This is a list of shipwrecks in 1757. It includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1757.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off St Mawes, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fortune | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire. [1] |
Hope | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] |
St. Pedro | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. [1] |
Quarantine | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin. [1] |
Volunteer | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica. [1] |
Wilson | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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St. Nepunceña | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Normandy, France. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Dunkerque, France. [2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Little Sally | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, by a privateer. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon, to London/ [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Annabella | ![]() |
The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [4] |
Black Prince | ![]() |
The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Camelion |
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The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Casada Garden |
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The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Charles | ![]() |
The ship was captured by a French privateer and was run onto rocks ne Boulogne, France and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [6] |
Cunliffe | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] |
Elizabeth & Mary | ![]() |
The ship was captured off Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk. [4] |
Happy Jennet | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. [7] |
Holker | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland. [7] |
Joseph & Abraham | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. [8] |
Maiters | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. [7] |
Nancy | ![]() |
The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk. [4] |
Nicholas | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Whitehaven. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. [3] |
Nostra Señora de Caridad | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gijón to London. [8] |
Polly |
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The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Porter | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Spurn Island, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Hull. [6] |
Prince of Orange | ![]() |
The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk. [4] |
Prince of Wales | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Boulogne. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. [6] |
Sarah |
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The snow foundered before 29 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Piscataqua River. [9] |
Toleration | ![]() |
The ship foundered on a voyage from Stockholm to Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain. [8] |
Union |
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The ship was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island to a North Carolina port. [10] |
Whitington | ![]() |
The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Young Batchelor |
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The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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St Anthony | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore east of Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Guernsey, Channel Islands. [11] |
Unnamed privateer | ![]() |
The
privateer (previously the Royal George (
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Ship | State | Description |
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York | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Hastings, Sussex, by a French privateer. She had been on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire, but had been captured previously and taken in to Guernsey, Channel Islands, and was then bound for London. [11] [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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William | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hastings, Sussex, by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to London. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. [3] |
Lady Strange | ![]() |
The ship was lost on Ely Island, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London. [3] |
Joseph & Jane | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin. [3] |
Littleton | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) west of Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America, to London. [3] |
Maria | ![]() |
The ship was captured by a French privateer and driven ashore on the French coast. She was on a voyage from New York, British America, to London. [14] |
Neptune | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Londonderry, Ireland with the loss of all hands. [15] |
Nostra Señora do Soccero i Alma | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Berlengas, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Seville to London. [15] |
Peggy | ![]() |
The ship was lost east of Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth, Kingdom of Ireland to London. [2] |
Seahorse | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to London. [13] |
Southampton | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, to Plymouth. [3] |
Speedwell | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to Dublin. [15] |
Success | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the West Indies. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Betty | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the
English Channel off
Beachy Head,
Sussex. Her crew were rescued by
HMS Scorpion (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Constance | ![]() |
The privateer was wrecked at San Sebastián, Spain. [17] |
Princess | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. [18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lark | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near "Stewth". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin. [19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sarah | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in Sligo Bay, Ireland, and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the Cape Verde Islands. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
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St Antonio | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin, Ireland. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Black Prince | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships. [22] |
King George | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships. [22] |
Ogden | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships. [22] |
Penelope | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships. [22] |
True Blue | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships. [22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Barnwell | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. [23] |
Bosville | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Virginia, British America. [19] |
Chichester | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex, to Liverpool. [24] |
