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List of shipwrecks in 1776

The List of shipwrecks in 1776 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1776.


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January

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4 January

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List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1776
Ship State Description
Eendragt   Prussia The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay.[1]

5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1776
Ship State Description
Barbara   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Campveer, Dutch Republic to Leith, Lothian.[2]

6 January

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List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1776
Ship State Description
Prudence   Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Holderness coast, Yorkshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dublin.[2]

7 January

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List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1776
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Bieune Stock Ohlsen   Hamburg The ship foundered in The Swin. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz, Spain and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[2]
Macklane   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland and Grenada.[2]

8 January

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List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1776
Ship State Description
Barnard's Goodwill   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[2]
Endeavour   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[2]
Johanna Juliana   Stettin The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, Great Britain.[3]
Hopewell   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth.[2]

14 January

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List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1776
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Three Brothers   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Menorca. She was on a voyage from Sicily to Lisbon, Portugal.[4]

16 January

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List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1776
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Thames   Great Britain The ship capsized at Plymouth, Devon and was severely damaged.[5]

23 January

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1776
Ship State Description
Benn   Great Britain The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent.[6]

27 January

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List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1776
Ship State Description
Johan Ernst   Dantzick The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Cork, Ireland.[7]

29 January

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List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1776
Ship State Description
Bacchus   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[7]
Europa   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey.[7]

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Allice   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to British America and back.[8]
Anna Maria   Great Britain The ship caught fire at the Tower of London and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland.[2]
Ann & Dorothy   Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all hands.[1]
Bridlington   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Humber.[2]
Charles   Great Britain The ship departed from Liverpool for Africa. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9]
Duke of Richmond   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway with the loss of two of her crew.[10]
Flora   France The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to the West Indies.[11]
Friendship   Great Britain The ship was lost in Teignmouth Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol.[12]
Hedwick   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Leith, Lothian.[1]
King George   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Messina, Sicily.[13]
Mary   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Portsey, Hampshire to London.[1]
Meredith   Great Britain The ship departed from Saint Augustine for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
Minerva   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her crew.[1]
Polly   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Dunkerque, France.[2]
Rosemay   Great Britain The ship was lost at Cádiz, Spain with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Portsmouth, Hampshire and Barcelona, Spain.[7]
Sirène   French Navy The corvette was wrecked in the Ganges.[15][16]
Thames   Great Britain The ship capsized at Plymouth, Devon.[2]
Three Brothers   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London.[1]
Two Brothers   Ireland The ship was driven ashore near King's Lynn, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Cork.[10]
William   Ireland The ship was driven onto rocks off the Isle of Man and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Dublin.[17]
William   Great Britain The ship was lost at Ferryland, Newfoundland, British America. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Dominica.[8]

February

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7 February

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List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1776
Ship State Description
St. Ives   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) from Minehead, Somerset, Great Britain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Saint-Malo.[18]
Triumph   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[13]

20 February

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List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1776
Ship State Description
Boston   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Jamaica and London.[19]

21 February

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List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1776
Ship State Description
Polly   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal.[20]

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Assumption   Spain The ship departed from Bilboa for Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
Brothers   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Cap La Hougue, France. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal.[7] She was later refloated.[8]
Brothers   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Carmarthen Bay. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Dort, Dutch Republic.[5]
Charlotte   Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[6]
De Anthony & Jan Arnaud   Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore near Padstow, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from St. Andero, Spain to Amsterdam.[3]
Harbrough   Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Hull, Yorkshire.[3]
Hawke   Great Britain The yacht was lost in Dungarvan Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Barcelona, Spain.[5]
Hetty   British America The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to London.[13]
Jenny   Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[13]
Lyon   Great Britain The transport ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. All on board were rescued.[5]
Mary   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in tie Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Pool, Dorset.[8]
Molly   Ireland The ship was wrecked at Hubberstone, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Havre de Grâce, France.[6]
Morson   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Lancaster, Lancashire.[8]
Rialto   Great Britain The ship was lost at Kinsale. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[5]
Ruby   Great Britain The ship was lost in Ballycotton Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to London.[5]
St. Nicholas   France The ship was driven ashore near Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle to Rouen.[5]
Thomas   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Hamburg.[18]
William & Mary   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all but one of her crew.[5]
Young Gotfried   Bremen The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to Bremen.[7]

