List of shipwrecks in 1750

The List of shipwrecks in 1750 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1750.

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March

1750 did not begin on 1 January![Note 1]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Duke of Cumberland  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Acklin Keys. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[1]

April

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost at St. Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Málaga, Spain.[2]

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ShipCountryDescription
Mary Jersey The ship was lost on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Newfoundland, British America.[3]
Redbridge  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Gosport, Hampshire, before 10 April.[4]
St. Jacques  France The ship was destroyed by fire in the Gironde estuary.[5]

May

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ShipCountryDescription
Castor  Great Britain The ship capsized in the River Thames before 4 May. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz, Spain.[6]
Duke of Cumberland  Great Britain The East Indiaman was lost in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands before 22 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Fort St. David, Madras, India.[7][8]
Prosperous Anne  Great Britain The ship was lost near Peniche, Portugal, before 29 May with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Málaga, Spain.[9]

June

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Express  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to a Turkish port.[10]

July

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Devonshire  Great Britain The ship was captured by the Spanish and taken into Port Royal, Jamaica, where she was destroyed.[11]
Ranger  Great Britain The ship was captured by the Spanish and taken in to Port Royal, Jamaica, where she was destroyed.[11]

August

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Elephant Danish East India Company The ship was lost in "Mosele Bay", near the Cape of Good Hope. There were 35 survivors; they were rescued by Onwerkirk ( Dutch Republic). Elephant was on a voyage from Tranquebar, India, to Copenhagen.[12][13]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1750
ShipCountryDescription
El Salvador  Spain The ship was wrecked in Topsail Inlet, North Carolina, British America, with the loss of all but four of her crew.[14][15]
Nuestra Sigñora de Solidad  Spain The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Drum Inlet, North Carolina. Her crew survived.[14][15]

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ShipCountryDescription
Friendship  Ireland The ship was driven ashore in the River Corrib. She was on a voyage from a Norwegian port to Gallway.[16]
Hopewell  Great Britain The ship was lost near Rota, Cádiz, Spain, before 28 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rye, Sussex, to Cádiz.[17]
Speedwell  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Wight before 10 August. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London.[18]
St. Lawrence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore opn the Isle of Wight before 10 August. She was on a voyage from "Croswick" to Gottenburg, Sweden.[18]

September

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1750
ShipCountryDescription
La Galga  Spanish Navy The galleon was driven ashore in a hurricane and was wrecked on the coast of Assateague Island, Maryland, British America.[19][20]

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ShipCountryDescription
Duke of Beaufort  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque, France, before 11 September. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[21]
George  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and put into Padstow, Cornwall, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Biddiford, Devon, to London.[22]
Young Brewer  Dutch Republic The ship was lost on the Scroby Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, Great Britain, before 11 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Faro, Portugal.[21]

October

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ShipCountryDescription
Dolphin  Denmark The ship was deliberately run down and sunk by a Moroccan vessel before 19 October and sank with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz, Spain.[23]
Dragon  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, before 26 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[24]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boston, Lincolnshire, before 16 October. She was on a voyage from London to a port in North Holland, Dutch Republic.[25]
Mary-Anne  Great Britain The ship foundered,. Her crew were rescued by Orford ( Great Britain). Mary-Anne was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Havre de Grâce, France.[26]

November

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Charm  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Barbary Coast. Her crew were rescued by Penelope ( Great Britain). Charm was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic to an African port.[27]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Joseph and Mary  Great Britain The ship ran aground off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Saltash, Cornwall, to London[28][29]

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ShipCountryDescription
Anne  Sweden The ship was lost on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, Great Britain, before 9 November. Her crew were rescued by HMS Amazon ( Royal Navy).[30]
Cornelius  Portugal The ship was driven ashore near Caminha before 27 November. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, and Memel, Prussia, to Oporto.[31]
Friends Goodwill  Ireland The ship sank near Chichester, Sussex, before 23 November. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Dunkerque, France.[11]

December

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arvert, France, with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex, to Lisbon, Portugal.[32]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1750
ShipCountryDescription
James  Great Britain The sloop was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Galloway, Ayrshire, to Dublin, Ireland.[33]
Holland  Great Britain The ship was lost near Launceston, Cornwall, before 11 December with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[34]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Seaforth, Lancashire, before 4 December. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London.[28]
Norwich Merchant  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Rye, Sussex, before 4 December. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.[28]

January

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Samuel and Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Málaga, Spain and Marseille, France[35]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Joshua  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Cirella Island".[35]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Young Fisher  Dutch Republic The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by William & Thomas ( Great Britain). Young Fisher was on a voyage from "Georgenti" to Lisbon, Portugal.[12]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Durham  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Belfast, County Down. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Belfast.[36]
Grace  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Belfast. She was on a voyage from New York to Belfast.[36]
Great Molly  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Belfast. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[35]
Oxford  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[36]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1750
ShipCountryDescription
St. Kitts Merchant  Great Britain The snow foundered in Mount's Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[37]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Tees  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near La Hague, France. She was refloated on 28 January but consequently foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Turner ( Great Britain). Tees was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham, to Oporto, Portugal.[35]
Turner  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and damaged near La Hague. She was refloated on 28 January. Turner had been bound for Cádiz, Spain, but put into Dover, Kent.[35]

