List of shipwrecks in 1751

The List of shipwrecks in 1751 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1751.

Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1750 was followed by 25 March 1751. 1751 was a special case, only having 282 days, per the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, meaning that 31 December 1751 was followed by 1 January 1752.

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1751
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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March

26 March
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Lamb  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Shannon, Ireland and was severely damaged. She was later refloated and taken in to Kilrush, County Cork or Limerick. Lamb was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America, to London.[1][2]

April

20 April
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Johanna  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly.[3]
Kingston  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly.[3]

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ShipCountryDescription
Diepe Packet  Great Britain The ship was lost off Folkstone, Kent, before 5 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, to London.[2]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Irish Sea with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Waterford, Ireland.[2]

May

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ShipCountryDescription
Allan  Great Britain The ship foundered in The Swin, off the coast of Essex before 14 May. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[3]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at St. Lucar, Spain, before 10 May.[4]
Rose in June  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at St. Lucar before 10 May.[4]

June

25 June
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Hibernia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore east of Gibraltar. She was on a voygae from Málaga, Spain, to Gibraltar.[5]

27 June
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Diamond  Great Britain The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 120 leagues (360 nautical miles (670 km)) off the Virginia Capes, British America. Her crew were rescued.[5]

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ShipCountryDescription
Mary Jersey The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Bilbao, Spain.[6]
Seanymph  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, before 18 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Carmarthen.[6]

July

24 July
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Friendship  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint Kitts.[7]

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ShipCountryDescription
Bacchus  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ouessant, Finistère, Kingdom of France before 19 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Falmouth, Cornwall.[8]
Duncanon  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef before 29 July. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[9]

August

8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Warwick British America The ship was lost on Atwood's Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Hispaniola.[10]

30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Magdalena  France The ship foundered in the Windward Passage. Some of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Domingo to Nantes, Loire-Atlantique.[11]

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ShipCountryDescription
Alice and Betty  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of the Isle of Man before 23 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to and African port.[12]
Alida  Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain, before 20 August. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Carthagena, Spain.[13]
Ducalion  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Hythe, Kent. She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to London.[14]
Duke of Cumberland  Great Britain The ship exploded in the Irish Sea off Dublin, Ireland before 16 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Virginia, British America.[15]
Flower  Ireland The ship was driven ashore on St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, Great Britain, before 23 August. She was on a voyage from "Dram", Norway to Cork.[12]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore between Port-Louis, Morbihan and Brest, Finistère, France, before 27 August with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain, to Chester, Cheshire.[16]

September

8 September
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Mary  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Drunton" to Dublin.[17]

14 September
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Stanhope  Great Britain The brig was wrecked on the coast of Scotland with the loss of two of her crew.[18]

18 September
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Amstelland Dutch East India Company The fluyt was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt, Duchy of Schleswig.[19]

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ShipCountryDescription
Christiana  Great Britain The ship was lost on the African coast with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Sierra Leone.[20]
Katherine-Elizabeth Hamburg The ship was lost on the Dutch coast before 20 September. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz, Spain.[9]
Phenix  Russia The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland before 24 September. She was on a voyage from Riga to Venice.[21]

October

2 October
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost near Carlscroon, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Chester, Cheshire.[22]

30 October
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Lyon British America The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Speedwell ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Barbadoes.[23]

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ShipCountryDescription
Eustace  Great Britain The ship was lost near Dunkerque, Nord, France, before 8 October. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque.[24]
Fox  Ireland The cutter foundered off Margate, Kent, Great Britain, before 29 October with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dublin.[25][26]

November

13 November
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Beckford  Great Britain The ship was lost at Bilbao, Spain.[27]

16 November
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Paul Katharina  France The snow was driven ashore between The Needles and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from San Domingo to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime.[28]
Prospect  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to London[28]

17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Queen of Hungary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[29]

22 November
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Racer  Great Britain The ship was abandoned in The Downs during a storm. She was later taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. Racer was on a voyage from Madeira to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic.[22]

24 November
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Dolphin  France The ship foundered in the English Channel off South Foreland, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime.[29]

28 November
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Normandy, France, with the loss of 22 of her 25 crew. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[23]

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ShipCountryDescription
Charlotte Hamburg The ship was lost near Calais, France.[30]
Flower  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Barcelona, Spain.[30]
Nightingale  Great Britain The ship foundered in the River Tees before 19 November. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham, to London.[28]

December

2 December
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Providence  Great Britain The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[27]

13 December
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Charm  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship foundered with the loss of all slaves on board. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the snow Captain Brownin ( Great Britain). Charm was on a voyage from the Cape Coast to Barbadoes.[31]

24 December
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1751
ShipCountryDescription
St. Anthony  Great Britain The ship was lost near Redreeth, Cornwall, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to London.[32]

31 December
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1751
ShipCountryDescription
Familia British America The schooner was lost on this date. All on board were rescued.[33]

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ShipCountryDescription
Andromeda  France The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay before 5 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Domingo to Nantz, Loire-Atlantique.[2]
Argo  Great Britain The ship was lost at Barbadoes before 19 November. Se was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London.[28]
Charming Molly  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at St John's, Newfoundland, British America, before 27 September.[34]
Earl of Hopton  Great Britain The ship was lost in ice off Greenland before 6 August.[35]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km)) west of Cette, Hérault, France, with the loss of all but four of her crew.[3]
Europa  Dutch Republic The ship was lost in ice off the coast of Greenland before 28 June.[36]
Great Britain  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida before 3 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[30]
Greyhound British America The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Chowan River, Virginia, before 24 September. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to North Carolina.[21]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Acklens Keys before 13 September. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[37]
Katherine  Great Britain The ship was lost on Heneaga, Virgin Islands, before 27 September. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[34]
Katherine  Ireland The ship sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône France before 3 December.[30]
King's Fisher  Great Britain The convict ship was seized by the convicts on board. They murdered the ship's crew and she was run ashore on the coast of Virginia, British America, where she was wrecked. King's Fisher was on a voyage from Newbury, Massachusetts, to Carolina.[38]
Martha  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Roman Sand, off the coast of South Carolina, British America, before 4 June. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to South Carolina.[39]
Monmouth  Great Britain The ship was lost on Glover's Keys before 23 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[12]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Africa before 9 July.[40]
Nuestra Señora del Carmen  Spain The ship was lost near Carthagena, Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Carthagena.[41]
Phenix  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Spain before 15 November. She was on a voyage from Sicily to Cádiz, Spain.[42]
Prince of Wales  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 10 leagues west of Cette. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Recovery  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Windward Passage before 22 November. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, British America.[11]
Revenge  Great Britain The ship foundered off Dénia, Spain, before 3 December. She was on a voyage from Dénia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[30]
Ropeyard  Great Britain The ship was lost in Point Lance Bay, Newfoundland before 17 September. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Santa Antonio & Santa Felix  Spain The ship foundered off Havana, Cuba, before 26 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, Viceroyalty of New Granada, to Cádiz.[43]
Speedwell  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia before 15 November. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[42]
Susannah Bremen The ship was lost in ice off the coast of Greenland before 28 June.[36]
Swift  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Spanish coast before 10 December. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany[10]
Tuscany  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône before 3 December.[30]
Wakend Kraan Hamburg The ship was lost in ice off the coast of Greenland before 28 June.[36]

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Ship events in 1751
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Ship commissionings: 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756
Ship decommissionings: 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756
Shipwrecks: 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756
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