The List of shipwrecks in 1774 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1774.
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January
5 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dartmouth, Devon. |
6 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Martha | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighthelmstone, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim, Ireland to London. |
8 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Brothers | Ireland | The ship was lost in Strangford Lough with the loss of all on board. |
Garland | British America | The ship was wrecked at Madeira with the loss of eight of her crew. |
Hankey | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Madeira when another vessel was driven into her. Twenty-four lives were lost. |
Harriot | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Madeira with the loss of nine of her crew. |
Hoppet | Sweden | The ship was wrecked at Madeira. Her crew were rescued. |
Jesus Maria José | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Madeira with the loss of five of her crew. |
Nossa Senhora do Monte | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Madeira with the loss of nine of her crew. |
Richard & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Madeira. Her crew were rescued. |
Tryon | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Madeira with the loss of five of her crew. |
10 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Jenny & Peggy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch ship. |
John & Samuel | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Great Yarmouth. |
12 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Mercury | Kingdom of Great Britain | The hospital boat was burned at Nick's Cove, Massachusetts. |
17 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Francis | Ireland | The ship was wrecked off Bray, County Wicklow with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Dublin. |
19 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Young Cornelins | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Ardmore Head, County Cork with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to Cork. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
Baron Hope | Jersey | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from the Île de Ré, France to Jersey. |
Carlisle | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London. |
Defiance | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Barbary Coast. |
Dove | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Great Yarmouth. |
Goodwill | Great Britain | The ship caught fire and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford, Ireland. Goodwill was later refloated. |
Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from "Loughlarn" to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
Mary | Ireland | The ship was lost on the Île d'Oléron, France. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bourdeaux, France. |
Prestean Bory | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix. |
Princessa | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the English Channel off Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Lyme, Dorset to the West Indies. |
Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea. She was on a voyage from Burlington, Yorkshire to London. |
Sally | Great Britain | The collier was driven ashore near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. |
St Lawrence | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Santa Petri, Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Cádiz, Spain. |
Unicorn | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. |
February
1 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Molly | Great Britain | The brig was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
7 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Sally | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Tranmoore Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
16 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Triton | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Calais. Six people in a pilot boat that went to her assistance were drowned when it capsized. |
20 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Le Paix | France | The ship was lost at "Villa de Cans". She was on a voyage from Marseille to Dunkerque. |
Nelly & Ann | Great Britain | The ship departed from Leith, Lothian for Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
27 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Industry | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the Thames Estuary 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Faversham, Kent and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Maryland, British America. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Buchannan | British America | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bayonne, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from New York to Bourdeaux, France. |
Fellowship | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the French coast. She was on a voyage from "Guyon" to London. |
Garrettstown | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock and was beached. She was later taken in to Chester, Cheshire. |
Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. She was later refloated and taken in to Rotterdam. |
Granby | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pembroke. She was on a voyage from Chepstow, Monmouthshire to Dublin, Ireland. |
Hedwick Elizabeth | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
John & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Shetland Islands with the loss of all hands. |
Morning Star | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London. |
Phenix | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London. |
Rebecca | British America | The ship was lost in the Canary Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Africa |
Ridge | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pool, Dorset. |
Swift | Great Britain | The ship was lost off the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland. |
Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Flanders. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam. |
March
1 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Hercules | France | The ship was lost at Vannes. She was on a voyage from L'Orient to Marseille. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Dublin | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. |
Helena | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
John & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Shetland Islands with the loss of all hands. |
Joseph | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Crogore" to Hull, Yorkshire. |
Juno | Great Britain | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Elbe. |
Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Martinho, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Lisbon, Portugal. |
Resolution | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from New England, British America to Plymouth, Devon. Resolution was later refloated and taken in to Plymouth. |
Restoration | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Fowey, cornwall. She was on a voyage from Faversham, Kent to Exon, Devon. |
St Clara | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Tangier, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Sallee, Morocco. |
Union | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London. |
April
6 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Betty | Ireland | The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Belfast, County Antrim. |
13 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Industry | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Virginia, British America. |
L'Abvn del A. | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Málaga to the Dutch Republic. |