Drogheda Merchant | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. [23] |
Duke | ![]() |
The ship sank at Liverpool. [23] |
Duke of Cumberland | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. [19] |
Eagle | ![]() |
The privateer was in collision with a Dutch ship and foundered. [19] |
Earl of Halifax | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the King Road. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to London. [16] |
Enterprize | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to London [19] |
Everton | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. [23] |
Fortune | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Margate. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire. [25] |
Fanny | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Greenock and was severely damaged. [19] |
Great Britain | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. [23] |
Hopewell | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to an African port. [25] |
John | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. [23] |
John | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the King Road. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Antigua. [26] |
Kilham | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull to Oporto, Portugal. [27] |
Liberty | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian, to London. [23] |
Manchester | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Londonderry, Ireland. [25] |
Mercury | ![]() |
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, to Venice. [23] |
Monmoth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Virginia, British America. [25] |
Nostra Señora de Rosario | ![]() |
The ship foundered. [23] |
Olive Branch | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Newry, County Antrim, Ireland. [28] |
Quester | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to an African port. [25] |
Sandwich | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandwich, Kent. [29] |
Traffords | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. [25] |
Triton |
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The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pilau, Kingdom of Prussia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Christiansand to Dantzick. [17] |
Two Sisters | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire. [29] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Buchanan | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Sable Island. She had been on a voyage from Gibraltar to Maryland, British America, by had been captured by a French privateer and was being sent in to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. [30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Africa | ![]() |
The ship foundered in Carlisle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to an African port. [21] |
Betsey | ![]() |
The ship was captured by four French Navy ships and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Denia, Spain, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [31] |
Craven | ![]() |
The ship was lost at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [17] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was captured by four French Navy ships and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Zant, Karli-Eli to London. [31] |
Exchange | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Edinburgh, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Königsberg, Prussia. [20] |
Fanny | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Studdal Roads, off the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. [28] |
Hawke | ![]() |
The ship was lost off Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Amsterdam. [32] |
Industry | ![]() |
The ship capsized in the Catwater. [21] |
Macclesfield | ![]() |
The ship was lost "below the Cole". She was on a voyage from Hull to Riga, Russia. [20] |
Robert and Anne | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Dover, Kent. [21] |
Sarah | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. [31] |
Southampton Sally | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Chester, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Chester. [33] |
St. Lucar | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aquilon | ![]() |
The 48-gun
fifth rate was driven ashore and wrecked in
Audierne Bay by
HMS Antelope (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on a rock in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to an Irish port. [36] |
Hope | ![]() |
The ship foundered off the "Anot Islands". She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway, to Riga, Russia. [37] |
Postillion | ![]() |
The
privateer was captured by
HMS Rochester (
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Royal Widow | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from
Bristol,
Gloucestershire, to
Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the
privateer Defiance (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Granville | ![]() |
The
privateer exploded off the
Isles of Scilly,
Great Britain, during an engagement with the privateer Britannia (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Junon | ![]() |
The frigate ran aground at Port Mahon, Menorca. She was declared a total loss and broken up. |
Matilda | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the River Suir at Waterford, Ireland, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Waterford. [40] |
Nostra Señora de la Mayor | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Seville to Bristol. [41] |
Royal George | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Guinea. [42] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Rose | ![]() |
The
fifth rate was engaged off
Malta by
HMS Hampton Court (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Hull, Yorkshire. [45] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Duke of Bedford | ![]() |
The privateer was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. [46] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Clinton | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the No Mans Land sandbar, South Carolina, British America. [47] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Barbadoes | ![]() |
The ship capsized and sank in the River Dee, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from London to Chester, Cheshire. [48] |
Dragon | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Plymouth, Devon, with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [49] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on The Nore, in the Thames Estuary. [49] |
La Muette | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dale, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. [50] |
Pretty Peggy | ![]() |
The ship was lost off Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America via Liverpool. [48] |
Providence | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London. [51] |
Prince George | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Blackwall, London. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [49] |
Rhode-Island | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the East Knock, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [49] |
Robert | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to Dublin. Her crew were rescued. [48] |
Swift | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on The Nore. [49] |
Two Brothers | ![]() |
The ship sank at Plymouth, Devon following her arrival from Oporto, Portugal. [48] |