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ShipCountryDescription
Ellis  Great Britain The ship was lost off Loo, Cornwall, before 25 January with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Falmouth, Cornwall.[38]
Exeter Merchant  Great Britain The ship was lost before 29 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Exeter, Devon.[36]
Goodwill  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Scottish coast with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Dublin, Ireland.[37]
Indian Queen  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Scottish coast with the loss of most of her crew. she was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Dublin.[37]
James  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Burlings, Portugal, before 25 January. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[38]
Prince Frederick  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 30 leagues (90 nautical miles (170 km) wast of the Isles of Scilly. She subsequently drove ashore near Wicklow, Ireland.[33]
Ulysses  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.[36]
Victorious Mary-Anne  France The ship foundered in the English Channel 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Barfleur. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Lisbon.[35]

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Churchfield  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Strait of Gibraltar off "Castill Arabetto". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex, to Genoa, and then Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[39]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Mercury  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Killough, County Down.[40] She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic to Dumfries. Mercury was later refloated and arrived at Dumfries.[39]

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ShipCountryDescription
Anns  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Avelles", on the coast of the Bay of Biscay before 15 February. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Dursley  Ireland The galley was lost on the North Bull, Dublin before 15 February. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin.[41]

March

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Juno  France The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from San Domingo to La Rochelle.[13]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Industry  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, to London.[39][Note 2]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1750
ShipCountryDescription
Jonge Hans and Gerten  Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Bremen.[42]

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ShipCountryDescription
Diligence  Great Britain The ship struck the pier at Dover, Kent, and sank. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Rhode Island, British America. Diligence was subsequently refloated.[39]
Elizabeth  Ireland The ship was lost on the coast of France before 15 March. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to La Rochelle.[43]
Endeavour  Ireland The ship was lost at Cape Tiberoon, France, before 22 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Oporto, Portugal.[44]
John  Ireland The ship was lost on the coast of France before 5 March. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bordeaux, France.[45]
London Packet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Callais, France. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar.[39]
Lorrain  Great Britain The ship foundered in Mount's Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Guernsey, Channel Islands, and London.[42]
Pengwin  Great Britain The ship was lost at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Appledore to Newfoundland, British America.[42]
Revenge  Great Britain The ship was lost at Appledore. She was on a voyage from Appledore to Newfoundland.[42]
Sarah British America The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) west of The Lizard, Cornwall, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from Carolina to a Dutch port.[46]

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ShipCountryDescription
Anne and Mary  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Spanish coast before 10 August with the loss of all hands.[18]
Baltimore  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[47]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida before 15 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[48]
Cæsar  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Honduras to and English port.[49]
Caledonia  Great Britain The ship was lost at Cádiz before 9 November.[30]
Defence  Great Britain The ship was lost on Hispaniola, Captaincy General of Cuba befpre 15 June. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Curaçao.[50]
Duke  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Islote de Sancti Petri, Spain, before 25 January with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille, France, and the Leeward Islands.[38]
Earl of Radnor  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Calabar before 4 December. She was plundered and then set afire and destroyed by the local inhabitants.[28]
Eleanor  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Barbary Coast before 15 June. She was on a voyage from London to Mazagan, Morocco.[50]
Friends Adventure  Great Britain The ship sank at Altona, Hamburg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, France, to Hamburg.[49]
George  Great Britain The ship struck a whale and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to a Spanish port.[34]
George & Peter  Great Britain The ship was lost near St. Lucar, Spain, before 11 December.[34]
Humphry  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Virginia, British America, before 6 November. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Virginia.[51]
King of Sardinia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Newfoundland, British America.[26]
Lamport  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of British Honduras before 15 March. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Lyme  Great Britain The ship sank in the Bengal River, India, before 8 March.[46]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Messina, Sicily, before 8 January. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to Gallipoly, Ottoman Empire.[32]
Mary British America The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Prospect Island, Nova Scotia, before 8 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia to Cádiz, Spain.[46]
Mercury  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was wrecked on a reef off Barbadoes before 7 December with the loss of five slaves.[29]
Molly  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Strait of Gibraltar before 12 June. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to Ostend, West Flanders, Dutch Republic.[52]
Montague  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Honduras to London.[53]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Portuguese coast before 4 December. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to London.[28]
Santa Pedro  Spain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Virginia before 15 March.[13]
Sarah & Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the "Western Islands". Most of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain, to the Piscataqua River, Maine, British America.[54]
Squirrel  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Chesil Beach.[55]
Success British America The sloop was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, before 5 March. Her crew survived.[56]
Sv. Pëtr  Russian Empire The shitik was lost in the Near Islands in the western Catherine Archipelago. Her crew was rescued.[57]
Two Brothers  France The ship was lost at "Agle", Languedoc, before 22 March. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, Great Britain, to Cette, Hérault.[44]
Vigilant  France The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to San Domingo.[5]
Willingmind  Great Britain The ship was burnt in the River Sherborough, Africa. Her crew survived.[39]

Notes

  1. ^ Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1749 was followed by 25 March 1750. 31 December 1750 was followed by 1 January 1750.
  2. ^ Issue is misdated 1750

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