March

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12 March

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List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1776
Ship State Description
Neptune   Ireland The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean having sprang a leak the day before. Her crew were rescued by Peggy (  Great Britain). Neptune was on a voyage from Dingle, County Kerry to Lisbon, Portugal.[21]
Roman Eagle   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Menorca with the loss of at least eleven lives.[22]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1776
Ship State Description
William & Ann   Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Patty (  Great Britain). William and Ann was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[23]

22 March

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1776
Ship State Description
Hibernia   Ireland The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames.[4]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1776
Ship State Description
Dominicus Teum   Dantzick The ship was driven ashore at Dantzick.[24]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1776
Ship State Description
Blue Mountain Valley   United States American Revolution: The captured British supply ship was burned in a British Raid on Elizabethtown Point.[25]

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Catherina   Ireland The ship was lost at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Lisbon.[26]
Industrious Bee   Great Britain The ship was lost at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Figueria da Foz.[26]
Polly   Great Britain The ship was lost near Barrowhead, Scotland. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Ireland and Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]
Prince William   Great Britain The ship was lost off Milford, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Dublin, Ireland.[26]
Shaw   Ireland The ship was lost on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Newry, County Antrim.[28]
Swift   Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset with the loss of nine lives. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec.[29]

April

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4 April

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List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1776
Ship State Description
Baltimore   Great Britain The ship departed from London for Africa. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[30]

9 April

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List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1776
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Union   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on "Burkholm". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Wismar.[31]

19 April

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List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1776
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Ann and Elizabeth   Great Britain The whaler was lost on "Sindey Island" with the loss of five of her crew.[19]

26 April

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List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1776
Ship State Description
Vrouwe Maria   Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Bilboa, Spain.[31]

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Brotherly Love   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia.[32]
Coalition   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[27]
Endeavour   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent.[24]
Houghton   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Riga, Russia.[19]
John   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Memel.[32]
Mermaid   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Muhu, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wismar.[31]
Pike   Great Britain The ship sank in the River Suir at Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Waterford and Newfoundland, British America.[24]

May

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3 May

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List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1776
Ship State Description
John & Isabella   Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland.[33]

18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1776
Ship State Description
HMS Aldborough   Royal Navy The sixth rate was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon.[34]
Nossa Senhora da Conceição   Portugal The ship departed from Goa, India on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[35]

19 May

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List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1776
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USS Franklin   United States Navy American Revolution: The schooner was run aground during a battle with Royal Navy ships near Nantasket, Massachusetts.[36]
St James   Great Britain American Revolutionary War: The ship was captured by the privateer Cornet (  United States) on this date. The pair were chased in to Charles Town, South Carolina by HMS Sphinx (  Royal Navy). St James had too deep a draught to enter port and was beached. She was burnt by HMS Sphinx.[37]

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Britannia   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Wight.[14]
Duke of Cumberland   Great Britain The packet boat foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Falmouth, Cornwall.[38]
Hector   Great Britain The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa.[39]
Hester   Ireland The ship was lost at Killala, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Killala.[40]
Present Success   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to North Shields, County Durham.[14]
Syren   Great Britain The whaler was lost in the Shetland Islands with the loss of all hands.[33]

June

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27 June

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List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1776
Ship State Description
Betsey   Great Britain The sloop was lost on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset.[41]

29 June

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List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1776
Ship State Description
HMS Actaeon   Royal Navy American Revolutionary War: The sixth rate frigate was lost in action off Fort Sullivan, South Carolina, United States on this date.
Nancy   United States American Revolutionary War, Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet: The brig ran aground near Cape May and was consequently destroyed by gunpowder to prevent capture by the British.

