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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

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1751

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1752

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1753

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1754

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May

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1750
Ship State Description
Queen Caroline   British America The schooner was wrecked at Ockracock, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued.[1]

September

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2 September
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1750
Ship State Description
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

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14 October
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1750
Ship State Description
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

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1750
Ship State Description
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]

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Ship State Description
Brittania   British America The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts September, 1753, last heard from December, 1754 lost on the Georges Bank. Lost with all hands.[5]
Christian & Peter   Dutch Republic The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam.[6]
Honourable Friend   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Guinea.[7]
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.[8]
Prince George   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Venice.[9]
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.[10]
Sarah   British America The ship foundered before 30 May whilst on a voyage from Rhode Island to the Piscataqua River. Her crew were rescued.[11]

1755

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1756

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January

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22 February
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1756
Ship State Description
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.[12]

March

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28 March
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1756
Ship State Description
Stad Bergen   Dutch Republic While on voyage to Norway with a cargo of Frisian roof tiles and bricks she wrecked near the Dutch island Griend on the east wall of the Vliestroom.[13]

October

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31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1756
Ship State Description
HMS Swift   Royal Navy The Drake-class sloop foundered at sea.

November

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 1756
Ship State Description
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).[14]

December

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11 December
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1750
Ship State Description
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.[15]

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Ship State Description
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Antigua whilst evading a French privateer.[16]
Four ships Next to Stad Bergen (see 28 March) four other vessels wrecked near Griend, the Netherlands in 1756.[13]

1757

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1758

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in 1758

1759

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April

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19 April
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1759
Ship State Description
HMS Falcon   Royal Navy The bomb vessel was wrecked on the Saintes, off Guadeloupe.[17]

July

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3 July
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1759
Ship State Description
Tyrrel   British America The brig was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with the loss of sixteen lives.[18]

August

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19 August
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1759
Ship State Description
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.

September

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12 September
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1759
Ship State Description
Courier   Imperial Russian Navy The packet boat ran aground and was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Danzig with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Cronstadt.[19]
25 September
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1759
Ship State Description
HMS Looe Hulk   Royal Navy The fifth rate was sunk as a breakwater at Harwich, Essex.[20]

October

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24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1759
Ship State Description
Industry   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec, New France, to London.[21]
Providence   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London.[21]

November

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18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1759
Ship State Description
Mason   Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, New France. Her crew were rescued.[22]
20 November
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1759
Ship State Description
HMS Resolution   Royal Navy
 
HMS Resolution (right).

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
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1759
Ship State Description
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.
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Ship State Description
Annanime   France The privateer was lost off Cherbourg on or after 20 November.[23]
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.[23]
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.[23][24]

December

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4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1759
Ship State Description
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
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1759
Ship State Description
Dubree Nombre de Jesus   Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Málaga.[25]
Maria Magdalena   Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar.[25][26]
Nossa Senhora do Bonfim   Portugal The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.[26]
Santa Joseph Mawein   Spain The snow was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.[26]
Southtalt   Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.[25][26]
13 December
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1759
Ship State Description
Nossa Senhora da Penha de França   Portugal The ship sank at Lisbon.[27]
29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1759
Ship State Description
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.[28]
31 December
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1759
Ship State Description
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.[29]
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Ship State Description
Eliza   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Limerick, Ireland.[21]
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.[21]
Nostra Señora Piedade de Almas   Great Britain The ship was lost near Folkestone, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.[21]
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.[21]
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.[21][23]
Susanna   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[23]

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Ship State Description
Ancona   Great Britain The galley foundered in the Gulf of Venice with the loss of most of her crew.[24]
Armstrong   Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Grand Turk Island. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Guadeloupe.[26]
Judith   Great Britain The ship was lost on Cape Roman, Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to London.[30]
Le Comte de la Rivière   Kingdom of France The privateer was lost at sea with all hands.[31]
Marlborough   Ireland The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Derry.[29]
Sally   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[32]
Swan   Great Britain The ship was lost in Morant Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[33]

References

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  1. ^ "NEW YORK, June 3". Pennsylvania Gazette. 6 June 1754.
  2. ^ "Shipwrecks on Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge". Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. ^ "PHILADELPHIA, November 7". Pennsylvania Gazette. 7 November 1754.
  4. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (1981): 78 v. 3 January 1755.
  5. ^ "Lost at sea". gloucester-ma.gov. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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  7. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (1985): 78 v. 17 January 1755.
  8. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (1987): 78 v. 24 January 1755.
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  10. ^ "(untitled)". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 25 June 1754.
  11. ^ "(untitled)". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 30 May 1754.
  12. ^ Hoel, Christer, "The Tjelle Rock Avalanche in 1756," fjords.com Retrieved 22 June 2020
  13. ^ a b "Scheepswrak: STAD BERGEN". Wrakkenmuseum [nl] (in Dutch).
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  15. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2205): 78 v. 22 February 1757.
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  24. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2502): 78 v. 8 January 1760.
  25. ^ a b c "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2511): 78 v. 5 February 1760.
  26. ^ a b c d e "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2506): 78 v. 18 January 1760.
  27. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2504): 78 v. 11 January 1760.
  28. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2526): 78 v. 28 March 1760.
  29. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2512): 78 v. 8 February 1760.
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