'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk off the coast of [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] by the French. She was on a voyage from [[Porto]], Portugal to [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]].<ref name=LL280297/>
}}
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|ship=''Bueno Elenna'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the [[Isle of Wight]]. She was on a voyage from [[Falmouth, Cornwall]] to [[London]].<ref name=LL280297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=39 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2902 |date=28 February 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Chance'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of [[Lincolnshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] to [[Leith]], [[Lothian]].<ref name=LL210297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Charlotte'' 
|flag=flag unknown
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from [[Cette]], [[Hérault]], France to [[Barcelona]], Spain. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=LL030397>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=41 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2903 |date=3 March 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Daniel'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Castlehaven]], [[County Cork]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]]. She was on a voyage from [[Barbados]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL100297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=31 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2897 |date=10 February 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Elizabeth'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Ramsgate]], Kent. She was on a voyage from [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland to Ramsgate and London.<ref name=LL170297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=33 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2899 |date=17 February 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Falmouth'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured in the [[English Channel]] by the [[privateer]]s ''Ferret'' and ''Unitie'' (both {{flag|France}}). She was subsequently lost off [[Dunkirk]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]], France ''Falmouth'' was on a voyage from Cork to London.<ref name=LL070297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=29 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2896 |date=7 February 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Iris'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in [[Liverpool Bay]]. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.<ref name=LL240297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Julie'' 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was lost on [[Texel]], [[Batavian Republic]]. She was on a voyage from [[Copenhagen]] to [[Saint Croix]].<ref name=LL210297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=35 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2900 |date=21 February 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Maria Christiana'' 
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Kinsale]], [[County Cork]], Ireland. She was on a voyage from [[Lisbon]] to Liverpool.<ref name=LL070297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Peggy'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to [[Whitehaven]], [[Cumberland]].<ref name=LL240297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=37 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2901 |date=24 February 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Tristram'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured by the French and was scuttled in [[Galway Bay]]. She was on a voyage from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] to [[Poole, Dorset]].<ref name=LL240297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[Workington]], Cumberland. She was on a voyage from [[Dublin]] to Jamaica.<ref name=LL240297/> ''William'' later came ashore on the [[Galloway]] coast.<ref name=LL280297/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==March==

===10 March===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Princess Elena'' 
|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The [[cruiser]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Odesa]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odesa to [[Sevastopol]].<ref name=Cherneyshev>{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}</ref>
}}
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===20 March===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 March 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jason'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Havana]], [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]] for [[Hamburg]]. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=LL280797>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=125 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2943 |date=28 July 1797 }}</ref> 
}}
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===24 March===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 March 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Betsey'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from the [[Isles of Scilly]] for [[Milford Haven]], [[Pembrokeshire]]. No further trace; presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=LL190597/> 
}}
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===28 March===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 March 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sally'' 
|flag={{flagc|United States|1795}}
|desc=The [[snow (ship)|snow]] was wrecked on "Georgie Island". Her crew were rescued by the [[whaler]] ''Young William'' ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).<ref name=LL230597/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Belle Flore'' 
|flag=[[File:Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg|22px]] [[Hamburg]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from [[London]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] to Hamburg.<ref name=LL310397/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Betsey'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Her crew were rescued by ''Parsey'' ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). ''Betsey'' was on a voyage from [[Wiscasset, Maine]], United States to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL110497>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=63 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2914 |date=11 April 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Charlotte'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Bangor. She was on a voyage from [[Pärnu]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to Liverpool.<ref name=LL140397/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Commerce'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to [[Limerick]], Ireland.<ref name=Times130397>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 March 1797 |page=3 |issue=3841 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Delia'' 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Anholt Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Málaga]], Spain to [[Copenhagen]].<ref name=LL310397>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=57 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2911 |date=31 March 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Grizzie'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in [[Galway Bay]]. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.<ref name=LL170397/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jong Jacob'' 
|flag={{flag|Batavian Republic}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Cherbourg]], [[Seine-Inférieure]], France. She was on a voyage from [[Rotterdam]] to [[Guernsey]], [[Channel Islands]].<ref name=LL310397/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''London Packet'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank at [[Dublin]]. She was on a voyage from [[Newry]], [[County Down]], Ireland to London. ''London Packet'' was later refloated.<ref name=LL170397/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Louisa Christina'' 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from [[Uddevalla]] to [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland.<ref name=LL140397>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=47 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2906 |date=14 March 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Margaretta Elizabeth'' 
|flag=[[File:Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg|22px]] [[Hamburg]]
|desc=The ship ran aground on the [[Goodwin Sands]], [[Kent]], Great Britain and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Altona, Hamburg]] to [[New York City|New York]], United States. ''Margaretta Elizabeth'' was later refloated and taken in to [[Ramsgate]], Kent.<ref name=LL070397>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=43 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2904 |date=7 March 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Aberdeen]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], United States.<ref name=LL140397/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Paisley'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Boston, Lincolnshire]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]] to London.<ref name=LL170397>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=49 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2907 |date=17 March 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Queen of Naples'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in [[Youghal Bay]] before 10 March. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]].<ref name=Cork/><ref name=Times130397/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Success'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Castlemaine, County Kerry]], Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London.<ref name=LL310397/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William Henry'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Long Island, County Cork]], Ireland.<ref name=Times130397/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==April==
===14 April===
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|ship={{ship||Worcester|1785 EIC ship|2}} 
|flag=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22px]] [[British East India Company]]
|desc=The [[East Indiaman]] ran aground in the [[River Thames]] at [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]], [[Middlesex]]. She was on a voyage from London to [[Company Rule in India|India]].<ref name=LL140497/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===16 April===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 April 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French frigate|Harmonie|1796|2}} 