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Flying Mercury   Dantzick The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Sheerness and Chatham, Kent, Great Britain.[42]
Henry   Great Britain The ship was lost off King's Lynn, Norfolk.[41]
St Anthony   Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sligo. She was on a voyage from Ballyshannon, County Donegal to Norway.[43]

July

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4 July

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List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1776
Ship State Description
Unknown   Great Britain American Revolutionary War:The armed sloop is fired on and sunk at Elizabethtown Point.[44]

6 July

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List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1776
Ship State Description
Seaflower   Great Britain The sloop foundered in the Bristol Channel off Pwlldu Bay, Glamorgan with some loss of life.[45]

9 July

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List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1776
Ship State Description
Lady Stanley   Great Britain American Revolution: The sloop, a possible privateer, was burned at Gwynn's Island, or was captured.[46]
Lively   Great Britain American Revolution: The schooner, a possible privateer, was scuttled by burning in a creek on Gwynn's Island to prevent capture.[47]

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Diogess   Great Britain The ship was holed by her anchor and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.[48]
Drontheim   Norway The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Kingdom of Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Drontheim.[49]
Friends Adventure   Great Britain The ship was lost at Charles Town, South Carolina, United States.[50]
Prince of Piedmont   Great Britain The ship was lost at Charles Town.[50]
Unknown   United States American Revolution: The sloop was burned at Smith's Island in the Potomac River in mid July.[51]
Unknown   United States American Revolution: The craft was burned at Smith's Island in the Potomac River in mid July.[52]
Violet   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship departed from Africa with 420 slaves on board. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.[9]

August

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Ann   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland.[53]
Deptford   Great Britain The ship wax lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark and Memel, Prussia.[54]
Jane   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dublin, Ireland.[54]
King's Fisher   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Lyons. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Valencia, Spain.[54]
Lisbon Paquet   Great Britain The ship was lost on a sandbank in the Baltic Sea.[54]
Seanymph   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[55]

September

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3 September

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List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1776
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Betsey   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain.[56]

6 September

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List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1776
Ship State Description
Betsey   Great Britain The ship foundered at Basseterre, Saint Kitts.[57]
Fox   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Bluff Point, Saint Kitts.[57]
Johanna   Great Britain The ship foundered at Basseterre.[57]
Peggy   Great Britain The ship foundered at Basseterre.[57]
Regicobus   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Basseterre.[57]

16 September

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List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1776
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HMS Savage   Royal Navy The brig-sloop was wrecked on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, British America with the loss of two of her crew.[58][59]

19 September

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List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1776
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Aurora   United States The brigantine was wrecked at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. All on board survived.[60]

22 September

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List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1776
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Endeavour   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, British America.[61]

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Alexander   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Londonderry, Kingdom of Ireland.[62]
Charles   France The ship was lost near Selsea, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle to Dunkerque.[55]
Concordia   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Sunderburgh".[63]
Frederica Maria   Russia The hoy was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Saint Petersburg.[64]
Maryann   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Bowbell Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes.[64]

October

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8 October

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List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1776
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Hero   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[65]

9 October

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List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1776
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Turtle   United States American Revolutionary War: The submersible was lost when the sloop she was aboard was sunk by gunfire by the frigates HMS Phoenix, HMS Roebuck, and HMS Tartar (all   Royal Navy) in the Hudson River near Fort Washington on Manhattan.[66]
Unidentified sloop   United States American Revolutionary War: The small sloop was sunk by gunfire by the frigates HMS Phoenix, HMS Roebuck, and HMS Tartar (all   Royal Navy) in the Hudson River near Fort Washington on Manhattan.[66]

11 October

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List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1776
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USS Philadelphia   Continental Navy American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: The 54-foot (16 m) gundalow was sunk in the Valcour Strait in Lake Champlain by a Royal Navy ship. The wreck was raised in 1935 and preserved at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.[67]