Venyowa | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to North Carolina, British America. [49] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marie | ![]() |
The collier was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon, with the loss of all hands. [52] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Minie | ![]() |
The ship capsized in the
Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Chipenham (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jungfrau Anna-Ekaterina | ![]() |
The yacht was driven ashore and sank near "Muskelo". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt. [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dorothea | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Calais, Kingdom of France. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. [54] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nancy | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 48°16′N 17°57′W / 48.267°N 17.950°W). Her crew were rescued by True Patriot. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Boston, Massachusetts, British America. [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Ferret |
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The sloop-of-war foundered in a hurricane off the coast of New France with the loss of all 125 crew. |
HMS Tilbury |
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Louisbourg Expedition: The fourth rate ship of the line was wrecked off Louisbourg, Île-Royale, New France with the loss of 121 of her crew. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Moscow | ![]() |
The battleship was driven ashore and wrecked at Libava, Courland Governorate with the loss of 98 lives. [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Duke of Cumberland | ![]() |
The ship, operating under a letter of marque, foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 9 leagues (27 nautical miles (50 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia, British America, with the loss of 25 of her 46 crew. [56] |
English Oak | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Dublin, Ireland, and was wrecked. [57] |
Margaret | ![]() |
The ship was captured and burnt by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Gothenburg, Sweden. [55] |
Mary & Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [58] |
Merry Katherine | ![]() |
The ship was lost off Dunkerque, France. Sje had been ov a voyage from New York, British America, to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, but had been captured by a French privateer and sent in to that port. [59] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Vakhtmeister | ![]() |
The Gektor-class frigate was driven ashore on "Wolf Island" and sank with the loss of fourteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt. [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Griffin | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Abbotsbury, Dorset, with the los of nine lives. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. [60] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Olifant | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore by ice near the Tokbukhin Lighthouse. She was refloated the following Spring and taken in to Cronstadt. [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Friendship | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the Holms Head Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. [10] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Swift | ![]() |
The ship sailed from Jamaica for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered. [61] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John & Jane | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. [62] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Edward | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man. [63] |
Hampton Court | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [64] |
Lyme | ![]() |
The
privateer capsized in
Weymouth Bay with the loss of all but two of her crew. The survivors were rescued by the privateer Cumberland (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Hawke | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the "Collerados". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [65] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Industry | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Guernsey, Channel Islands. [66] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nympha do Lomar | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at San Lucar. She was on a voyage from Málaga to London, Great Britain. [67] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bellona | ![]() |
The privateer capsized in the River Avon at Bristol, Gloucestershire, and was wrecked. [68] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nossa Senhora da Caridade e São José | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the French coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Faro to London, Great Britain. [69] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth and Janet | ![]() |
The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was then pursued by an English privateer but was deliberately run ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to San Lucar, Spain. [70] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Charles | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Barnstaple Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Cork, Ireland. [71] |
Fly | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Ives, Cornwall, with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Boston to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [66] |
Friendship | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gigha. [71] |
Heroine | ![]() |
The
privateer, a
prize of the Duke of Cornwall (![]() |
Orford | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "the Neals". She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [66] |
Prins Frederick |
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The ship foundered off Drontheim. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Drontheim. [55] |
Recovery | ![]() |
The privateer foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of 74 lives. [66] |
Swallow | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Redheasell | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Jamaica via Madeira. Her crew were rescued. [72] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Neptune | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked at Dover, Kent, whilst trying to evade a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Hamburg. [73] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Diamond | ![]() |
The ship was intercepted by
HMS Brilliant (
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Intrepide | ![]() |
The
privateer was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by
HMS Brilliant (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Nostra Señora de Rosaria, Santa Anna, Santa Antonio et Santa Almas | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. [75] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Thomas and Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth Hoe, Devon. [70] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann & Isabel | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Waterford, Ireland. [62] |
Aquila Imperial | ![]() |
The ship was lost near St Andero with the loss of twenty of her crew. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain, to Bilboa. [76] |
Benjamin | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [62] |
Betty | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Londonderry. [77] |