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]], [[Battle of Jean-Rabel]]; [[Haitian Revolution]]: The {{sclass|Virginie|frigate}} was deliberaterly run ashore and burnt near [[Jean-Rabel]], [[Saint Domingue]] to avoid capture by {{HMS|Thunderer|1783|6}} and {{HMS|Valiant|1759|2}} (both {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Salvina'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. She was on a voyage from [[Virginia]] to [[London]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].<ref name=LL190597/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===26 April===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 April 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Spanish frigate|Santa Elena|1783|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spain|1785}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]], [[Action of 26 April 1797]]: The [[frigate]] was run aground and wrecked in [[Conil Bay]] having surrendered to {{HMS|Emerald|1795|6}} and {{HMS|Irresistible|1782|6}} (both {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]).<ref name=LL230597>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=87 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2926 |date=23 May 1797 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Albion|1763|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=The {{sclass|Albion|ship of the line}} ran aground in the [[Thames Estuary]]. She broke her back two days later and was a total loss.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Anna Maria'' 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the [[Baltic Sea]]. She was on a voyage from [[Stockholm]], Sweden to [[London]] [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].<ref name=LL020597>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=75 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2920 |date=2 May 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Cremorne'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Sound of Beaumaris]].<ref name=Times120497/> She was on a voyage from [[Martinique]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL110497/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Dunbar'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured by the [[privateer]] ''Voltigeur'' ({{flag|France}}) and was subsequently wrecked near [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]].<ref name=LL070497/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Happy Return'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[St. Agnes, Cornwall]] with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from [[Swansea]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Falmouth, Cornwall]].<ref name=Times120497>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 April 1797 |page=3 |issue=3867 |column=A }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Nautilus'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] to [[Swansea]], [[Glamorgan]] and [[Dartmouth, Devon]]. ''Nautilus'' was later towed in to [[Marazion]], [[Cornwall]].<ref name=LL140497>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=65 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2915 |date=14 April 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Peggy'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Møn]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from [[Ely, Cardiff|Ely]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Klaipėda|Memel]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]].<ref name=LL210497/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Prince Charles of Hesse'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire off [[Cape Finisterre]], Spain. She was on a voyage from [[Calabria]] to London.<ref name=LL020597/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Venus'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank on the [[Nore]].<ref name=LL250497>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=71 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2918 |date=25 April 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William & Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel.<ref name=LL070497/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Winskabet'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Cape Spartel]], Morocco whilst on a voyage from a Cornish port to [[Venice]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times120497/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==May==
===16 May===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 May 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Providence|1791|6}} 
|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The [[sloop-of-war]] was wrecked on a [[coral reef]] at the northwestern tip of [[Yabiji]], a [[reef]] group in the [[Miyako Islands]] south of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]]. She filled from the bottom and sank after striking the reef.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Crosley|first1=John|title=Ship's Log|url=http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-RGO-00014-00067/343|website=Cambridge Digital Library|publisher=Cambridge University Library|accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = 八重干瀬（やびじ）・ 宮古島の八重干瀬サンゴ礁 | publisher = 宮古島キッズ ネット | url = http://miyakojima-kids.net/yabiji.html | accessdate = January 27, 2019}} ("'Yabiji, Miyakojima's Yabiji Coral Reef.' Miyakojima Kids Net. Retrieved January 27, 2019") (in Japanese)</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = プロビデンス号| publisher = 宮古島キッズネット| url = http://miyakojima-kids.net/R-providence.html| accessdate = January 27, 2019}} ("'Providence.' Miyakojima Kids Net. Retrieved January 27, 2019.") (in Japanese)</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = 水中考古学 其の二十四 八重干瀬沖海底遺跡群第1地点 『プロビデンス号』の座礁地 | author1 = 山本遊児| author2 = 片桐千亜紀| publisher = Diver Online| url = https://www.diver-online.com/column/detail/id/6134/| accessdate = January 27, 2019}} ("'Underwater Archeology Part 24: The 1st site of the underwater ruins off Yaehize, the grounding site of the Providence.' Diver Online. Retrieved January 27, 2019.") (in Japanese)") (in Japanese)</ref> }}
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===18 May===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 May 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hazard'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk by the [[privateer]] ''Vengeance'' ({{flag|France}}). She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[British America]].<ref name=LL060697/> }}
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===19 May===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 May 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Travancore'' 
|flag=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22px]] [[British East India Company]]
|desc=The [[East Indiaman]] was destroyed by fire at [[Bombay]], [[Company Rule in India|India]]. She was on a voyage from Bombay to [[Qing dynasty|China]].<ref name=LL281197/><ref name=LL081297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=201 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2974 |date=8 December 1797 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Conradi and Lovisa'' 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Stralsund]], [[Swedish Pomerania]]. She was on a voyage from [[Copenhagen]] to [[Reval]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]].<ref name=LL190597>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=85 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2925 |date=19 May 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Fame'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and burnt by a [[privateer]]. She was on a voyage from [[Lisbon]], Portugal to [[London]].<ref name=LL260597/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Favourite'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and burnt. She was on a voyage from [[Gdańsk|Danzig]] to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]].<ref name=LL190597/>
}}
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|ship=''Goodintent'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and burnt by the [[privateer]] ''Darete'' ({{flag|France}}). She was on a voyage from [[Porto]], Portugal to [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[British America]].<ref name=LL090697>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=97 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2931 |date=9 June 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Holderness'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Danzig.<ref name=LL020697>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=93 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2929 |date=2 June 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''John and Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[St. Ubes]], Portugal to a Baltic port.<ref name=LL120597>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=81 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2923 |date=12 May 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lady St. Clair'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and burnt off "Wingo" by a [[privateer]]. She was on a voyage from [[Dysart, Fife]] to [[klaipėda|Memel]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]].<ref name=LL060697>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=95 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2930 |date=6 June 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''St. George'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off [[Cape Clear Island]], [[County Cork]], [[Kingdom of Ireland]]. She was on a voyage from [[Limerick]] to [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref name=LL230597/> }}
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==June==
===1 June===
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|ship=''Minerva'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk off [[Skagen]], Denmark by the [[privateer]] ''Courageaux'' ({{flag|France}}). She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] to [[Ystad]], Sweden.<ref name=LL160697>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=101 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2932 |date=16 June 1797 }}</ref> }}
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===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Arno'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was driven ashore at [[Skagen]], Denmark by a [[privateer]]. She was on a voyage from [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]] to [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]].<ref name=LL130697/>
}}
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|ship=''Cronberg'' 
|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Danish Asiatic Company]]
|desc=The [[East Indiaman]] was driven ashore near [[Helsingør|Elsinore]]. She was on a voyage from [[Bengal]], [[Danish India|India]] to [[Copenhagen]].<ref name=LL300697>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=119 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2935 |date=30 June 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Friendship'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk in the [[North Sea]] by a French [[privateer]]. She was on a voyage from [[Peterhead]], [[Aberdeenshire]] to [[Hamburg]].<ref name=LL200697/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Langton'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and burnt by a privateer.<ref name=LL070797>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=113 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2937 |date=7 July 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Pandora|1780|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=The [[brig]] foundered in the [[North Sea]] with the loss of all hands.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Providence'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured off [[Skagen]], Denmark and was burnt. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Narva|Narva, Russia]].<ref name=LL230697/>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Resolution|1779|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=After capturing the [[privateer]] ''Pichegru'' ({{flag|France}}) on 3 June, the [[brig]] disappeared in the [[North Sea]] with the loss of all hands.
