The list of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly is a list of ships which sank on or near the Isles of Scilly. The list includes ships that sustained a damaged hull, which were later refloated and repaired.
For ships wrecked both before and after the 19th century see List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. For ships wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef see List of shipwrecks of the Seven Stones Reef.
1801–1810
1801 January — Thomas and William () was wrecked in the islands while on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Falmouth, Cornwall. January — Melantho () was wrecked in the islands while on a voyage from London to Tortola, Virgin Islands. 5 November — London brig Esperance () struck Nut Rock and was a total loss, after parting her cables during a south-west gale. She was bound for Venice from Penzance with pilchards.
1804 30 May — Quicksilver wrecked in Crow Sound while carrying salt for Newfoundland. July — while bound for London from Waterford The Exchange () foundered west of Scilly. 5 November — London brig Esperance () struck Nut Rock, and was a total loss, after parting her cables during a south-west gale. She was bound for Venice from Penzance with pilchards.
1806 10 January — the Governor Milne () while on passage from Grenada to London went ashore on Tresco in New Grimsby harbour. She was later saved. 4 November — prize vessel St Francis Apollo went aground and refloated in New Grimsby harbour.
1807 22 November – The Anne, and Tamer, two brigs belonging to Mr. Bayley, merchant of Plymouth, just arrived from Lisbon in ballast, and chartered on account of the Government for Cork, to take in provisions for the Plymouth Victualling Office. Sailed from Cork on Saturday 21 November and wrecked in Tresco, Scilly on Sunday.
1808 28 November — schooner Summer ran ashore.
1809 The Ranter, Thomas, from Cork to Falmouth and Plymouth, struck a rock in Scilly and sank in 20 fathoms of water. It was later raised and the cargo landed. 23 November. The Nymph, of and for Pool, William Turner master, from Newfoundland with codfish, was lost on Samson.
1810 27 January — Perseus wrecked on Samson while en route from Martinique to London with a cargo of sugar, which was salvaged and sold on St Mary's. 31 August — Amelia () wrecked on Crebawethan while carrying coffee, cotton, rum, sugar and silver dollars from Demerara to London. November — 69 ton sloop Harriet & John came ashore.
1811–1820
1812 26 January — galliot Maria () went ashore at an unknown location and refloated on 14 March. November — ketch Dublin bound for Londonderry from London holed after hitting a ledge while leaving Scilly. The captain refused the offer of a pilot on board.
1815 27 January — West Indiaman, Queen Charlotte () struck the Scilly Rock while bound for Jamaica from Greenock. One crew member and three passengers died as did two Bryher pilots. The thirteen remaining crew and passengers survived after being stranded on the rock for two days and nights. 29 October — the Thais () of Penzance came ashore.
1818 5 January — an unidentified cutter was wrecked offshore.
1819 20 March — Fishguard sloop Mary () wrecked on the Western Rocks while carrying oats from Youghall to Southampton. 21 November — Mary wrecked at an unknown location within the Isles of Scilly.
1821–1830
1821 2 October — a brig Providencia () wrecked on Hellweathers in thick fog. She was heading for Bristol from St Andero with wool when caught by a north-west gale. 3 October — Bryher boat Hero with 21 men aboard was smashed to pieces by heavy seas while removing the cargo from the Providencia. the St Martin's Preventive Service boat capsized with the loss of the four men on board.
1822 4 February — schooner York () of Chichester carrying oranges from Seville to London was lost, in thick fog, with all hands within half-a-mile (0.8 km) of St Agnes.
1825 10 September — schooner La Sidonia went aground and later refloated in New Grimsby Harbour, Tresco.
1826 29 January — brig John & Ann wrecked on Tresco. 7 September — Fair Ellen went ashore and was saved.
1827 9 September — galliot Twende Sodskende (), Bilbao to Copenhagen, hit the Seven Stones Reef and sank two miles (3.2 km) off Bryher.
1829 4 January — Ocean on Rosevear Ledges.
1830 19 January — the brig Hope with a cargo of peppers, ivory, gold dust and palm oil, dropped anchor and was driven onto the rocks off the north coast of St Martin's after mistaking the daymark for St Agnes lighthouse. The cargo of gold dust and 300 elephant tusks were saved but four people lost their lives when the boat they were trying to escape in was hit by the mainmast.
1831–1840
1831 early January — two Scillonian gigs wrecked. 27 March — the Delf went onto rocks in Old Grimsby Harbour. 27 March — Swift en route from Liverpool to Rotterdam grounded on St Helens but managed to get away on the next tide.
1833 January — the St Martin's pilot boat sank in heavy seas with the loss of all ten men. 13 February — sixth-rate () ran aground at Cruther's Point, St Martin during a ″...great gale raged over the UK″. She was later refloated. 13 February — bound for Bombay, the Providence struck a rock and was scuttled two days later in Crow Sound. She was floated off on 6 May.
1835 29 December — the Malta struck the Black Rock off St Helen's whilst on voyage from Cardiff to Lynmouth. All the crew saved. A scheduled monument.