Charlotta Frederika | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Charm | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dundee, Perthshire. [67] |
Charming Peggy | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Clifford | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Dirk William & Cornelia | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Nova Scotia, British North America. [78] |
Exchange | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Freeden |
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The ship foundered in the Norwegian Sea off Bergen. She was on a voyage from London to Drontheim. [76] |
Friends Goodwill | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the East Barrowheads Sand, in the North Sea, with the loss of four of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London. [62] |
Friends Goodwill | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Friendship | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Happy Janet | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to the Firth of Forth. [79] |
Henrietta | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [73] |
Hope | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Corton, Suffolk, with the loss of all hands. [80] |
Italian Merchant | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Jennet & Margaret | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
John | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
John & Margaret | ![]() |
The ship was lost near San Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Gibraltar. [79] |
Laurel | ![]() |
The privateer was captured and sunk by
Saint Michel (![]() |
Leviathan | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Lintott | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crosby, Lancashire. [62] [81] |
Maria | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to Stockton on Tees, County Durham. [80] |
Masters | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Nepthanis | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Nostra Señora de Rosario Santa Anna Santa Antonio & Aluas | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Terceira. [62] |
Otter | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Port Merchant | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Providence | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Restoration | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Seanymph | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Spaandershort |
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The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Texel, Dutch Republic. [79] |
Spalden Packet | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
St. George | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Tynemouth. [67] |
St. Peter | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Channel with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [81] |
Success | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. [81] |
Unicorn | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Hull, Yorkshire. [79] |
Union | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Virchild | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Trieste, Archduchy of Austria. [81] |
Walpole | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on The Staples, in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Tynemouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [67] |
Wilson | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Plymouth, Devon. [81] |
Young Alexander | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Arklow, County Wicklow. [81] |
Young Batchelor | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bristol. [77] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anamaboo | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the coast of Carolina, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an African port to Rhode Island, British America. [82] |
Anne & Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was captured by three French Navy frigates off Louisbourg, Île Royale, French North America and was burnt. [79] |
Arch Duke of Austria |
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The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "the coast of Italy". [31] |
Beckford | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Nevis to London. Her crew were rescued. [63] |
Cæsar | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Jordans, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [39] |
Centurion | ![]() |
The ship was captured by a French ship. She was on a voyage from Killibeg, County Donegal, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was sent in to Marseille was lost off that port. [16] |
Charming Jenny | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from
Venice to Jamaica. Her crew were rescued by
HMS Assistance (
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Cornelia | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Delaware Capes, British America, with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Gibraltar. [83] |
Count Axel Fersen | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Moorish coast with the loss of about half of her crew. The survivors were taken prisoner. She was on a voyage from London to Barcelona, Spain. [84] |
Don Pedro | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Sint Eustatius. [23] |
Duke | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London. [85] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia to Montserrat. [86] |
Figuera Packet | ![]() |
The ship was captured by a French Navy frigate whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. She was plundered and burnt. [85] |
George | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the coast of Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Georgia, British America to the Leeward Islands. [23] |
Lydia | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London. [85] |
Martha & Mary | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Jamaica. [87] |
Mary | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Antigua. [23] |
Mediterranean | ![]() |
The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. [68] |
Mermaid | ![]() |
The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. [68] |
Myrtilla | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [47] [88] |
Nouvelle Société | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Quebeck, French America. [89] |
Pearl | ![]() |
The ship was lost at Montserrat. [4] |
Peter & Mary | ![]() |
The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. [68] |
Pusey | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Reedy Island, Delaware, British America. [24] |
Richard & Jane | ![]() |
The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. [68] |
Sally | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Delaware River, British America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jamaica. [85] |
Speculation | ![]() |
The ship was captured off Livorno by a French ship. She was sent in to Marseille was lost off that port. [27] |
Swallow | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British America, with the loss of several lives. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Newfoundland. [71] |
Thomas & Mary | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued by William & Mary (![]() |
Virginia | ![]() |
The ship was lost off North Carolina, British America, before 11 November. [56] [90] |
This is a list of shipwrecks in 1757. It includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1757.