}}
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|ship=''Sarah & Betty'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the "Ross River". She was on a voyage from "Ross" to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL060697/>
}}
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|ship=''Sophia'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off [[Cape St. Vincent]], Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Gibraltar]] to London.<ref name=LL040797>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=111 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2936 |date=4 July 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Three Sisters'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to [[Onega, Russia]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=LL040797/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==July==
===16 July===
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|ship={{ship|French frigate|Calliope|1794|2}} 
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The [[corvette]] was driven ashore and wrecked on the [[Îles des Saintes]] in an engagaement with {{HMS|Anson|1781|6}} and {{HMS|Sylph|1795|6}} (both {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]).<ref name=LG250797>{{London Gazette|date=25 July 1797|issue=14031|page=697}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|French ship|La Freedom||2}} 
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was driven ashore on the Îles des Saintes in an engagement with {{HMS|Anson|1781|6}} and {{HMS|Sylph|1795|6}} (both {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]). She was burnt by the British.<ref name=LG250797/> }}
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===18 July===
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|ship={{ship||Auspicious|1797 ship|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=A fire aboard ''Auspicious'' at Calcutta almost destroyed her. She was preparing to sail to London and had about 400 tons of goods on board.<ref>''[[Lloyd's List]]'' [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3049069?urlappend=%3Bseq=277 №2993.]</ref> 
}}
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===31 July===
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|ship={{ship|HMS|Artois|1794|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=The 38-gun [[Artois-class frigate|''Artois''-class]] [[frigate]] was wrecked with no loss of life on the north-west coast of [[Île de Ré]] while attempting to reconnoitre the harbour of [[La Rochelle]].<ref> Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793&ndash;1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' London: Seaforth. {{ISBN|1-86176-246-1}}</ref>
}}
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===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Dorothea'' 
|flag=[[File:POL Szczecin flag.svg|22px]] [[Stettin]]
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Baltic Sea]]. She was on a voyage from Stettin to [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]].<ref name=LL140797/>
}}
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|ship=''Orange'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk off [[Land's End]], [[Cornwall]] by a French [[privateer]]. She was on a voyage from [[Dartmouth, Devon]] to [[Milford Haven|Milford]], [[Pembrokeshire]].<ref name=LL010897>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=127 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2944 |date=1 August 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Peggy'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref name=LL140797/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Prince of Orange'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Guernsey]], [[Channel Islands]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=LL110797>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=115 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2938 |date=11 July 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Providence'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Fair Ness Rock, off [[Margate]], [[Kent]]. She was on a voyage from [[Dublin]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] to [[London]].<ref name=LL210797/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Thomas'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship caught fire in the [[River Thames]] at the [[Tower of London]] and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from London to [[Waterford]], Ireland.<ref name=LL210797>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=121 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2941 |date=21 July 1797 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sv. Mikhail ''
|flag={{flag|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The vessel was wrecked on [[Umnak Island]] in the [[Catherine Archipelago]].<ref name=alaskashipwreckss>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]</ref>
}}
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==August==
===2 August===
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|ship=''Helen'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Barbados]]. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Grenada]].<ref name=LL120997/><ref name=LL150997/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jackson'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Barbados. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.<ref name=LL120997>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=151 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2956 |date=12 September 1797 }}</ref><ref name=LL150997>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=153 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2957 |date=15 September 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Prince William Henry'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Barbados. She was on a voyage from London to [[Martinique]].<ref name=LL120997/><ref name=LL150997/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Three Brothers'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The transport ship was wrecked at Barbados.<ref name=LL120997/><ref name=LL150997/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===10 August===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Martha|1796 ship|2}} 
|flag=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22px]] [[British East India Company]]
|desc=The [[East Indiaman]] was lost in the [[Bengal River]], [[Company Rule in India|India]].<ref name=EI>{{cite web |url=http://www.oceantreasures.org/pages/content/world-of-shipwrecks/a-short-list-of-english-east-indiamen-losses.html |title=Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815) |publisher=Ocean Treasures |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> }}
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===29 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 August 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Britannia'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. She was on a voyage from [[Trindade (island)|Trindade]], [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]] to [[London]].<ref name=LL220997>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=157 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2959 |date=22 September 1797 }}</ref> }}
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===31 August===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Peggy'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to a British port.<ref name=Times041097/> }}
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===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Artois|1794|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=The {{sclass|Artois|frigate}} struck a rock off the [[Île de Ré]], [[Charente-Maritime]], France and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times120897>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(untitled) |date=2 August 1797 |page=2 |issue=3871 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Clyde'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk in the [[North Sea]] by a [[privateer]].<ref name=LL250897>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=141 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2951 |date=25 August 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ceres'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk in the [[North Sea]] by the [[privateer]] ''Courageaux'' ({{flag|France}}). She was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[Copenhagen]], Denmark.<ref name=LL010997/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Commerce'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Charleston, South Carolina]] for [[Bremen]]. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=LL081297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Courageaux'' 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The [[privateer]] exploded and sank in the [[North Sea]] during an engagagement with ''Exeter'' ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). Only four of her 43 crew survived.<ref name=LL010997>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=145 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2953 |date=1 September 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Eliza'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the [[River Thames]]. She was on a voyage from [[Waterford]] to [[London]].<ref name=LL150897/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Friendship'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on Nixman's Ground, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to London.<ref name=LL010997/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hannah'' 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Kattegat]]. She was on a voyage from Sweden to [[London]].<ref name=LL080897>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=131 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2946 |date=8 August 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hilda'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Lausholm, near [[Visby]], Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to [[Whitby]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=LL010997/> She was refloated and taken in to "Sleet" for repairs.<ref name=LL050997/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''John'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk in the [[North Sea]] by a [[privateer]]. She was on a voyage from [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]] to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]].<ref name=LL040897>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=129 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2945 |date=4 August 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jubilee'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of [[Swedish Pomerania]]. She was on a voyage from [[Rügen]], Swedish Pomerania to [[Dublin]].<ref name=LL150897>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=135 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2947 |date=15 August 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Pointer'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship caught fire at [[Gothenburg]], Sweden and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL050997>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=147 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2954 |date=5 September 1797 }}</ref> }}