12 October

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Belieze   Great Britain The cutter was lost on the coast of Florida, British America. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[68]
USS Providence   Continental Navy American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: The gundalow was scuttled in Lake Champlain at Schuyler Island following damage sustained in battle.
USS Spitfire   Continental Navy American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: Abandoned by her crew, the 54-foot (16 m) gundalow sank in Lake Champlain off Schuyler Island due to damage sustained in battle.[69]

13 October

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List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1776
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USS Boston   Continental Navy American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: The gundalow was set afire and scuttled in Buttonmold Bay on Lake Champlain to prevent capture by the British.
USS Congress   Continental Navy American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: The row galley was beached and set afire on Lake Champlain at Crown Point, New York, following damage sustained in battle.
USS New Haven   Continental Navy American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: The gundalow was beached, set afire and destroyed in Ferris's Bay on Lake Champlain.

22 October

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No. 53   Imperial Russian Navy The pole ran aground in the Strait of Kerch and sank. She was on a voyage from Yenikale to Petrovskoye. She broke up in a storm on 27 October.[70]

29 October

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List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1776
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Allerton   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Memel, Prussia.[71] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Memel.[57]
Concord   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Memel.[71]

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Friends Good Hope   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Königsburg, Prussia.[72]
Lenox   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Lisbon, Portugal[72]
Mary & Harriot   Great Britain The ship was lost near Dantzick. Her crew were rescued.[71]
Polly   Great Britain The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Dublin, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[73]
Triton   France The ship was lost at Peniche, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Marseille[74]
Turtle   Continental Navy American Revolutionary War: The submersible was sunk along with her tender vessel near Fort Lee, New Jersey after 5 October.

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1 November

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List of shipwrecks: 11November 1776
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Aurora   Great Britain American Revolution: The supply brig ran aground, or foundered in shallow water, near Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Ship and crew captured.[75]

11 November

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List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1776
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Eleanor   Ireland The ship was lost on the Niden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Londonderry.[76]

12 November

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List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1776
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L'Esprit   France The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Brest.[76]

16 November

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List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1776
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Beckey or "Lady Washington"   United States The brigantine stranded on Cape Henry.[77]

17 November

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List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1776
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Friends Goodwill   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore 7 nautical miles (13 km) north west of Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Maryport, Cumberland.[78]

20 November

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List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1776
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Joanna   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Portishead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[78]

21 November

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List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1776
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St Anthony   Spain The ship was driven ashore 2 leagues (6 nautical miles (11 km)) from Étaples, France. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to London, Great Britain.[78]
Yongst Pieter   Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Lisbon, Portugal.[79]
Zee Nimpf   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Texel. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Lisbon.[79]

22 November

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List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1776
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Unknown   Great Britain American Revolutionary War:The transport, that had run aground in the Strait of Canso on an unknown date, was burned by privateer "Alfred" (  United States).[80]

24 November

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List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1776
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Hope   Great Britain The ship was sighted off Dunkerque, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Middelburg, Dutch Republic to Pool, Dorset and London.[68]

30 November

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List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1776
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Robert & Susanna   Great Britain The ship foundered off Pool, Dorset with the loss of two of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Lymington, Hampshire to Pool.[81]

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Blessing   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Chester, Cheshire.[78]
Catharina flag unknown The ship foundered off the coast o Norway. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to "Sunderburgh".[82]
Charles Sharp   Great Britain The ship capsized at Gosport, Hampshire.[76]
Dove   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Kentish Well. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen, France.[76]
Gustaff   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sweden to Liverpool.[79]
Hope   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore between Padstow and St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[76]
Hope   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Pool, Dorset.[76]
Loyal Jane   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, France. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque, France.[79]
Mary   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[83]
New Content   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from L'Orient, France to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[78]
Patsey   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[78]
Triton   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake. She was on a voyage from Zant to Liverpool.[78]

December

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23 December

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List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1776
Ship State Description
True Endeavour   Ireland The ship was lost on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Cork to Havre de Grâce, France.[84]

30 December

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List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1776
Ship State Description
Neptune   Ireland The ship struck a rock off Cobh, County Cork and was severely damaged. She put into Crookhaven. Neptune was on a voyage from Dublin to Antigua.[84]