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References |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off St Mawes, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fortune | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire. [1] |
Hope | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] |
St. Pedro | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. [1] |
Quarantine | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin. [1] |
Volunteer | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica. [1] |
Wilson | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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St. Nepunceña | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Normandy, France. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Dunkerque, France. [2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Little Sally | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, by a privateer. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon, to London/ [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Annabella | ![]() |
The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [4] |
Black Prince | ![]() |
The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Camelion |
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The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Casada Garden |
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The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Charles | ![]() |
The ship was captured by a French privateer and was run onto rocks ne Boulogne, France and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [6] |
Cunliffe | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] |
Elizabeth & Mary | ![]() |
The ship was captured off Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk. [4] |
Happy Jennet | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. [7] |
Holker | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland. [7] |
Joseph & Abraham | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. [8] |
Maiters | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. [7] |
Nancy | ![]() |
The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk. [4] |
Nicholas | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Whitehaven. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. [3] |
Nostra Señora de Caridad | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gijón to London. [8] |
Polly |
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The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Porter | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Spurn Island, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Hull. [6] |
Prince of Orange | ![]() |
The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk. [4] |
Prince of Wales | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Boulogne. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. [6] |
Sarah |
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The snow foundered before 29 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Piscataqua River. [9] |
Toleration | ![]() |
The ship foundered on a voyage from Stockholm to Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain. [8] |
Union |
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The ship was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island to a North Carolina port. [10] |
Whitington | ![]() |
The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Young Batchelor |
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The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk. [5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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St Anthony | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore east of Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Guernsey, Channel Islands. [11] |
Unnamed privateer | ![]() |
The
privateer (previously the Royal George (
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Ship | State | Description |
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York | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Hastings, Sussex, by a French privateer. She had been on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire, but had been captured previously and taken in to Guernsey, Channel Islands, and was then bound for London. [11] [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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William | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hastings, Sussex, by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to London. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. [3] |
Lady Strange | ![]() |
The ship was lost on Ely Island, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London. [3] |
Joseph & Jane | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin. [3] |
Littleton | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) west of Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America, to London. [3] |
Maria | ![]() |
The ship was captured by a French privateer and driven ashore on the French coast. She was on a voyage from New York, British America, to London. [14] |
Neptune | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Londonderry, Ireland with the loss of all hands. [15] |
Nostra Señora do Soccero i Alma | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Berlengas, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Seville to London. [15] |
Peggy | ![]() |
The ship was lost east of Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth, Kingdom of Ireland to London. [2] |
Seahorse | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to London. [13] |
Southampton | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, to Plymouth. [3] |
Speedwell | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to Dublin. [15] |
Success | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the West Indies. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Betty | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the
English Channel off
Beachy Head,
Sussex. Her crew were rescued by
HMS Scorpion (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Constance | ![]() |
The privateer was wrecked at San Sebastián, Spain. [17] |
Princess | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. [18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lark | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near "Stewth". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin. [19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sarah | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in Sligo Bay, Ireland, and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the Cape Verde Islands. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
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St Antonio | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin, Ireland. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Black Prince | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships. [22] |
King George | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships. [22] |
Ogden | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships. [22] |
Penelope | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships. [22] |
True Blue | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships. [22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Barnwell | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. [23] |
Bosville | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Virginia, British America. [19] |
Chichester | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex, to Liverpool. [24] |