14 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Huntingdon | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost off Johanna, Comoros Islands. Her crew were rescued by Bute ( British East India Company). |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was holed by her anchor at Dublin, Ireland and was beached in the River Liffey. |
Brothers | Ireland | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank in the River Suir. She was later refloated and beached. Brothers was on a voyage from Waterford to Newfoundland, British America. |
Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
Lys | France | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Bourdeaux. |
Mount Horn | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Limerick, Ireland. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to London. |
Margaret | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Strait of Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to a Baltic port. |
Robert | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
Rose | Great Britain | The ship was lost on a voyage from Perth to the Baltic. |
May
1 May
Ship | State | Description |
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St Thomas | Ireland | The ship was destroyed by fire at Waterford. |
3 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Polly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Glover's Reef, in the Caribbean Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America. |
11 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Maria | Sweden | The ship ran aground and sank on the Lynn Sand, in The Wash. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, Great Britain. |
Severn | British America | The ship was wrecked in the Roosevelt Inlet, Delaware. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
25 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Martha | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Heneago. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
27 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Christian | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Dutch coast with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. |
Good Hope | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stromstadt, Sweden to Nantz, France. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Dove | Great Britain | The coaster was lost in St Ives Bay. |
Pearl | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at "Lissa". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
Thomas | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg. |
Young Tobias | Stettin | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Stettin. |
June
3 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
4 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Salisbury | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Cape Corintis, Cuba. Her crew were rescued by King George ( Great Britain). Salisbury was on a voyage from Jamaica to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
8 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Argyle | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Main Reef, in the Caribbean Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
14 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Generous Planter | Great Britain | The ship capsized in Billingsgate Dock, London. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Content | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire. Content was later towed in to South Shields, County Durham. |
Good Friends | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to St. Ubes, Portugal. |
Maria | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Africa. |
St Antonio | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, Dutch Republic. Twenty of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Hamburg. |
July
23 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Deborah | Great Britain | The ship departed from Quebec on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Dungeness, Kent. |
Kitty | Great Britain | The brigantine was driven ashore between Boulogne and Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Dundee, Perthshire. |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
Susannah | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at "Rickholtz", Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
August
3 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Rochard | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Granville Bay, Grenada. She was on a voyage from Grenada to London. |
16 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Philadelphia Paquet | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maryland, British America. |
Tom | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Wallasey, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Looe | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in St Bride's Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon. |
Philadelphia Paquet | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on The Needles, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
September
3 September
Ship | State | Description |
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St. Paul | Imperial Russian Navy | The galiot ran aground at the mouth of the Bolshaya River and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Bolsheretsk. |
6 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Nass Point, Gloucestershire with the loss of 26 of the 37 people on board. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cork, Ireland and Jamaica. |
18 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Maria | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
Success | Great Britain | The ship departed from British Honduras for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
20 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Maria | Prussia | The ship was wrecked near Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. |
29 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Thomas and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost near King's Lynn, Norfolk during a thunderstorm. |
30 September
Ship | State | Description |
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St. Catherine | Imperial Russian Navy | The sloop was wrecked near the mouth of the Opala River. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Choice | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, with the loss of all hands. |
Commerce | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Dublin. |
Cornelious & Harwood | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Norway to Harwich, Essex. |
Dolphin | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Limerick, Ireland. |
George | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. |
Liberty | Great Britain | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
Lovely Jane | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on "Clantauf Island", Ireland. |
Venus | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London. Venus was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
October
11 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Minerva | Imperial Russian Navy | The frigater was wrecked on a skerry off the coast of the Grand Duchy of Finland with the loss of 95 of the 164 people on board. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt. |
22 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Dorothy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend, Dutch Republic. |
29 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Dublin | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. |
30 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Barbara | Great Britain | The ship ran aground and was at Senegal. |
Betsey | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dublin. |
Betty | Great Britain | The ship was lost near King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