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==September==
===1 September===
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|ship=''Chasseur'' 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The [[privateer]] was sunk in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of Norway by {{HMS|Brilliant|1779|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]).<ref name=Times041097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''L'Intrepid'' 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The privateer was sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norway by {{HMS|Brilliant|1779|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]).<ref name=Times041097/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===3 September===
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|ship=''Hunter'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by ''Bristol'' ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). ''Hunter'' was set afire. She was on a voyage from [[North Carolina]], United States to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL101097/> }}
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===6 September===
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|ship=''Betsey'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was wrecked in the [[Currituck Inlet]].<ref name=OBX>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunkenshipsouterbanks.com/ships_1526_1825.html |title=SHIPS LOST 1526 TO 1825 |publisher=OBX History |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref> }}
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===11 September===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Providence'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=LL150997/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===12 September===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''John'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured by a [[privateer]] and burnt. She was on a voyage from [[Lisbon]], Portugal to [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[British America]].<ref name=LL131097>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=169 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2963 |date=13 October 1797 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===14 September===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 September 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Brothers'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked [[league (unit)|4 leagues]] ({{convert|12|nmi|km}}) east of [[Liverpool, Nova Scotia]], [[British America]].<ref name=LL221297/> }}
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===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ann'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Dogger Bank]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[London]].<ref name=LL260997/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Betsey'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Helsingborg]], Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.<ref name=LL260997/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Carl Pieter'' 
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1562}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Eastbourne]], [[Sussex]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] whilst on a voyage from [[Stockholm]] to [[Waterford]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref name=Times041097>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 October 1797 |page=2 |issue=4015 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Diana'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship sank in [[Dublin Bay]]. She was on a voyage from [[Antigua]] to [[Dublin]].<ref name=LL290997>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=161 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2960 |date=29 September 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Eliza'' 
|flag=[[File:Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg|22px]] [[Hamburg]]
|desc=The ship departed from Hamburg for Africa and Surinam. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=LL251298>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=419 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3047 |date=25 December 1798 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Fanny'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Penzance]], [[Cornwall]].<ref name=LL190997/>
}}
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|ship=''Glückleickeweiderkurs'' 
|flag=[[File:Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg|22px]] [[Hamburg]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of [[Jutland]]. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.<ref name=LL260997/>
}}
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|ship=''Lethe'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Isles of Scilly]].<ref name=Times201097>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(untitled) |date=20 October 1797 |issue=4019 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Providence'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.<ref name=LL220997/>
}}
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|ship=''Sophia Magdalena'' 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Chichester]], [[Sussex]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]. She was on a voyage from [[Gothenburg]] to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=LL190997/>
}}
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|ship=''Triumph'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Newton, Gloucestershire]] whilst on a voyage from Waterford to [[Bristol]], Gloucestershire.<ref name=Times041097/>
}}
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|ship=''Weetwood'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Hogland]], Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.<ref name=LL260997>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=159 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2959 |date=26 September 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Xenophen'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Hornbeck".<ref name=LL190997/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==October==
===11 October===
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|ship={{ship||Royal Charlotte|1774 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[East Indiaman]] was destroyed by an explosion in the [[Bengal River]] at [[Calpee]], [[Company Rule in India|India]] with the loss of all on board.<ref name=LL240498a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=280 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2997 |date=24 April 1798 }}</ref> A bolt of lightning had hit her mast, travelled down it, and exploded her magazine.}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===15 October===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Dutch ship|Delft|1783|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]], [[Battle of Camperdown]]: The [[fourth rate]] [[ship-of-the-line]] foundered {{convert|0.5|nmi|m}} off [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], following damage sustained in battle.<ref name=Times191097>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=LONDON, October 19. |date=2 October 1797 |page=2 |issue=4018 |column=B }}</ref> }}
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===17 October===
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|ship=[[Orakabeza (1785 ship)|Orakabeza]] 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]:The ship was illegally captured and burned in the harbor at [[Charleston, South Carolina]] by a French privateer, possibly after running aground.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-2183 |title=To John Adams from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 22 October 1797 |publisher=founders.archives.gov |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===19 October===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''David'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the [[West Indies]].<ref name=LL241097/> }}
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===20 October===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Beginning'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Leith]], [[Lothian]].<ref name=LL241097/><ref name=LL271097a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=178 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2964 |date=27 October 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Eliza'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Leith. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[London]]. ''Eliza'' was later refloated and taken in to Leith for repairs.<ref name=LL241097/><ref name=LL271097a/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===28 October===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Grenville Bay'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured by a French [[privateer]]. She was subsequently abandoned. Her crew were rescued by {{ship||Ranger|1796 ship|2}}. ''Grenville Bay'' was on a voyage from Jamaica to [[London]].<ref name=LL211197/> 
}}
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|ship=''Nepobedimyy'' 
|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The [[floating battery]] caught fire and exploded at [[Kronstadt]].<ref name=Cherneyshev/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ann'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Berwick upon Tweed]]. She was on a voyage from [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]] to [[Hamburg]].<ref name=LL271097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Barbara'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of [[Cheshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Martinique]].<ref name=LL271097/>
}}
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|ship=''Carl Peter'' 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Eastbourne]], [[Sussex]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]. She was on a voyage from [[Stockholm]] to [[Waterford]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref name=LL031097>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=163 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2961 |date=3 October 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Carolina'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The [[brig]] foundered in the [[Dogger Bank]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to [[Sunderland, County Durham]], Great Britain.<ref name=LL311097>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=179 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2965 |date=31 October 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Carolina Wilhelmina'' 
|flag=[[File:POL Szczecin flag.svg|22px]] [[Stettin]]
|desc=The ship was lost near "Porttith", [[Cornwall]], Great Britain with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stettin.<ref name=LL071097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Dublin Packet'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to [[New York City|New York]], United States.<ref name=LL311097a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Eendraght'' 
|flag=[[File:Gdansk flag.svg|22px]] [[Gdańsk|Danzig]]