Drogheda Merchant | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. [23] |
Duke | ![]() |
The ship sank at Liverpool. [23] |
Duke of Cumberland | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. [19] |
Eagle | ![]() |
The privateer was in collision with a Dutch ship and foundered. [19] |
Earl of Halifax | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the King Road. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to London. [16] |
Enterprize | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to London [19] |
Everton | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. [23] |
Fortune | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Margate. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire. [25] |
Fanny | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Greenock and was severely damaged. [19] |
Great Britain | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. [23] |
Hopewell | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to an African port. [25] |
John | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. [23] |
John | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the King Road. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Antigua. [26] |
Kilham | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull to Oporto, Portugal. [27] |
Liberty | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian, to London. [23] |
Manchester | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Londonderry, Ireland. [25] |
Mercury | ![]() |
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, to Venice. [23] |
Monmoth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Virginia, British America. [25] |
Nostra Señora de Rosario | ![]() |
The ship foundered. [23] |
Olive Branch | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Newry, County Antrim, Ireland. [28] |
Quester | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to an African port. [25] |
Sandwich | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandwich, Kent. [29] |
Traffords | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. [25] |
Triton |
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The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pilau, Kingdom of Prussia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Christiansand to Dantzick. [17] |
Two Sisters | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire. [29] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Buchanan | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Sable Island. She had been on a voyage from Gibraltar to Maryland, British America, by had been captured by a French privateer and was being sent in to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. [30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Africa | ![]() |
The ship foundered in Carlisle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to an African port. [21] |
Betsey | ![]() |
The ship was captured by four French Navy ships and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Denia, Spain, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [31] |
Craven | ![]() |
The ship was lost at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [17] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was captured by four French Navy ships and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Zant, Karli-Eli to London. [31] |
Exchange | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Edinburgh, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Königsberg, Prussia. [20] |
Fanny | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Studdal Roads, off the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. [28] |
Hawke | ![]() |
The ship was lost off Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Amsterdam. [32] |
Industry | ![]() |
The ship capsized in the Catwater. [21] |
Macclesfield | ![]() |
The ship was lost "below the Cole". She was on a voyage from Hull to Riga, Russia. [20] |
Robert and Anne | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Dover, Kent. [21] |
Sarah | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. [31] |
Southampton Sally | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Chester, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Chester. [33] |
St. Lucar | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aquilon | ![]() |
The 48-gun
fifth rate was driven ashore and wrecked in
Audierne Bay by
HMS Antelope (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on a rock in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to an Irish port. [36] |
Hope | ![]() |
The ship foundered off the "Anot Islands". She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway, to Riga, Russia. [37] |
Postillion | ![]() |
The
privateer was captured by
HMS Rochester (
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Royal Widow | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from
Bristol,
Gloucestershire, to
Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the
privateer Defiance (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Granville | ![]() |
The
privateer exploded off the
Isles of Scilly,
Great Britain, during an engagement with the privateer Britannia (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Junon | ![]() |
The frigate ran aground at Port Mahon, Menorca. She was declared a total loss and broken up. |
Matilda | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the River Suir at Waterford, Ireland, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Waterford. [40] |
Nostra Señora de la Mayor | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Seville to Bristol. [41] |
Royal George | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Guinea. [42] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Rose | ![]() |
The
fifth rate was engaged off
Malta by
HMS Hampton Court (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Hull, Yorkshire. [45] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Duke of Bedford | ![]() |
The privateer was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. [46] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Clinton | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the No Mans Land sandbar, South Carolina, British America. [47] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Barbadoes | ![]() |
The ship capsized and sank in the River Dee, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from London to Chester, Cheshire. [48] |
Dragon | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Plymouth, Devon, with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [49] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on The Nore, in the Thames Estuary. [49] |
La Muette | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dale, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. [50] |
Pretty Peggy | ![]() |
The ship was lost off Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America via Liverpool. [48] |
Providence | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London. [51] |
Prince George | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Blackwall, London. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [49] |
Rhode-Island | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the East Knock, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [49] |
Robert | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to Dublin. Her crew were rescued. [48] |
Swift | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on The Nore. [49] |
Two Brothers | ![]() |
The ship sank at Plymouth, Devon following her arrival from Oporto, Portugal. [48] |