Carron | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Montrose, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from London to Carron, Falkirk, Stirlingshire. |
Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Åbo, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
Frederick Maria | Stettin | The ship departed from London, Great Britain for Stettin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
George | Great Britain | The ship capsized at Dublin. |
Greyhound | Great Britain | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for Bristol, Gloucestershire in late October. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
Maria | Great Britain | The ship capsized at Bristol. |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Lessoe, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Coleburg, Prussia to Cádiz, Spain. |
Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hamburg. |
Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Baltic coast. |
November
2 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of six slaves. She was righted and taken in to New Providence, New Jersey, British America. Betsey was on a voyage from Africa to Saint Augustine, Florida. |
Mercury | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked north of the Bahamas in a Hurricane. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island, British America to Jamaica. |
5 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Sally | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) west of St. Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Cádiz. |
7 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Nimrod | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Ancona, Papal States. |
8 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Fly | Great Britain | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Venus ( Great Britain). Fly was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Oporto, Portugal. |
10 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Suffolk | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at "Sackfield", Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. |
19 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Greenhead | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Gourcey, Dutch Republic. |
22 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Adventure | Great Britain | The ship departed from Campveer, Dutch Republic for Portsea, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
24 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Friendly Trader | Great Britain | The ship was lost near St. Ives, Cornwall with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
25 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Dunbar, Lothian. |
Ceres | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Topsham, Devon. |
Corsica | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Corton, Suffolk. |
Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Birchington, Kent. |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of her captain. |
Gertrude | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London. Gertrude was later refloated and taken in to Stangate Creek, in the River Medway. |
India | Great Britain | The yacht was driven ashore near Margate. |
Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Corton. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Leith, Lothian. |
Roman | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, France to Hull, Yorkshire. |
Sally | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. She was on a voyage from Nevis to London. Sally was later refloated. |
St John Baptista | Spain | The snow was driven ashore at Margate. |
Vernon | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland and Saint Kitts. |
William | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Great Yarmouth. |
28 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Maria Christina | Dutch Republic | The snow was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (48°36′N 8°40′W / 48.600°N 8.667°W / 48.600; -8.667) due to the loss of her rudder and all but six of her crew. Survivors were rescued by a British vessel but one of the subsequently died. Maria Christina was on a voyage from "Coraso" to Vlissingen. |
30 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Bilboa Paquet | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to Exeter, Devon. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Brilliant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham and Jamaica. |
Catherina Sophia | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. |
Dingley | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London. |
Dorothy | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend, Dutch Republic. |
Drie Gesusters | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Brest, France. |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Kirkcaldy, Fife. |
Glynn | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
Jacob Phillips | flag unknown | The hoy was driven ashore and wrecked near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of all hands. |
Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Aberdeen with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Berwick upon Tweed. |
Leonora | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Leith, Lothian. |
Maria Christiana | Denmark | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. |
Mary & Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aberdeen and Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
Minerva | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Cádiz |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Aberdeen and Arbroath. |
Otter | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwind Sands, Kent with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pool, Dorset. |
Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Birch Island, near Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
Sarah | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. |
Seaflower | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Ystadt, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
Swallow | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Flensburg, Duchy of Holstein. |
Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Charente. |
Unity | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
Venus | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cephalonia to Hamburg. |
Vine | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Norway. |
Willingmaid | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bonacas Island, Mosquito Shore. |
Young Arnold | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon, Portugal. |
December
2 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Good Intent | Ireland | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Salcombe, Devon, Great Britain with the loss of two of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Havre de Grâce, France. |
4 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Baltic Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Leith. |
Margaret & Isabel | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Leith with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Leith. |
10 December
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Glasgow | Royal Navy | The 20-gun sixth-rate post ship ran onto rocks at Cohasset, Massachusetts. Refloated and arrived in Boston on the 15th for repairs. |
13 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Amelias | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. |
Bacchus | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Oporto. |
George | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Oporto. |
Kirby Hall | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Oporto. |
30 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Martin | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Milford, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London. |
Unknown date
