List of shipwrecks in 1812
The list of shipwrecks in 1812 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1812. [14] Napoleonic Wars, Action of 22 May 1812: The Ariane-class frigate ran aground off L'Orient, Morbihan in an engagement with HMS Growler and HMS Northumberland (both Royal Navy). War of 1812, USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere: The fifth-rate frigate was captured by the frigate USS Constitution ( United States Navy). She was set afire and sunk due to battle damage received. Denmark by a Danish vessel and was run ashore.
Ariane
(second left),
Andromaque
(second right) and HMS
Northumberland
(right).
USS
Constitution
and HMS
Guerriere
.
United Kingdom schooner Barbary Coast Sicily London United States Cape Ann Massachusetts Saint Petersburg Russia Boston, Massachusetts Tenerife Canary Islands Lothian Robin Hoods Bay Yorkshire Newhaven, Sussex Sunderland, County Durham Cádiz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Napoleonic Wars St. Lucar Limerick New Romney Waterford River Liffey Dublin Barbadoes Banff, Aberdeenshire Madeira Plymouth West Indies Norfolk Cats Key Bahamas Savannah, Georgia Whitehaven Cumberland Great Yarmouth Heligoland Gibraltar Coulderton Ravenglass Lisbon Portugal Greenock Renfrewshire Atlantic Ocean Aldeburgh Suffolk Norway Sanday Orkney Islands South Hempstead, New York Londonderry New York City North Sea Berwick upon Tweed Royal Navy hired armed Gerace Kingdom of Sicily HMS Carlotta corvette Capo Passaro Palermo Isles of Scilly Liverpool Lancashire Oporto St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly privateer Fécamp Seine-Inférieure France Bizerta Bay Wexford Swansea Glamorgan Penzance Cornwall Falmouth, Cornwall São Miguel Island Azores HMS Manilla frigate Zuyderzée Irish Sea pilots Portsmouth Hampshire St. Thomas Virgin Islands Tor Bay Portrush County Antrim Isle of Man fifth rate Quiberon Bay prisoners of war Cayenne Andromaque French Navy Maranhão Rio de Janeiro Cape St Mary Figueira da Foz La Cala de Mijas Liverpool, Nova Scotia British North America Inner Hebrides Calais Newfoundland North Meols whaler HMS Conqueror third rate ship of the line Sheerness Chatham, Kent Walmer Castle Ramsgate Dungeness Saint Vincent St. Austell Bay Dartmouth, Devon