Venyowa | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to North Carolina, British America. [49] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marie | ![]() |
The collier was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon, with the loss of all hands. [52] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Minie | ![]() |
The ship capsized in the
Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Chipenham (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jungfrau Anna-Ekaterina | ![]() |
The yacht was driven ashore and sank near "Muskelo". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt. [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dorothea | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Calais, Kingdom of France. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. [54] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nancy | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 48°16′N 17°57′W / 48.267°N 17.950°W). Her crew were rescued by True Patriot. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Boston, Massachusetts, British America. [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Ferret |
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The sloop-of-war foundered in a hurricane off the coast of New France with the loss of all 125 crew. |
HMS Tilbury |
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Louisbourg Expedition: The fourth rate ship of the line was wrecked off Louisbourg, Île-Royale, New France with the loss of 121 of her crew. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Moscow | ![]() |
The battleship was driven ashore and wrecked at Libava, Courland Governorate with the loss of 98 lives. [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Duke of Cumberland | ![]() |
The ship, operating under a letter of marque, foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 9 leagues (27 nautical miles (50 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia, British America, with the loss of 25 of her 46 crew. [56] |
English Oak | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Dublin, Ireland, and was wrecked. [57] |
Margaret | ![]() |
The ship was captured and burnt by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Gothenburg, Sweden. [55] |
Mary & Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [58] |
Merry Katherine | ![]() |
The ship was lost off Dunkerque, France. Sje had been ov a voyage from New York, British America, to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, but had been captured by a French privateer and sent in to that port. [59] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Vakhtmeister | ![]() |
The Gektor-class frigate was driven ashore on "Wolf Island" and sank with the loss of fourteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt. [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Griffin | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Abbotsbury, Dorset, with the los of nine lives. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. [60] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Olifant | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore by ice near the Tokbukhin Lighthouse. She was refloated the following Spring and taken in to Cronstadt. [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Friendship | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the Holms Head Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. [10] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Swift | ![]() |
The ship sailed from Jamaica for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered. [61] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John & Jane | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. [62] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Edward | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man. [63] |
Hampton Court | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [64] |
Lyme | ![]() |
The
privateer capsized in
Weymouth Bay with the loss of all but two of her crew. The survivors were rescued by the privateer Cumberland (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Hawke | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the "Collerados". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [65] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Industry | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off Guernsey, Channel Islands. [66] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nympha do Lomar | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at San Lucar. She was on a voyage from Málaga to London, Great Britain. [67] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bellona | ![]() |
The privateer capsized in the River Avon at Bristol, Gloucestershire, and was wrecked. [68] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nossa Senhora da Caridade e São José | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the French coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Faro to London, Great Britain. [69] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth and Janet | ![]() |
The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was then pursued by an English privateer but was deliberately run ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to San Lucar, Spain. [70] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Charles | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Barnstaple Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Cork, Ireland. [71] |
Fly | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Ives, Cornwall, with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Boston to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [66] |
Friendship | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gigha. [71] |
Heroine | ![]() |
The
privateer, a
prize of the Duke of Cornwall (![]() |
Orford | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "the Neals". She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [66] |
Prins Frederick |
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The ship foundered off Drontheim. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Drontheim. [55] |
Recovery | ![]() |
The privateer foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of 74 lives. [66] |
Swallow | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Redheasell | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Jamaica via Madeira. Her crew were rescued. [72] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Neptune | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked at Dover, Kent, whilst trying to evade a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Hamburg. [73] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Diamond | ![]() |
The ship was intercepted by
HMS Brilliant (
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Intrepide | ![]() |
The
privateer was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by
HMS Brilliant (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Nostra Señora de Rosaria, Santa Anna, Santa Antonio et Santa Almas | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. [75] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Thomas and Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth Hoe, Devon. [70] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann & Isabel | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Waterford, Ireland. [62] |
Aquila Imperial | ![]() |
The ship was lost near St Andero with the loss of twenty of her crew. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain, to Bilboa. [76] |
Benjamin | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [62] |
Betty | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Londonderry. [77] |