31 December

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List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1776
Ship State Description
Argus   Sweden The ship was lost near Calais, France with the loss of all hands.[85]
Boomoort   Dutch Republic The ship was lost near Calais with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Lisbon, Portugal.[85]

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Alice   Ireland The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Dublin.[73]
Dispatch   Great Britain The ship was lost near Galway, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to London.[81]
Eagle   Ireland The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Belfast, County Antrim.[86]
Earl of Arundel   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Aberdeen.[73]
Lucy   Great Britain The ship ran aground on the North Bull. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[81]
Marner   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Pool, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pool.[73]
Nassau   Great Britain The transport ship was lost near Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[86]
Plain-dealing   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the North Channel. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Falmouth, Cornwall.[87][88]
Sally   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith, Lothian.[73]
Sophia Magdalena   France The ship was lost at "Pontaron". She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bourdeaux.[89]

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Ship State Description
African Queen   Great Britain The ship was lost at Bonny. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Bonny.[15]
Amhurst   Great Britain The ship was lost at Pensacola, Florida, British America.[83]
Ask-again   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Bay of Honduras.[29]
Auckland   Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice.[48]
Bosphorus   Great Britain The victualling ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River, British America.[89]
Bryants   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Society (  Great Britain). Bryants was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[58]
Catharine   Great Britain The ship was lost at Senegal.[90]
Ceres   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. Her crew were rescued.[91]
Diana   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Coromandel Coast, India.[92]
Dolphin   British America The ship was lost near Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Halifax.[93]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was lost near Kingston, Jamaica with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Jamaica.[94]
Euphrates   Great Britain The transport ship foundered off Halifax. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax[87]
Favourite   Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.[73]
Fox   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was wrecked at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands before 5 July.[95]
Friendship   Great Britain The ship was deliberately run ashore on the coast of "Alruzzo" after her crew mutinied and murdered her captain. She was on a voyage from Venice to Gallipoly, Ottoman Empire.[29]
Friendship   Great Britain The transport ship was wrecked on Cape Cod, Massachusetts British America.[39]
Gaper   Dutch Republic The transport ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Juffrow Johanna (  Dutch Republic).[96]
Generous Friends   Great Britain The transport ship was lost near New York, United States.[71]
Hercules   Ireland The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Honduras to Dublin[97]
Hunter   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dominica. She was on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to a British port.[98]
Industry   France The ship was lost at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Barbadoes.[99]
Inverness   Great Britain American Revolutionary War: The ship was burnt at a port in Georgia, British America.[100]
Judiane   France The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Bengal, India.[55]
Leghorn   Great Britain American Revolutionary War: The galley was captured by an American privateer. She was taken in to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was burnt.[15]
Lasseune   French Navy The frigate foundered in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar with the loss of all but three of her crew.[91]
Lion   Great Britain The ship was lost on Cabo Catoche, New Spain. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[4]
Marquess of Narbourn   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was lost in the West Indies with the loss of a slave.[101]
Mary & Jane   Great Britain The ship was lost at Dominica.[102]
Minehead   Great Britain The ship was lost at Newfoundland.[73]
Nelly   Great Britain American Revolutionary War: The ship was burnt at a port in Georgia.[19]
Reconnoisand   France The ship was lost at Guadeloupe.[79]
Sainte Marie   France The ship foundered.[103]
Samuel   Great Britain The ship was lost on Cabo Catoche. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America.[4]
Roggebloom   Dutch Republic The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[104]
St George   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Red Island, in the Saint Lawrence River, British America.[71]
Patty   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was lost at Barbadoes. Her slaves were rescued.[92]
Rebecca   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Colleradoes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[48]
St. Pierre   France The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by St. Lawrence (  France). St. Pierre was on a voyage from Catalonia, Spain to Dunkerque.[32]
Thomas   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newfoundland.[93]
Ulysses   Great Britain The ship was lost in Gambia.[93]
Union   Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Durant's Island, Newfoundland.[105]

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