The List of shipwrecks in 1747 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1747.
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1747 did not begin on 1 January! [Note 1]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fredericksburg | ![]() | The ship foundered in Mount's Bay. before 7 April [1] |
Jane | ![]() | The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland before 7 April. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon, to Newfoundland, British America. [1] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Blanchard's Adventure | ![]() | The ship was lost near Dungeness, Kent, before 8 May. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cowes, Isle of Wight. [2] |
Ghent Packet | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea before 22 May. She was on a voyage from Dort, South Holland, to London, Great Britain. [3] |
Neptune | ![]() | The ship was lost near Figueira, Portugal, before 12 May. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Lisbon, Portugal. [4] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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L'Étoile | ![]() | The 46-gun Man-of-war ran aground near Cape Finisterre. She was set afire and scuttled to prevent her being captured by HMS Ambuscade, HMS Monmouth and HMS Portland (all ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Maidstone | ![]() | The fourth rate ship of the line ran aground off Saint-Malo, Finistère, France, and was wrecked. [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Duke of Cumberland | ![]() | The privateer was lost on the French coast before 19 June with some loss of life. [7] |
Jenny | ![]() | The ship was lost in the Tagus before 19 June. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Lisbon, Portugal. [7] |
L'Orient | ![]() | The ship was lost at Peniche before 23 June. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon. [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Le Grand Grenon | ![]() | The privateer was wrecked. [9] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Expedition | ![]() | The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, before 24 July. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London [10] |
Reginald & Jacob | ![]() | The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands before 24 July. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway, to a French port. [10] |
Saint Esprit | ![]() | The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands before 14 July. [11] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Liefde | ![]() | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, Great Britain before 28 August. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon, Portugal. [12] |
HMS Whitehaven | ![]() | The Man-of-war was destroyed by an explosion about 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland before 21 August with the loss of seventeen of her crew. [13] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Horner | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Liverpool, Lancashire. [14] |
John and Martha | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. [14] |
Katherine | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. [15] |
HMS Lyme | ![]() | The Man-of-war capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but four of her crew. [15] |
Polly | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool. [14] |
Scroupe | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. SHe was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. [14] |
Unicorn | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. [14] |
William & Anne | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. [15] |
William & Jane | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Falmouth, Cornwall. [16] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cornwally | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Duke of Marlborough | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Emra | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Friend's Goodwill | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Montserrat. [17] |
Imperial Anne | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Montserrat. [17] |
Mary | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Nevis. [17] |
Mary | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Owen | ![]() | The galley was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Pretty Patsey | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Rising Sun | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Rowlandson | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Swallow | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Dartmouth | ![]() | ![]() War of the Austrian Succession, Voyage of the Glorioso: The fourth rate ship of the line was sunk by Glorioso ( |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Daniel | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Defire | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Bowell | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Happy | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Hope | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
King David | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Little George | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
LOndon Pcket | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Montserrat. [18] |
Nisbitt | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Otley | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [18] |
Parham | ![]() | The pink was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Pearl | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Planter | ![]() | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. [17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Reijgersdaal | ![]() | The East Indiaman foundered between Robben Island and Dassen Island, Cape Colony with the loss of 277 of her 297 crew. [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Royal Hunter | ![]() | The privateer was wrecked on the Nass Sand, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of 110 lives. [20] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Concord | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Humber before 9 October. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London. [21] |
Speedwell | ![]() | The ship was lost on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Great Britain before 6 October. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia, to Dublin. [22] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sheerwater | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Hylake, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool, Lancashire. [23] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Little Benjamin | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dover, Kent Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dover. [23] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nymphs Prize | ![]() | Also known as Nympha Americana, she was lost near Beachy Head, on the coast of Sussex on 29 November. [24] [25] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth | ![]() | The ship was lost on the coast of Norfolk before 1 December. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian, to London. [25] |
Francis | ![]() | The ship was lost on the coast of County Kerry before 1 December. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Cork. [25] |
Gilpin | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands before 24 November. [23] |
Nasthaniel and John | ![]() | The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland before 1 December. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. [25] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Blessing | ![]() | The ship foundered in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. [26] |
Elizabeth and Sarah | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway, to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. [27] |
Expedition | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London. [27] |
Friendship | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Vlissingen, South Holland, Dutch Republic. [27] |
God's Help | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth. to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. [27] |
Hetty | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. [26] |
King George | ![]() | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. [27] |
Mary | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic. [27] |
Patriarch | ![]() | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to "Northcopen". [27] |
Postbrook | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. [26] |
Susannah | ![]() | The ship foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain. [26] |
Trial | ![]() | The ship foundered in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Lisbon, Portugal. [27] |
Virginia Packet | ![]() | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Margate, Kent. [26] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Britannia | ![]() | The ship was lost near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Dublin, Ireland. [18] |