|desc=The ship was lost on the [[Kentish Knock (England)|Kentish Knock]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to [[Nantes]], [[Loire-Inférieure]], France.<ref name=LL311097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Eliza'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]]. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica.<ref name=LL241097>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=175 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2963 |date=24 October 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Elizabeth'' 
|flag=[[File:Flag of Bremen.svg|22px|border]] [[Bremen]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the [[Old Head of Kinsale]], [[County Cork]], Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bremen to [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland.<ref name=LL101097>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=167 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2962 |date=10 October 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Endeavour'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[British America]] for an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=LL120198>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=221 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2980 |date=12 January 1798 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Fox'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Limerick]], Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool.<ref name=LL101097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Friede'' 
|flag={{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Swedish Pomerania]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Amrum]], [[Duchy of Holstein]]. She was on a voyage from [[Wolgast]] to London.<ref name=LL271097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Friendship'' 
|flag=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22px]] [[British East India Company]]
|desc=The [[East Indiaman]] was driven ashore at [[Rye Harbour]], Sussex. She was on a voyage from [[Bengal]], [[Company Rule in India|India]] to London.<ref name=LL271097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''George'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Irish Sea]]. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to [[Dublin]], Ireland.<ref name=LL271097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hibernia'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.<ref name=LL311097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''John'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Caernarfon]]. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.<ref name=LL311097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Liddle'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Danzig to London.<ref name=LL311097a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=180 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2965 |date=31 October 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''London'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Sheerness]], [[Kent]]. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], [[British America]] to London.<ref name=LL311097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Maria'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Sheerness. She was on a voyage from London to [[Saint Kitts]].<ref name=LL311097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mersey'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Beaumaris]], [[Anglesey]]. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.<ref name=LL271097>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=177 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2964 |date=27 October 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Dutch frigate|Monnikendam||2}}
|flag={{navy|Batavian Republic|name=United Netherlands Navy}}
|desc=The [[frigate]] was beached at [[Westkapelle, Netherlands|Westkapelle]], [[Zeeland]] and was wrecked.<ref name=Times021197>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(untitled) |date=2 November 1797 |page=3 |issue=4030|column=B }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Peggy'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Tönning]], [[Duchy of Holstein]]. She was on a voyage from [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Montrose, Forfarshire]].<ref name=LL101097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Trial'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from [[Wisbech]], [[Cambridgeshire]] to London.<ref name=LL241097/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William and Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Padstow]], [[Cornwall]]. She was on a voyage from [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]] to [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]] and [[Exeter]], [[Devon]].<ref name=LL071097>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=165 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2931 |date=7 October 1797 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==November==
===2 November===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Audacious'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Madeira]].<ref name=LL221297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Myra'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Madeira.<ref name=LL221297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Nelly'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Madeira. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to Jamaica.<ref name=LL221297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=209 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2976 |date=22 December 1797 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===3 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 November 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''North Carolina'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Albicoa Island", [[West Indies]] with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from the [[Cape Verde Islands]], Portugal to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]].<ref name=PG201297>{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1797 |title=NEW YORK, December 15. |newspaper=Pennsylvania Gazette |date=20 December 1797 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===6 November===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Gofnung'' 
|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The [[transport ship]] was driven ashore and wrecked on "Tyuten". Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Cherneyshev/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===10 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 November 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Martha''
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[East Indiaman]] was lost near the mouth of the Ganges.<ref name=LL090198>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=219 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2979 |date=9 January 1798 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Princess Amelia|1793 ship|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Sable Island]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[British America]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times070498>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 April 1798 |page=3 |issue=4164 |column=A }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===14 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 November 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured whilst on a voyage from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[British America]] to [[London]]. She was recaptured by {{HMS|Jason|1794|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]] and burnt.<ref name=LL261297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=211 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2977 |date=26 December 1797 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===16 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 November 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Tribune|1796|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=The [[fifth rate]] [[frigate]] ran aground off [[Herring Cove, Nova Scotia]], [[British America]] with the loss of over 240 lives. There were twelve survivors. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===18 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 November 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Shepherdess'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in [[Loch Eriboll]]. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Bristol]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL011297a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=198 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2972 |date=1 December 1797 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===19 November===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Speedwell'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[English Channel]] off [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], [[Sussex]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]].<ref name=LL281197/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Aurora'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at [[Lisbon]], Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]].<ref name=LL011297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=197 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2972 |date=1 December 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Dædalus'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Chester, Cheshire]].<ref name=LL171197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=189 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2970 |date=17 November 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Elizabeth'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Brighton]], [[Sussex]]. She was on a voyage from [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]] to [[London]].<ref name=LL281197/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Frederick'' 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the [[Goodwin Sands]], [[Kent]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Málaga]], Spain to [[Stockholm]].<ref name=LL211197/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Friends'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Winterton-on-Sea]], [[Norfolk]].<ref name=LL031197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=181 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2966 |date=3 November 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''George'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Wallasey]], [[Cheshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Whitehaven]], [[Cumberland]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL241197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=193 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2971 |date=24 November 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Happy Meeting'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=LL211197/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hope'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[lugger]] was run down and sunk in the [[English Channel]] off [[Beachy Head]], Sussex by ''Belfast'' ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}) with the loss of eleven of her crew.<ref name=LL281197/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Itrehoe'' 
