The List of shipwrecks in 1755 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1755.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Warren | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Africa. Some of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Virginia, British America. [1] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jubilee | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Brayson Bay, Isle of Wight, with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. [2] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cadiz Packet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Valencia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Valencia. [3] |
Joseph | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Valencia. [3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Happy Return | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bordeaux, France. Her crew were rescued. [4] |
John & Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Dieppe, France, with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France. [5] |
John & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Cadiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Genoa. [6] |
Katherine & Anne | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bristol, England, to Morlaix, France. [7] |
Two Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Cadiz. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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St.Paul de Ribereaux | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Pevensey, Sussex, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. [9] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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John | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Venice to Oporto. [10] |
Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America, to London. [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hazard | France | The schooner was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Saint-Domingue. [11] |
Kingston | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Alderney, Channel Islands, with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Madeira and Jamaica. [12] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arthur | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Genoa with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Naples to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. [13] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Parthenope | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Georgenti". Her crew were rescued. [14] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Oporto. [15] |
Carolina | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Amble, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [12] |
David | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey. [16] |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France, to Newcastle upon Tyne. [12] |
Glasgow | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Campvere, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. [17] |
Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. [12] |
Margaret | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Granville, France, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to a Scottish port. [16] |
St. George | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon. [15] |
St. Mawes | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States, to Hull, Yorkshire. [8] |
Sukey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Corton, Suffolk. Her crew survived. [16] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Achilles | France | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) west of La Palma, Canary Islands. Thirteen of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Nantes. [18] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. [20] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gloucester Lass | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Mumbles Bay, Glamorgan She was on a voyage from Swansea to Boston. [21] |
Molly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. [20] |
Neptune | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, to Rotterdam. [22] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Neptune | 22px Hamburg: The ship was lost near Hamburg. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to Hamburg via Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain. [23] | |
Nightingale | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the South Battery Rocks, Sunderland, County Durham. [19] |
Providence | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cette to Dunkerque, France. [24] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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John & Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. [25] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Andalusia | Spain | The ship was lost off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, New Spain, to Málaga. [26] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Katherina | Sweden | The snow was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Havre de Grâce, France. [27] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann & Esther | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 leagues (150 nautical miles (280 km) north north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Marseille, France. [28] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Doddington | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was wrecked in Algoa Bay with the loss of 247 of the 270 people on board. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abel & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Cette to Boulogne. [29] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Danzig. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol. [30] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Allen | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Dunkerque, France. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Lisbon, Portugal. [30] |
Providence | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madeira to London. [31] |
Resolution | Great Britain | The whaler was lost near Liverpool, Lancashire. [31] |
Warminster | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the North Channel. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [32] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Genoa. Gje was on a voyage from Genoa to Lisbon, Portugal. [33] |
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York | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km)) off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [34] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hardie | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain. [35] |
Mary-Ann | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth. [35] |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Cliesdon". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [35] |
Pleixcilière | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth. [35] |
Princess Augusta | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Milford, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Chester, Cheshire. [36] |
Samuel | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. [26] |
Winsor | Great Britain | The ship departed from London for Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland, during September. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [37] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Swallow | Great Britain | The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall, for Corunna, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [39] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Wolf Rock, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Poole, Dorset. [40] |
Betty | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. [38] |
Jane | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Jersey, Channel Islands, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London. [41] |
Mediterranean | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Chester, Cheshire. [41] |
Richard | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the "Medwharf". She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool. [40] |
St. Andrew | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dumfries. [41] |
Stirling Castle | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool. [40] |
Triton | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Bristol. [42] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to King's Lynn, Norfolk. [43] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Seahorse | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool, Lancashire. [44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Purcell | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Seven crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix. [45] [46] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amity | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on The Cockles. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London. [47] |
Benjamin | France | The ship was lost near the Île d'Oléron. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Bordeaux. [44] |
Duc de Berry | France | The ship was lost near the Île d'Oleron. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Bordeaux. [44] |
Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London. [48] |
Isabella | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Plymouth, Devon. [44] |
Jennings | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk. [44] |
John & Philip | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to London. [47] |
La Ferme | France | The ship was lost near Ramsgate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Havre de Grâce. [44] |
Levant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to London. [43] |
Mermaid | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London. [43] |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near St Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Barcelona, Spain. [49] |
Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to King's Lynn, Norfolk. [47] |
Oporto Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London. [50] |
Unity | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Dogger Bank. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, to Whitby, Yorkshire. [48] |
Young William | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the Lancashire coast with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin. [48] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hester | British America | The sloop was wrecked at the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Annapolis, Maryland. [52] |
Penguin | British America | The sloop was wrecked at Lynnhaven, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Maryland to Wilmington, Pennsylvania. [52] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Acton | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Llanelly, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London. [53] |
Anna-Maria | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, Great Britain, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam. [46] |
Expedition | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Naples. [54] |
Lively Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Hamburg. [46] |
Pulcrade | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the Galician coast, Spain. She was on a voyage from Oporto to "Balica". [39] |
Sarah & Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of South Wales. [54] |
Three Crowns | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [51] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brown | British America | The galley was lost near Anguilla. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island, to the West Indies. [55] |
Carolina | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Willemstad, Curaçao. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. [26] |
Duke of Cumberland | Jersey | The ship was lost on the coast of Newfouldland, British America. [56] |
Hopewell | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Seskar. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. [57] |
James and Christopher | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Mazagan, Morocco. [21] |
Jehoakim | Spain | The ship was lost in the Passage Islands. She was on a voyage from Caracas, New Spain, to Cádiz. [37] |
Jersey | Jersey | The ship was lost on the coast of Newfoundland. [58] |
Martin | Great Britain | The brigantine foundered before 3 February whilst on a voyage from Campeachy, New Spain, to the West Indies. Her crew were rescued. [59] |
Marmaduke | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Saint Petersburg. [47] |
Montfort | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Morant Cays, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [9] |
Nazareth | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Lagos. Her crew were rescued. She was reported to be on a voyage from Wales to Marseille, France. [60] |
Notre Dame de Deliverance | France | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Cádiz, Spain. [61] |
Prince William | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Dino". [62] |
Salisbury | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the "Coloradoes" with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America. [6] |
Sally & Lucy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cerela". [62] |
St. Peter | Imperial Russian Navy | The gukor was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Vorovskaya. She was on a voyage from Yamsk to Okhotsk. [63] |
Susannah | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Bombay, Mughal Empire. [64] |
Union | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, British America, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts. [51] |
Venus | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey, Channel Islands. [40] |
Ship events in 1755 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 | 1753 | 1754 | 1755 | 1756 | 1757 | 1758 | 1759 | 1760 |
Ship commissionings: | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 | 1753 | 1754 | 1755 | 1756 | 1757 | 1758 | 1759 | 1760 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 | 1753 | 1754 | 1755 | 1756 | 1757 | 1758 | 1759 | 1760 |
Shipwrecks: | 1750 | 1751 | 1752 | 1753 | 1754 | 1755 | 1756 | 1757 | 1758 | 1759 | 1760 |