Buck | ![]() | The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, before 11 December. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to London. [28] |
Friendship | ![]() | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, before 11 December. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to London. [28] |
Golden Sarah | ![]() | The ship foundered before 22 December with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. [18] |
Good Intent | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Dutch Republic before 15 December She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic. [29] |
Hammond | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire, before 15 December. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia, to London. [29] |
Hannah | ![]() | The ship capsized off Lowestoft, Suffolk, before 15 December. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to London. [29] |
Hope | ![]() | The ship foundered in the North Sea before 22 December. She was on a voyage from London to Zierikzee, Zeeland, Dutch Republic. [18] |
Love | ![]() | The galley was driven ashore and sank near The Needles, Isle of Wight, before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London. [18] |
Loyal Jane | ![]() | The ship was lost at Vlissingen, South Holland, before 15 December. [29] |
Mayflower | ![]() | The ship capsized at King's Lynn, Norfolk, before 8 December. [27] |
Phenix | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly before 22 December. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. [18] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cerf | ![]() | Frigate constructed and based in Saint Malo (Brittany, France). Probably privateer. Sank in the mist at the Minquiers, Channel Islands. [30] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cranbury | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay before 29 January. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Lisbon, Portugal [31] |
Hannah | ![]() | The ship was lost near Limerick before 22 January. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Limerick [32] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Matthew | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 38 leagues (114 nautical miles (211 km)) west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to an English port. [33] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Betty | ![]() | The ship foundered in The Downs. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. [34] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Friendship | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Coll, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London. [35] |
HMS Lizard | ![]() | The sloop-of-war was lost off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all hands [36] |
Recovery | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore south of Oporto, Portugal, by a Spanish privateer before 16 February and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto. [37] |
Sarah | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Dundrum, County Down, Ireland before 5 February. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the West Indies. [38] |
Swarthe | ![]() | The ship foundered in Dundrum Bay before 9 February. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Tortola. [39] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Caledonia | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, before 29 March 1748. [40] |
John and Mary | ![]() | The ship was lost near Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland before 4 March. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire. [36] |
Marshall | ![]() | The ship was lost near Rye, Sussex, before 8 March. She was on a voyage from Maryland to London. [41] |
Nuestra Señora Domonte e San Joseph | ![]() | The ship was lost on the coast of Galicia before 22 March. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland, to Viana do Bolo. [42] |
Speedwell | ![]() | The ship foundered before 11 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. [33] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adventure | ![]() | The ship was lost before 22 December. [18] |
Content | ![]() | The ship was chased ashore by a privateer and wrecked on Barbados before 16 October. [15] |
Culloden | ![]() | The ship was lost at Port Morant, Jamaica, before 25 August She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [43] |
Dolphin | ![]() | The ship was lost on the coast of Florida before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Carolina to Antigua. [44] |
Dolphin | ![]() | The ship foundered near Livorno. Grand Duchy of Tuscany before 15 March. [45] |
Dorothy & Elizabeth | ![]() | The ship was lost on a reef off Bermuda before 19 June. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to the Leeward Islands. [7] |
Duke of Cumberland | ![]() | The snow was lost in Withywood Bay before 25 August. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [43] |
Earl of Derby | ![]() | The ship was lost at Jamaica before 22 December. [18] |
George | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 350 leagues (1,050 nautical miles (1,940 km) west of The Lizard, Cornwall, before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Pool, Dorset. [18] |
Greyhound | ![]() | The ship was chased ashore near Cape Morant, Jamaica, by two Spanish privateers before 29 March 1748 and was lost. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [40] |
Heathcote | ![]() | The ship was lost near "Mocha" before 15 March. She was on a voyage from London to a port in the east of India. [45] |
Industry | ![]() | The ship foundered off the coast of Ireland some time before 24 November. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to London. [23] |
John and William | ![]() | The ship was captured by a French privateer before 5 March but was subsequently lost before 4 March. She was on a voyage from Cape Fare to London. [36] |
King William | ![]() | The ship was lost at Twillingate, British America, before 22 December. [18] |
Kitty | ![]() | The ship was captured by the privateer Greyhound (![]() |
Lapwing | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe before 4 December. [26] |
Leed's Merchant | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe before 4 December. [26] |
Lewis | ![]() | The ship was lost off Newfoundland before 8 December. [27] |
Margaret | ![]() | The ship foundered before 5 April 1748. She was om a voyage from London to Mahone, Menorca. [47] |
Massonia del Rosario | ![]() | The ship exploded whilst fighting an Algerine cruiser off Gibraltar before 1 March. [48] |
Merchant Adventure | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe before 4 December. [26] |
Ogden | ![]() | The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer east of Jamaica before 23 June. She sank shortly after being captured, with nine survivors. Ogden was on a voyage from an African port to Jamaica. [8] |
Pemberton | ![]() | The ship was lost at Port Morant before 6 October. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [22] |
Pepperel | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 March. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Maryland, British America [36] |
Pilchard | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, British America, before 23 October. She was on a voyage from Biddiford, Devon, to Boston, Massachusetts, British America. [49] |
Prince Arthur | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida before 8 April 1748. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [50] |
Priscilla | ![]() | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cape Fare to London [32] |
Rose | ![]() | The ship was lost before 26 May. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [51] |
Scarborough | ![]() | The ship was lost on the coast of New England, British America, before 1 April 1748. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Boston, Massachusetts. [52] |
Success | ![]() | The ship was lost at Antigua before 5 May. [53] |
Tryton | ![]() | The ship was lost near Bermuda before 12 May. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to London. [4] |
Vlissingen | ![]() | The East Indiaman foundered in Meob Bay, off what is now Namibia, Africa, with the loss of all hands. [54] |
William & Mary | ![]() | The ship foundered before 26 June. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jamaica. [55] |
Willis | ![]() | The ship was lost on the coast of New England, British America, before 27 November. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. [56] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The privateer was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain whilst in pursuit of Fanny (![]() |
Unnamed | ![]() | The privateer sank at Morlaix. [58] |
Ship events in 1747 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1742 | 1743 | 1744 | 1745 | 1746 | 1747 | 1748 | 1749 | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 |
Ship commissionings: | 1742 | 1743 | 1744 | 1745 | 1746 | 1747 | 1748 | 1749 | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1742 | 1743 | 1744 | 1745 | 1746 | 1747 | 1748 | 1749 | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 |
Shipwrecks: | 1742 | 1743 | 1744 | 1745 | 1746 | 1747 | 1748 | 1749 | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 |