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Porto]] for [[Dublin]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] between 10 and 15 October. No further trace, presumed foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=LL090298>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=237 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2983 |date=9 February 1798 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jonge Sykau Fleet'' 
|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Königsberg]] for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=LL010698>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=301 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3007 |date=1 May 1798 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Latona'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[North Sea]] off the ''[[Dudgeon Lightship]]'' ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}).<ref name=LL141197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=187 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2969 |date=14 November 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Liberty'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Harwich]], [[Essex]]. She was on a voyage from [[Hamburg]] to London.<ref name=LL071197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=183 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2967 |date=7 November 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Liberty'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough.<ref name=LL211197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=191 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2971 |date=21 November 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mars'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[klaipėda|Memel]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]].<ref name=LL281197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=195 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2971 |date=27 November 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mercury'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore.<ref name=LL211197/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Partridge'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Great Yarmouth]], Norfolk.<ref name=LL031197/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Providence'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.<ref name=LL031197/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Royal George'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Bristol Channel]]. She was on a voyage from [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]] to [[Milford Haven|Milford]], [[Pembrokeshire]].<ref name=LL071197/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Rufford'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Riga]], Russia.<ref name=LL281197/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sisters'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from [[St. Ives, Cornwall]] to [[Neath]], [[Glamorgan]].<ref name=LL101197/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sisters'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[British America]]. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax.<ref name=LL020298/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Spring'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore.<ref name=LL211197/>
}}
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|ship=''Verandering'' 
|flag={{flag|Batavian Republic}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the [[Happisburgh Sands]], in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]], Great Britain to [[Dordrecht|Dort]].<ref name=LL101197>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=185 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2968 |date=10 November 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Worcester'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Sandown Castle, Kent]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to Jamaica.<ref name=LL211197/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==December==
===1 December===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Chance'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in [[Carbonear Bay]].<ref name=LL020198>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=215 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2978 |date=2 January 1798 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Eagle'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Carbonear Bay.<ref name=LL020198/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===12 December===
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|ship=''Christian & Betsey'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on The Saints. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Gibraltar]] to [[London]].<ref name=LL060298a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=236 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2983 |date=6 February 1798 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===15 December===
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|ship=''Dolphin'' 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The privateer was captured in the [[Bay of Biscay]] by {{HMS|Clyde|1796|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]). She foundered the next day.<ref name=LL261297/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===17 December===
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|ship=''Marquis of Worcester'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[West Indiaman]] was wrecked on [[Chesil Beach]], [[Dorset]] with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.<ref name=Dorset>{{cite web |url=http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/Wrecks%20off%20Burton%20Bradstock/Historical%20list%20of%20wrecks.htm |title=Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis |publisher=Burton Bradstock Online |access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> She was on a voyage from [[Saint Vincent (island)|Saint Vincent]] to [[London]].<ref name=LL191297/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===20 December===
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|ship=''Haabet'' 
|flag=flag unknown
|desc=The ship departed from [[Porto]], Portugal for [[Guernsey]], [[Channel Islands]]. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=LL200398>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=259 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2988 |date=20 March 1798 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===25 December===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Hamadryad|1797|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=The [[fifth rate]] [[frigate]] was wrecked on the [[Barbary Coast]].<ref name=Times020398>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(untitled) |date=2 March 1798 |page=3 |issue=4133 |column=A }}</ref><ref name=Hamadryad>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/H/02118a.html |title=Hamadryad |publisher=P Benyon |access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref><ref>Winfield, Rif (2005) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Seaforth Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-84415-717-4}}, p. 211.</ref>
}}
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===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Agatha Phillipina'' 
|flag=[[File:Gdansk flag.svg|22px]] [[Gdańsk|Danzig]]
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from [[London]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] to Danzig.<ref name=LL261297a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=212 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2977 |date=26 December 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Alliance'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]]. She was on a voyage from [[New York City|New York]] to Liverpool.<ref name=LL151297a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Amphitrite'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Wells-next-the-Sea]], [[Norfolk]]. She was on a voyage from [[Stettin]] to [[London]].<ref name=LL081297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Bartholomew'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[English Channel]] off [[Seaford, Sussex]] with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to [[Gdańsk|Danzig]].<ref name=LL151297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Beaver'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the couast of [[County Durham]].<ref name=LL051297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Boston'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[São Miguel Island]], [[Azores]].<ref name=LL090198a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=220 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2979 |date=9 January 1798 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Cadiz Packet'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore in [[Stokes Bay]] and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from [[Kingston-upon-Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=Times201297/><ref name=LL191297/> ''Cadiz Packet'' was later refloated.<ref name=LL020198/>
}}
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|ship=''Caresfort'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Dragør]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from [[Gdańsk|Danzig]] to Liverpool.<ref name=LL121297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=203 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2975 |date=12 December 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Dominus Tecum'' 
|flag=[[File:Gdansk flag.svg|22px]] [[Gdańsk|Danzig]]
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Danzig.<ref name=LL020198/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Economy'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the [[Kentish Knock (England)|Kentish Knock]].<ref name=LL191297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Eagle'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The transport ship was wrecked at [[Ramsgate]], [[Kent]].<ref name=LL191297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Egremont'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the [[Goodwin Sands]], Kent.<ref name=Times201297/> She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] to [[Littlehampton]], [[Sussex]].<ref name=LL151297a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=206 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2975 |date=15 December 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Eliza'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was in collision with another vessel in the English Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from London to [[Waterford]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]]. ''Eliza'' was later towed in to [[Saint-Valery-sur-Somme]], France.<ref name=LL050198/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Elizabeth'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[Tralee]], [[County Kerry]], Ireland. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], [[British America]] to Liverpool.<ref name=LL020198/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Enigheit'' 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Gotland]]. She was on a voyage from [[Stockholm]] to Liverpool.<ref name=LL020198/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Fanny'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the [[Gulf of Finland]]. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to London.<ref name=LL221297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Portuguese frigate|Fénix|1787|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The [[fourth rate]] [[frigate]] was driven ashore at [[Falmouth, Cornwall]], Great Britain. She was subsequently refloated and returned to service.<ref name=LL191297a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=208 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2975 |date=19 December 1797 }}</ref><ref name=Fenix>{{cite web |url=http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7930 |title=Portugese [sic] Fourth Rate frigate 'Fenix' (1787) |publisher=Threedecks |access-date=27 January 2016}})</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Gateshead'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from [[Gothenburg]], Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne.<ref name=LL051297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''George Brisset'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Liverpool with the loss of two of her crew.<ref name=LL081297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Guardian'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea.<ref name=LL050198>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=217 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2979 |date=5 January 1798 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Happy'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Irish Sea]] off [[Lytham St. Annes]], [[Lancashire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Porto]], Portugal to [[Liverpool]], Lancashire.<ref name=Times201297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hope'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near The Skerries, in the [[Irish Sea]]. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.<ref name=LL191297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Infant Thomas'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Klaipėda|Memel]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]].<ref name=LL221297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jane'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the North and South Rock. She was on a voyage from [[Beaumaris]], [[Anglesey]] to [[Belfast]], [[County Down]], Ireland.<ref name=LL020198/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jane & Sarah'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Stokes Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.<ref name=LL191297/> ''Jane & Sarah'' was later refloated.<ref name=LL020198/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jason'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock.<ref name=LL191297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=207 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2975 |date=19 December 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jong Juffrow Anna Margaretta'' 
|flag=[[File:Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg|22px]] [[Hamburg]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.<ref name=LL221297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Juffrow Anna Alida'' 
|flag={{flag|Batavian Republic}}
|desc=The ship was lost near "Weykopzee". She was on a voyage from [[Faro, Portugal]] to [[Rotterdam]].<ref name=LL291297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Lady Alleyne'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Memel.<ref name=LL221297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Liverpool Packet'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Beaumaris. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Liverpool.<ref name=LL051297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=199 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2973 |date=5 December 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Maria Charlotta'' 
|flag=[[File:POL Szczecin flag.svg|22px]] [[Stettin]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin.<ref name=LL020198a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=216 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2978 |date=2 January 1798 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand.<ref name=LL051297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near [[Milford Haven]], [[Pembrokeshire]] with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Martinique]] to London.<ref name=LL261297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Nancy'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the mouth of the [[River Humber|Humber]]. She was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]] and Jamaica.<ref name=LL191297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Neriod'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Land's End]], [[Cornwall]] with the loss of all but four of her crew.<ref name=LL221297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''New Loyalty'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belfast.<ref name=LL081297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Olive'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Wigen".<ref name=LL221297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Planter'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand.<ref name=LL051297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Prince of Piedmont'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Chichester]], Sussex. She was on a voyage from [[Barbados]] to London.<ref name=LL191297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Rachael'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at São Miguel Island, Azores.<ref name=LL090198/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Star'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Castlehaven]], [[County Cork]], Ireland. She was on a voyage from Porto to Liverpool.<ref name=LL291297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Success'' 
|flag={{flag|Batavian Republic}}
|desc=The brig was driven ashore in Stokes Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to [[Porto]], Portugal.<ref name=Times201297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Success'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to [[Bremen]].<ref name=LL261297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Swan'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Aberystwyth]], [[Cardiganshire]]. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to Liverpool.<ref name=LL151297a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Twee Gebroeders'' 
|flag={{flag|Batavian Republic}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Camperduin]]. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam.<ref name=LL261297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Two Brothers'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Happisburgh]], Norfolk.<ref name=LL291297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Union'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak and put into [[Whitby]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]], where she sank. ''Union'' was on a voyage from [[Teignmouth]], [[Devon]] to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]].<ref name=LL051297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Zeelust'' 
|flag=[[File:Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg|22px]] [[Hamburg]]
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of [[Batavian Republic|Holland]]. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.<ref name=LL221297/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==Unknown date==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1797 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ann'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk by the [[privateer]] ''La Eigle'' ({{flag|France}}). She was on a voyage from [[Lisbon]], Portugal to [[Gaspé, Quebec|Gaspee]], [[Lower Canada]], [[British America]].<ref name=LL200697>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=103 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2932 |date=20 June 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Bridget'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured by the French. She was subsequently wrecked on [[Martinique]]. ''Bridget'' was on a voyage from Africa to the [[West Indies]].<ref name=LL070797/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Britannia'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] whilst on a voyage from the West Indies to a British port.<ref name=Times220997>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=22 September 1797 |page=2 |issue=4005 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Brothers'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[Old Calabar]].<ref name=LL291297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Castle Semple'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Barbuda]]. She was on a voyage from [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]] to the West Indies<ref name=LL140797>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=117 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2939 |date=17 July 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Charlotte'' 
|flag=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22px]] [[British East India Company]]
|desc=The [[East Indiaman]] was lost near the mouth of the [[Ganges]].<ref name=LL090198/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Cornwallis'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured in the [[West Indies]]. She was sent in to [[Guadeloupe]] but was subsequently lost there. ''Cornwallis'' was on a voyage from [[Antigua]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL130697>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=99 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2932 |date=13 June 1797 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Eliza|shipwreck|2}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}} [[Australia]]
|desc=The [[sloop]]-rigged [[longboat]] disappeared during a voyage from [[Preservation Island]] in [[Bass Strait]] to [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]].<ref>{{Cite VHD shipwreck|214|Eliza}}</ref><ref>[[Charles Bateson|Bateson, Charles]] (1972) ''Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850'' (Sydney:AH and AW Reed). {{ISBN|0-589-07112-2}}, p. 24.</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Elizabeth'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] to the [[Teignmouth]], [[Devon]].<ref name=Times201297/>
}}
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|ship=''Fame'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[British Honduras]].<ref name=LL210497>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=69 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2917 |date=21 April 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Fanny'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The transport ship collided with ''Briton'' ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}) and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland to [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[British America]].<ref name=LL060298>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=235 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2983 |date=6 February 1798 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Favourite'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|34|N|35|W}}) by {{ship|French frigate|Thétis|1788|2}} ({{navy|France}}). She was on a voyage from [[Martinique]] to Cork.<ref name=LL130697/>