Charlotta Frederika | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Charm | ![]() |
The ship was lost on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dundee, Perthshire. [67] |
Charming Peggy | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Clifford | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Dirk William & Cornelia | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Nova Scotia, British North America. [78] |
Exchange | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Freeden |
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The ship foundered in the Norwegian Sea off Bergen. She was on a voyage from London to Drontheim. [76] |
Friends Goodwill | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the East Barrowheads Sand, in the North Sea, with the loss of four of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London. [62] |
Friends Goodwill | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Friendship | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Happy Janet | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to the Firth of Forth. [79] |
Henrietta | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [73] |
Hope | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Corton, Suffolk, with the loss of all hands. [80] |
Italian Merchant | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Jennet & Margaret | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
John | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
John & Margaret | ![]() |
The ship was lost near San Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Gibraltar. [79] |
Laurel | ![]() |
The privateer was captured and sunk by
Saint Michel (![]() |
Leviathan | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Lintott | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crosby, Lancashire. [62] [81] |
Maria | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to Stockton on Tees, County Durham. [80] |
Masters | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Nepthanis | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Nostra Señora de Rosario Santa Anna Santa Antonio & Aluas | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Terceira. [62] |
Otter | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Port Merchant | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Providence | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Restoration | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Seanymph | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Spaandershort |
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The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Texel, Dutch Republic. [79] |
Spalden Packet | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
St. George | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Tynemouth. [67] |
St. Peter | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Channel with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [81] |
Success | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Dublin. [81] |
Unicorn | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Hull, Yorkshire. [79] |
Union | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. [62] |
Virchild | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Trieste, Archduchy of Austria. [81] |
Walpole | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on The Staples, in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Tynemouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [67] |
Wilson | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Plymouth, Devon. [81] |
Young Alexander | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Arklow, County Wicklow. [81] |
Young Batchelor | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bristol. [77] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anamaboo | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the coast of Carolina, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an African port to Rhode Island, British America. [82] |
Anne & Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was captured by three French Navy frigates off Louisbourg, Île Royale, French North America and was burnt. [79] |
Arch Duke of Austria |
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The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "the coast of Italy". [31] |
Beckford | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Nevis to London. Her crew were rescued. [63] |
Cæsar | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Jordans, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [39] |
Centurion | ![]() |
The ship was captured by a French ship. She was on a voyage from Killibeg, County Donegal, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was sent in to Marseille was lost off that port. [16] |
Charming Jenny | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from
Venice to Jamaica. Her crew were rescued by
HMS Assistance (
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Cornelia | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Delaware Capes, British America, with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Gibraltar. [83] |
Count Axel Fersen | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Moorish coast with the loss of about half of her crew. The survivors were taken prisoner. She was on a voyage from London to Barcelona, Spain. [84] |
Don Pedro | ![]() |
The ship was lost near Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Sint Eustatius. [23] |
Duke | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London. [85] |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia to Montserrat. [86] |
Figuera Packet | ![]() |
The ship was captured by a French Navy frigate whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. She was plundered and burnt. [85] |
George | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the coast of Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Georgia, British America to the Leeward Islands. [23] |
Lydia | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London. [85] |
Martha & Mary | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Jamaica. [87] |
Mary | ![]() |
The ship was lost off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Antigua. [23] |
Mediterranean | ![]() |
The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. [68] |
Mermaid | ![]() |
The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. [68] |
Myrtilla | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [47] [88] |
Nouvelle Société | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Quebeck, French America. [89] |
Pearl | ![]() |
The ship was lost at Montserrat. [4] |
Peter & Mary | ![]() |
The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. [68] |
Pusey | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Reedy Island, Delaware, British America. [24] |
Richard & Jane | ![]() |
The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. [68] |
Sally | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Delaware River, British America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jamaica. [85] |
Speculation | ![]() |
The ship was captured off Livorno by a French ship. She was sent in to Marseille was lost off that port. [27] |
Swallow | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British America, with the loss of several lives. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Newfoundland. [71] |
Thomas & Mary | ![]() |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued by William & Mary (![]() |
Virginia | ![]() |
The ship was lost off North Carolina, British America, before 11 November. [56] [90] |