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Argyle | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Berwick upon Tweed. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. |
Catharina Elizabeth Johannes | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London. |
Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Dartmouth, Devon. |
Fell | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on "Lessau" or "Lissan Island". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. Fell was later refloated and taken in to a Norwegian port for a new rudder to be fitted. |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
Helen | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Aldeburg. She was on a voyage from Middelburg, Dutch Republic to the Firth of Forth. |
Hampshire | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Waterford, Ireland. |
Hannah | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Angola to Belfast, County Antrim. |
Hereford | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Waterford. |
Industry | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Berwick upon Tweed. She was on a voyage from London to Leith. |
John | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. |
Jufrow Johanna Amelia | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Lisbon, Portugal. |
Kitty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. |
Liberty | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Cocket Island, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
Mary & Martha | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north east coast of Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Newry, County Antrim. |
Midsummer Blossom | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Cocket Island. She was on a voytage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
Nesbit | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to Barcelona. Spain. |
Newport | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. |
Three Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Lindisfarne, Northumberland. |
Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Berwick upon Tweed. She was on a voyage from London to Leith. |
Prosperous | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Firestone Bay, Devon. |
St Brigitta | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Elsinore. |
St João Evangelista Pinto | Portugal | The ship was lost at Oporto. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Bahia, Brazil. |
Venus | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Buzzards Bay in mid-December. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Ancona Paquet | Papal States | The ship was wrecked at Ossero, Republic of Venice. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Genoa. |
Argyle | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) south west of Glover's Reef, Belize. |
Augusta | Great Britain | The ship was lost near the Bay of Honduras. |
Blundel | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was lost at Bonny, Nigeria with the loss of 300 slaves. |
Brackney Prince | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Senegal. Her crew were rescued. |
Britannia | Great Britain | The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland. |
Cavendish | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
Charming Molly | Ireland | The ship wrecked at Ocracoke, North Carolina, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, British America to Belfast, County Antrim |
Deborah | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to London. |
Diana | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Senegal. She was on a voyage from Senegal to London. |
Diana | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Cape Florida, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Rhode Island, British America. |
Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cape Ann, Massachusetts, British America with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Salem, Massachusetts. |
Elizabeth & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Cape Fear, North Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Cape Fear. |
Ellis | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was lost on the Isle of Ash, Saint-Domingue. Her 450 slaves were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Jamaica. |
Experiment | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the East Indies. |
Fanny | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 February. |
Farmer | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London. |
Geraundean | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was lost at Martinico. Her slaves were rescued. |
Grace and Sally | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Virginia, British America. |
Hanovor Planta | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. |
Hawk | Great Britain | The vessel was wrecked returning from Philadelphia some time in 1774. |
Jamaica Planter | Jamaica | The ship was lost on Plumb Point, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America to Port Royal, Jamaica. |
Little Ben | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Africa. |
Maria Elizabeth | France | The ship departed from Pondicherry, French India in the autumn of 1774. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Mars | Great Britain | The frigate was destroyed by fire at the Île de France, Mauritius. |
Mary & Ann | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of North Carolina. |
Middleton | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Muscat. |
Montague | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Cape Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. |
Morris & Molly | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mergain, Grenada. She was on a voyage from Mergain to Dublin. |
Neptune | Great Britain | The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland. Thirteen crew were rescued by Elizabeth ( Great Britain). |
Nossa Senhora da Boa Esperança | Portugal | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Oporto. Her crew were rescued. |
Nossa Senhora da Guia | Portugal | The ship was lost on the Baixas de Senhora Fernando. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Brazil to Lisbon. |
Nossa Senhora do Livramento | Portugal | The ship was lost at Mozambique. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to India. |
Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Ferryland, Newfoundland. |
Peggy Stewart | Great Britain | The ship arrived at Annapolis, Maryland, British America with a cargo of tea, which was banned. She was burnt by the citizens of the town. |
Polly | British America | The ship was wrecked on the north east of Glover's Reef. Her crew were rescued. |
Return | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Polly ( Great Britain). Return was on a voyage from the Grenades to New England, British America. |
Rhee | Great Britain | The galley was lost on the Martiers. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
Rising Sun | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Isla Aves. She was on a voyage from Africa to America. |
Robert & Thomas | Ireland | The ship was lost at Virginia. |
Roberts | Great Britain | African slave trade; The ship was destroyed by an explosion at Sierra Leone. Only 30 of the 190 slaves survived. |
Rose | Dominica | The ship was lost on Grande Terre. |
Scipio | British America | The ship at Feraolds Point, in the Piscataqua River. She was on a voyage from New England to the West Indies |
Severn | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Delaware Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Philadelphia. |
HMS Sphynx | Royal Navy | The sloop, a tender of HMS Canceaux, ran ashore on Cape Ann some time between October and December. Later refloated, repairs completed by 20 February 1775. |
Two Friends | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Maryland. |
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