The List of shipwrecks in the 1750s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1750s.
Ship | State | Description |
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Queen Caroline |
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The schooner was wrecked at Ockracock, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Iermiia | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Adak Island, Alaska, Russian America. Survivors constructed a vessel from the wreckage and sailed away later that year. [2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Charming Polly |
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The ship, which had sprung a leak six days previously, was beached north of the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Granville | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America, to London. [4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Brittania |
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The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts September, 1753, last heard from December, 1754 lost on the Georges Bank. Lost with all hands. [5] |
Christian & Peter | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam. [6] |
Honourable Friend | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the coast of Guinea. [7] |
Marischall Keith | ![]() |
The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in the Adriatic Sea off Cape Stillo, Ottoman Albania. She was on a voyage from Riga to Venice. [8] |
Prince George | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Venice. [9] |
Ryder |
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The ship was lost before 25 July with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from the Piscataqua River to North Carolina. [10] |
Sarah |
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The ship foundered before 30 May whilst on a voyage from Rhode Island to the Piscataqua River. Her crew were rescued. [11] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Unidentified boats | A landslide into the Langfjorden in Norway generated three megatsunamis with heights of 40 to 50 metres (131 to 164 ft) in the Langfjorden and the Eresfjorden that destroyed 196 boats. [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Stad Bergen | ![]() |
While on voyage to Norway with a cargo of Frisian roof tiles and bricks she wrecked near the Dutch island Griend on the east wall of the Vliestroom. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Swift | ![]() |
The Drake-class sloop foundered at sea. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lucy | ![]() |
The ship foundered before 13 November whilst on a voyage from "Cape Fare" to
Hull,
Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Catherine (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Young Victory | ![]() |
The ship exploded and sank during a battle with
HMS Tryal (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Antigua whilst evading a French privateer. [16] |
Four ships | Next to Stad Bergen (see 28 March) four other vessels wrecked near Griend, the Netherlands in 1756. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Falcon |
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The bomb vessel was wrecked on the Saintes, off Guadeloupe. [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Tyrrel |
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The brig was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with the loss of sixteen lives. [18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Océan | ![]() |
Battle of Lagos: The third rate was run ashore and burnt in Almadora Bay. |
Redoutable | ![]() |
Battle of Lagos: The Téméraire-class ship of the line was run ashore and burnt in Almadora Bay. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Courier | ![]() |
The packet boat ran aground and was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Danzig with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Cronstadt. [19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Looe Hulk |
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The fifth rate was sunk as a breakwater at Harwich, Essex. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Industry | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec, New France, to London. [21] |
Providence | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mason | ![]() |
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, New France. Her crew were rescued. [22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Resolution |
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![]() Battle of Quiberon Bay: The third rate ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked on the Le Four Shoal, in Quiberon Bay. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Héros | ![]() |
Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and was scuttled in Quiberon Bay. |
Juste | ![]() |
Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and sank in the Loire. |
Soleil-Royal | ![]() |
Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and was scuttled in Quiberon Bay. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Annanime | ![]() |
The privateer was lost off Cherbourg on or after 20 November. [23] |
Experiment | ![]() |
The ship was captured by the privateer Annanime (![]() |
William | ![]() |
The
sloop was captured by the privateer Annanime (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Mermaid |
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The sixth rate ran aground on Big Grand Cay, Bahamas. She was abandoned as a total loss on 6 January 1760. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dubree Nombre de Jesus | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Málaga. [25] |
Maria Magdalena | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar. [25] [26] |
Nossa Senhora do Bonfim | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar. [26] |
Santa Joseph Mawein | ![]() |
The snow was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar. [26] |
Southtalt | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar. [25] [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nossa Senhora da Penha de França | ![]() |
The ship sank at Lisbon. [27] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nostra Señora Madre de Dios e Son Joze | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the Cape Verde Islands. [28] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jonge Jan Jacob | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the coast of Brittany, France. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain, to Bordeaux, France. [29] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Limerick, Ireland. [21] |
Happy Return | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland, to Cork, Ireland. [21] |
Nostra Señora Piedade de Almas | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Folkestone, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. [21] |
Salvator | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. [21] |
Stafford | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from New England, British America, to London. She was subsequently refloated and taken in to Plymouth for repairs. [21] [23] |
Susanna | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. [23] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ancona | ![]() |
The galley foundered in the Gulf of Venice with the loss of most of her crew. [24] |
Armstrong | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Grand Turk Island. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Guadeloupe. [26] |
Judith | ![]() |
The ship was lost on Cape Roman, Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to London. [30] |
Le Comte de la Rivière | ![]() |
The privateer was lost at sea with all hands. [31] |
Marlborough | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Derry. [29] |
Sally | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boston, Massachusetts, British America. [32] |
Swan | ![]() |
The ship was lost in Morant Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. [33] |
The List of shipwrecks in the 1750s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1750s.