}}
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|ship=''General Marian'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa whilst on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.<ref name=LL151297/>
}}
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|ship=''General Warren'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost.<ref name=LL060298/>
}}
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|ship=''Gibraltar'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in [[Carbonear Bay]].<ref name=LL020198/>
}}
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|ship=''Governor Williamson'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the African coast. She was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.<ref name=LL291297/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hull Packet'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered before 12 December. She was on a voyage from [[North Carolina]], United States to an English port.<ref name=CM161297>{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1797 |title=Lloyd's List – December 12. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=16 December 1797 }}</ref><ref name=LL121297/>
}}
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|ship=''Henry & Eliza'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at [[Port Antonio]], Jamaica.<ref name=LL210497/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''James'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[Bonny, Nigeria]].<ref name=LL090697/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Janet'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Virginia]] to Jamaica.<ref name=LL291297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=213 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2978 |date=29 December 1797}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''John'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Delaware River]]. She was on a voyage from [[Hamburg]] to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=LL020298>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=234 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2982 |date=2 February 1798 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Kitty Cummings'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and burnt by {{ship|Dutch corvette|Scipio|1784|2}} ({{navy|Batavian Republic}})<!--misidentified in source-->. She was on a voyage from [[Demerara]] to [[Savannah, Georgia]], United States.<ref name=LL170397/>
}}
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|ship=''Margarets'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Anticosti Island]], Lower Canada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to [[Quebec City]], Lower Canada.<ref name=LL060298a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Maria'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Dartmouth, Devon]] to Newfoundland.<ref name=LL081297a>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=202 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2974 |date=8 December 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Martin'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the [[Hampton Roads]], Virginia. She was on a voyage from Virginia to [[London]].<ref name=LL230697>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=105 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2933 |date=23 June 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Saint Croix]], [[Virgin Islands]] before 2 June.<ref name=Virgin>{{cite web |url=http://www.irf.org/documents/Shipwrecks%20of%20the%20Virgin%20Islands.pdf |title=Shipwrecks of the Virgin Islands. An Inventory, 1523 - 1825 |first1=Edward L. |last1=Towle |first2=Robert F. |last2=Marx |first3=Alan B. |last3=Albright |publisher=Island Resources Foundation |location=Virgin Islands |date=December 1976 |access-date=3 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102223912/http://www.irf.org/documents/Shipwrecks%20of%20the%20Virgin%20Islands.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2015 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Nelly'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[letter of marque]] ship was lost on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to [[Nassau, Bahamas]].<ref name=LL180497>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=67 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2916 |date=18 April 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Nelly'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground off [[Union Island]]. She was on a voyage from [[Demerara]] to Liverpool.<ref name=LL280497>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=73 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2919 |date=28 April 1797 }}</ref> ''Nelly'' was later refloated and taken in to [[Saint Vincent (island)|Saint Vincent]].<ref name=LL020597/>
}}
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|ship=''New Providence'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and subsequently lost at [[Saint-Domingue]]. She was on a voyage from [[Madeira]] to Saint-Domingue.<ref name=LL270298>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=247 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2984 |date=27 February 1798 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Orracabezza'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured off [[Charleston, South Carolina]], United States by a [[privateer]] and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.<ref name=LL151297>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=205 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2975 |date=15 December 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Polly'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Charleston, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from [[Havana]], [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]] to Charleston.<ref name=LL310397/>
}}
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|ship=''Powhaton'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Charleston, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charleston.<ref name=LL160198>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=223 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2980 |date=16 January 1798 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Prince Frederick|1795 ship|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The [[East Indiaman]] was captured by {{ship|French frigate|Insurgente|1793|2}} ({{navy|France}}). She subsequently foundered but her crew were rescued. ''Prince Frederick'' was on a voyage from Bengal to London.<ref name=LL090198/>
}}
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|ship=''Providence'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured and subsequently run ashore at Saint-Domingue. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Domingue.<ref name=LL300198>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=231 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2981 |date=30 January 1798 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Ranger'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by ''Roebuck Packet'' ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). ''Ranger'' was on a voyage from [[Bordeaux]], [[Gironde]], France to [[New York City|New York]].<ref name=LL260597>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=89 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2927 |date=26 May 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Recovery'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to [[Barbados]].<ref name=LL220997/>
}}
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|ship=''Roebuck'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]]: The ship was captured by the French off the coast of Africa and subsequently sank.<ref name=Times130397/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Salter'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of British Honduras. She was on a voyage from London to British Honduras.<ref name=LL121297/>
}}
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|ship=''Schonhoven'' 
|flag={{flag|Batavian Republic}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the [[Demarara River]]. She was on a voyage from [[Demerara]] to [[Grenada]].<ref name=LL190997>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073721238;view=1up;seq=155 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2958 |date=19 September 1797 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Simeon I Anna''
|flag={{flag|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The vessel was lost during a voyage from [[Okhotsk]] in the [[Russian Empire]] to the [[Pribilof Islands]] in the [[Bering Sea]].<ref name=alaskashipwreckss>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Sisters'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Bristol Channel]] off [[Worms Head]], [[Glamorgan]] with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from [[St Ives, Cornwall]] to [[Neath]], Glamorgan.<ref name=BC/>
}}
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|ship=''Sisters'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Halifax.<ref name=LL050198/>
}}
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|ship=''Stag'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized at Halifax.<ref name=Times201297>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 December 1797 |page=3 |issue=4071 |column=D }}</ref> She was on a voyage from Halifax to Jamaica.<ref name=LL151297/>
}}
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|ship=''Susannah'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the [[Saint Lawrence River]]. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Halifax.<ref name=LL060298/>
}}
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|ship=''Three Friends'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked off Charleston, South Carolina whilst on a voyage from Charleston to London.<ref name=Times130397/>
}}
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|ship=''Three Sisters'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Cape Cod]], [[Massachusetts]], United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts.<ref name=LL291297/>
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|ship=''Triton'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was lost in Carbonear Bay.<ref name=LL050198/>
}}
}}
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|ship=''Venus'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[whaler]] was losy in the [[Greenland Sea]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=LL230697/>
}}
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|ship=''Vrees & Hoop'' 
|flag=flag unknown
|desc=[[War of the First Coalition]] The ship was captured off [[Saint Lucia]] and was subsequently lost. She was on a voyage from Demerara to London.<ref name=LL220997/>
}}
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|ship=''William'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1795}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked on Heneaga.<ref name=LL180497/>
}}
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|ship=''York'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off [[Jamaica]] whilst on a voyage from London to Jamaica.<ref name=Times130397/> }}
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==References==
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