1836 4 February — Fame () of Exeter carrying pig iron from Newport for Newcastle sank after the loss of her mainmast, boat and bulwarks south west of St Agnes. The crew of nine were taken off by twenty men in the St Agnes pilot boats Champion and Cyclop and landed at St Mary's. 27 March — cutter Prosperous wrecked at an unknown location. 7 April — Maryport brig Bassenthwaite () sank immediately when she struck a partially submerged wreck in Broad Sound during a north-west gale. This wreck was found and identified in 2017 by Todd Stevens. She is laying in 30m of water south east of the Crim reef. April or May — parts of the balks, beams, masts, etc. have been washed up on many of the islands. They may be from a timber ship from Quebec that sank recently; whereabouts and time unknown. 13 October — St Ives schooner Minerva () carrying wool from Spain to Bristol hit the Western Rocks near Crebawathen and sank. Only one member of the crew survived and was picked up from a rock the next morning. 12 October — brig Experiment on her maiden voyage from Newfoundland to Poole with fish and oil was found on 14 October drifting after losing her mast and taking on water. Three of the nine crew survived. October — the stern of John Dunlap washed onto the shore at Porth Hellick.
1838 29 May — barque Osirus () hit the Crim Rocks in an easterly gale. 27 November — barque Pacquebot de Cayenne () sailed into the Hats during a SSE Gale. The crew were saved and most of her cargo of hides, wool and coffee was lost.
1839 22 February — 165 ton brig Louisa Hannah wrecked on the Ranneys, half a mile (0.8 km) west of Annet. She was carrying wine and oranges from Lisbon to her home port of Poole. None of the crew survived. 27 April — Plymouth schooner Solace en route from Lisbon struck a shallow reef within the Western Rocks during thick fog. The crew managed to save their personal belongings and she went to pieces the following day in a ground swell. 4 September — brig Theodorick is probably the earliest recorded wreck on the Bishop Rock. She was carrying a general cargo from Mogodore to London. 6 December — the St Vincent hit the Chimney Rocks, at the eastern end of St Martin's and sank. All her crew and 75% of her cargo of barley was salvaged. She was bound for Penzance from Marans.
1840 2 February — brig Lady Louise carrying coffee, from Rio de Janeiro to Cowes and London, attempted to make anchorage while in distress, and in a gale she was driven onto Guthers Bar. 17 March — Beaumaris brig Jane Ellen () struck a rock in St Helen's Gap, lost her rudder and went aground on rocks near St Helen's. She was en route to London from Bangor with slate. All the crew were saved. 16 November — the Dunkirk brig Nerina () capsized in a gale. Two days later, the vessel was taken in tow by two pilot-cutters, but was cut free near the Islands due to the heavy weather. Nerina was seen ″bottom up″ in Porth Hellick, the following day, and three men and a boy were discovered inside alive. Four crew died. 29 December — Dartmouth schooner Providence () hit the Bartholomew Ledges and was run ashore on St Agnes.
1841–1850
1841
4 January — a paddle steamer, the Dublin steam packet SS Thames (), en route from Dublin to London sank in a strong NE gale off Jacky's Rock between Rosevear and Crebawethan. Sixty-two of the sixty-four passengers and crew drowned when her Captain, James Grey, mistook the St Agnes light for the Longships and changed course to head north. Pilot gig Whalemanaged to reach the wreck, saving three women. Her figurehead is in the Valhalla Museum at Tresco Abbey Gardens. 2 April — an unidentified schooner was lost on St Agnes. December — the pilot boat of St Martin's sank and all six crew escaped with their lives.
1842 11 February — brig William Proben () of South Shields with a cargo of wheat was lost on Meledgan with the loss of all her crew. 12 October — the 600-tonne paddle steamer Brigand, a packet boat, en route from Liverpool to St Petersburg, struck the Bishop's Rock with such force that it stove in two large bow plates. The rocks then acted as a pivot, and she swung round and heeled into the rock portside, crushing the paddle-wheel and box to such an extent that it penetrated the engine room. She drifted over in two hours, before sinking in . All the crew were saved.
1843 28 January — The English wooden schooner Douro wrecked on Crebawethan with the loss of all her crew while out from Liverpool for Oporto with a cargo of bailed goods, armoury and brass stops (later determined in the 1970s to be horseshoe shaped manillas or bracelets used as tokens in the slave trade). All her crew was lost and five seamen including the master are buried in St Mary's churchyard. 3 March — schooner Anne & Jane hit a rock north of St Agnes while carrying slates from her home port of Caernarvon to Perth. Local pilots received £30 for helping her to safety. 21 November — schooner Challenger () from Surinam (or Smyrna according to Noall), carrying fruit to her home port of London and wrecked either on the Gunners or the Nundeeps. Her crew of eight managed to row to Bryher with only one oar and the whole island was put under quarantine. 21 November — barque Nickerie () struck a rock, during the night, south-west of Rosevear. She was heading for her home port of Rotterdam from Samarang, Batavia, with coffee and sugar; her captain thought she was in the English Channel. She got off and struck again ten minutes later, and started to break up with eight men drowning. The eleven remaining men attempted to make a raft but only two survived when finally rescued from Rosevear. (According to Noall (1968) this wreck occurred on 22 February 1844).
1844 22 February — 600 ton barque Nickerie (or Nichiril) () wrecked on Rosevean while on a voyage from Batavia to Rotterdam with coffee and sugar. There were two survivors. (According to Larn (1992) this wreck occurred on 21 November 1843). 1 May — Vespa lost on the Woolpack, Garrison, St Mary's. Vesper lost in St Mary's Sound.
1845 1 December — the 347 ton barque registered in North Shields John Esdaile () struck the Gilstone Ledge in the Western Rocks while out of Green Island for London. She was towed into Smith Sound and a week later went to pieces. Her crew was saved and some of her cargo washed up on Annet and St Agnes.
1846 4 January — brig Leonie hit the Bow, off Gugh and was refloated when her masts were cut off to lighten her. She was carrying brandy for Liverpool and the Clyde.