List of shipwrecks in the 1750s
The List of shipwrecks in the 1750s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1750s.
1750
1751
1752
1753
1754
May
- Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Queen Caroline | British America | The schooner was wrecked at Ockracock, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued.[1] |
September
- 2 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Iermiia | Russia | The ship was wrecked on Adak Island, Alaska, Russian America. Survivors constructed a vessel from the wreckage and sailed away later that year.[2] |
October
- 14 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charming Polly | British America | The ship, which had sprung a leak six days previously, was beached north of the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] |
December
- Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Granville | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America, to London.[4] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christian & Peter | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam.[5] |
Honourable Friend | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Guinea.[6] |
Marischall Keith | Russia | The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in the Adriatic Sea off Cape Stillo, Ottoman Albania. She was on a voyage from Riga to Venice.[7] |
Prince George | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Venice.[8] |
Ryder | British America | The ship was lost before 25 July with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from the Piscataqua River to North Carolina.[9] |
Sarah | British America | The ship foundered before 30 May whilst on a voyage from Rhode Island to the Piscataqua River. Her crew were rescued.[10] |
1755
1756
January
- 22 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified boats | A landslide into the Langfjorden in Norway generated three megatsunamis with heights of 40 to 50 metres (131 to 164 ft) in the Langfjorden and the Eresfjorden that destroyed 196 boats.[11] |
November
- Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lucy | Great Britain | The ship foundered before 13 November whilst on a voyage from "Cape Fare" to Hull, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Catherine ( Great Britain).[12] |
December
- 11 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Young Victory | France | The ship exploded and sank during a battle with HMS Tryal ( Royal Navy) off Barbadoes with the loss of about 30 crew.[13] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Antigua whilst evading a French privateer.[14] |
1757
1758
1759
July
- 3 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tyrrel | British America | The brig was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with the loss of sixteen lives.[15] |
August
- 19 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Océan | French Navy | Battle of Lagos: The third rate was run ashore and burnt in Almadora Bay. |
Redoutable | French Navy | Battle of Lagos: The Téméraire-class ship of the line was run ashore and burnt in Almadora Bay. |
October
- 24 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Industry | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec, New France, to London.[16] |
Providence | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London.[16] |
November
- 18 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mason | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, New France. Her crew were rescued.[17] |
- 20 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Resolution | Royal Navy | Battle of Quiberon Bay: The third rate ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked on the Le Four Shoal, in Quiberon Bay. |
- 21 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Héros | French Navy | Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and was scuttled in Quiberon Bay. |
Juste | French Navy | Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and sank in the Loire. |
Soleil-Royal | French Navy | Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and was scuttled in Quiberon Bay. |
- Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Annanime | France | The privateer was lost off Cherbourg on or after 20 November.[18] |
Experiment | Great Britain | The ship was captured by the privateer Annanime ( France) on 19 November whilst on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. She was sent in to Cherbourg but was lost off that port.[18] |
William | Great Britain | The sloop was captured by the privateer Annanime ( France) on 20 November whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, French America to Poole, Dorset. She was sent in to Cherbourg but was lost off that port.[18][19] |
December
- 4 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Mermaid | Royal Navy | The sixth rate ran aground on Big Grand Cay, Bahamas. She was abandoned as a total loss on 6 January 1760. |
- 5 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dubree Nombre de Jesus | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Málaga.[20] |
Maria Magdalena | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar.[20][21] |
Nossa Senhora do Bonfim | Portugal | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.[21] |
Santa Joseph Mawein | Spain | The snow was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.[21] |
Southtalt | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.[20][21] |
- 13 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nossa Senhora da Penha de França | Portugal | The ship sank at Lisbon.[22] |
- 29 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nostra Señora Madre de Dios e Son Joze | Spain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the Cape Verde Islands.[23] |
- 31 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jonge Jan Jacob | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost on the coast of Brittany, France. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain, to Bordeaux, France.[24] |
- Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eliza | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Limerick, Ireland.[16] |
Happy Return | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland, to Cork, Ireland.[16] |
Nostra Señora Piedade de Almas | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Folkestone, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.[16] |
Salvator | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[16] |
Stafford | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from New England, British America, to London. She was subsequently refloated and taken in to Plymouth for repairs.[16][18] |
Susanna | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[18] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ancona | Great Britain | The galley foundered in the Gulf of Venice with the loss of most of her crew.[19] |
Armstrong | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Grand Turk Island. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Guadeloupe.[21] |
Judith | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Cape Roman, Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to London.[25] |
Marlborough | Ireland | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Derry.[24] |
Sally | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[26] |
Swan | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Morant Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27] |
References
- "NEW YORK, June 3". Pennsylvania Gazette. 6 June 1754.
- "Shipwrecks on Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge". Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- "PHILADELPHIA, November 7". Pennsylvania Gazette. 7 November 1754.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (1981). 3 January 1755.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (1990). 4 February 1755.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (1985). 17 January 1755.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (1987). 24 January 1755.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (1986). 21 January 1755.
- "(untitled)". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 25 June 1754.
- "(untitled)". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 30 May 1754.
- Hoel, Christer, "The Tjelle Rock Avalanche in 1756," fjords.com Retrieved 22 June 2020
- "(untitled)". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 13 November 1756.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2205). 22 February 1757.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2197). 25 January 1757.
- "SHIPS LOST 1526 TO 1825". OBX History. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2501). 1 January 1760.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2515). 19 February 1760.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2502). 4 January 1760.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2502). 8 January 1760.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2511). 5 February 1760.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2506). 18 January 1760.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2504). 11 January 1760.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2526). 28 March 1760.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2512). 8 February 1760.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2510). 1 February 1760.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2508). 25 January 1760.
- "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2509). 29 January 1760.
Ship events in 1750 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1745 | 1746 | 1747 | 1748 | 1749 | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 | 1753 | 1754 | 1755 |
Ship commissionings: | 1745 | 1746 | 1747 | 1748 | 1749 | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 | 1753 | 1754 | 1755 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1745 | 1746 | 1747 | 1748 | 1749 | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 | 1753 | 1754 | 1755 |
Shipwrecks: | 1745 | 1746 | 1747 | 1748 | 1749 | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 | 1753 | 1754 | 1755 |
Ship events in 1760 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1755 | 1756 | 1757 | 1758 | 1759 | 1760 | 1761 | 1762 | 1763 | 1764 | 1765 |
Ship commissionings: | 1755 | 1756 | 1757 | 1758 | 1759 | 1760 | 1761 | 1762 | 1763 | 1764 | 1765 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1755 | 1756 | 1757 | 1758 | 1759 | 1760 | 1761 | 1762 | 1763 | 1764 | 1765 |
Shipwrecks: | 1755 | 1756 | 1757 | 1758 | 1759 | 1760 | 1761 | 1762 | 1763 | 1764 | 1765 |
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