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Queen Caroline |
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The schooner was wrecked at Ockracock, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Iermiia | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Adak Island, Alaska, Russian America. Survivors constructed a vessel from the wreckage and sailed away later that year. [2] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Charming Polly |
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The ship, which had sprung a leak six days previously, was beached north of the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Granville | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America, to London. [4] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Brittania |
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The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts September, 1753, last heard from December, 1754 lost on the Georges Bank. Lost with all hands. [5] |
Christian & Peter | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam. [6] |
Honourable Friend | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the coast of Guinea. [7] |
Marischall Keith | ![]() |
The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in the Adriatic Sea off Cape Stillo, Ottoman Albania. She was on a voyage from Riga to Venice. [8] |
Prince George | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Venice. [9] |
Ryder |
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The ship was lost before 25 July with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from the Piscataqua River to North Carolina. [10] |
Sarah |
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The ship foundered before 30 May whilst on a voyage from Rhode Island to the Piscataqua River. Her crew were rescued. [11] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Unidentified boats | A landslide into the Langfjorden in Norway generated three megatsunamis with heights of 40 to 50 metres (131 to 164 ft) in the Langfjorden and the Eresfjorden that destroyed 196 boats. [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Stad Bergen | ![]() |
While on voyage to Norway with a cargo of Frisian roof tiles and bricks she wrecked near the Dutch island Griend on the east wall of the Vliestroom. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Swift | ![]() |
The Drake-class sloop foundered at sea. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Lucy | ![]() |
The ship foundered before 13 November whilst on a voyage from "Cape Fare" to
Hull,
Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Catherine (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Young Victory | ![]() |
The ship exploded and sank during a battle with
HMS Tryal (
![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Antigua whilst evading a French privateer. [16] |
Four ships | Next to Stad Bergen (see 28 March) four other vessels wrecked near Griend, the Netherlands in 1756. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Falcon |
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The bomb vessel was wrecked on the Saintes, off Guadeloupe. [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Tyrrel |
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The brig was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with the loss of sixteen lives. [18] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Océan | ![]() |
Battle of Lagos: The third rate was run ashore and burnt in Almadora Bay. |
Redoutable | ![]() |
Battle of Lagos: The Téméraire-class ship of the line was run ashore and burnt in Almadora Bay. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Courier | ![]() |
The packet boat ran aground and was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Danzig with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Cronstadt. [19] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Looe Hulk |
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The fifth rate was sunk as a breakwater at Harwich, Essex. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Industry | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec, New France, to London. [21] |
Providence | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Mason | ![]() |
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, New France. Her crew were rescued. [22] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Resolution |
![]() |
![]() Battle of Quiberon Bay: The third rate ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked on the Le Four Shoal, in Quiberon Bay. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Héros | ![]() |
Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and was scuttled in Quiberon Bay. |
Juste | ![]() |
Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and sank in the Loire. |
Soleil-Royal | ![]() |
Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and was scuttled in Quiberon Bay. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Annanime | ![]() |
The privateer was lost off Cherbourg on or after 20 November. [23] |
Experiment | ![]() |
The ship was captured by the privateer Annanime (![]() |
William | ![]() |
The
sloop was captured by the privateer Annanime (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Mermaid |
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The sixth rate ran aground on Big Grand Cay, Bahamas. She was abandoned as a total loss on 6 January 1760. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dubree Nombre de Jesus | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Málaga. [25] |
Maria Magdalena | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar. [25] [26] |
Nossa Senhora do Bonfim | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar. [26] |
Santa Joseph Mawein | ![]() |
The snow was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar. [26] |
Southtalt | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar. [25] [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Nossa Senhora da Penha de França | ![]() |
The ship sank at Lisbon. [27] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Nostra Señora Madre de Dios e Son Joze | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the Cape Verde Islands. [28] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Jonge Jan Jacob | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the coast of Brittany, France. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain, to Bordeaux, France. [29] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Eliza | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Limerick, Ireland. [21] |
Happy Return | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland, to Cork, Ireland. [21] |
Nostra Señora Piedade de Almas | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Folkestone, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. [21] |
Salvator | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. [21] |
Stafford | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from New England, British America, to London. She was subsequently refloated and taken in to Plymouth for repairs. [21] [23] |
Susanna | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. [23] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ancona | ![]() |
The galley foundered in the Gulf of Venice with the loss of most of her crew. [24] |
Armstrong | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Grand Turk Island. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Guadeloupe. [26] |
Judith | ![]() |
The ship was lost on Cape Roman, Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to London. [30] |
Le Comte de la Rivière | ![]() |
The privateer was lost at sea with all hands. [31] |
Marlborough | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Derry. [29] |
Sally | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boston, Massachusetts, British America. [32] |
Swan | ![]() |
The ship was lost in Morant Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. [33] |