List of shipwrecks in 1761

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The List of shipwrecks in 1761 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1761.

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January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1761
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Duc D'Aquitaine Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Royal Navy The third rate ship of the line foundered in a cyclone off Pondicherry, India, with the loss of all but nineteen of her 590 crew.
HMS Newcastle Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Royal Navy The fourth rate ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked in a cyclone at Pondicherry.
HMS Proctor Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Royal Navy The fireship foundered in a cyclone off Pondicherry. Her crew were rescued. [1]
HMS Queenborough Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Royal Navy The sixth rate frigate foundered in a cyclone at Pondicherry. Her crew were rescued. [1]
HMS Sunderland Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Royal Navy The fourth rate ship of the line foundered in a cyclone off Pondicherry with the loss of 376 of her 393 crew.

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1761
ShipCountryDescription
SusannaBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by HMS Minerva ( Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. [2]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
ShipCountryDescription
AuroraBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to the Isle of Man. [3] She was later refloated. [4]
BarringtonBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was holed and subsequently came ashore at New York, British America. [5]
BrothersBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Lisbon, Portugal. [6]
DiademBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was captured by a privateer and was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Hull, Yorkshire. [4]
Elizabeth & MaryBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull. [3]
Félicité Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg  French Navy The fifth rate frigate was driven ashore on the Dutch coast by HMS Richmond ( Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Royal Navy) with the loss of 100 of her 262 crew. She was then burnt. [7] [8] [9]
FlyBritish-Blue-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The cutter was driven ashore east of Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. [4] She was later refloated and taken in to Dover. [10]
GoodhopeBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Dysart, Fife. [11]
GriffinBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Straits of Java. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from China to London. [12]
Happy ReturnBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. [11]
KatherineBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Lisbon. [6]
King of PrussiaSaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The brig was driven ashore at Feathard, County Wexford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from St Sebastians to the Isle of Man and Dublin. [10]
ResolutionBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkerque, France, with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was taken prisoner by the French. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Ancona, Papal States. [13]
Three FriendsBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked whilst on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Barbadoes. [5]

February

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1761
ShipCountryDescription
NathanielBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Lisbon, Portugal. [14]

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ShipCountryDescription
ColebySaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The ship was driven ashore. [2]
Elgin PacketBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Borrowstounness, Lothian, to London. [15]
Santa JosephBandera de Espana 1701-1748.svg  Spain The ship ran aground in the Thames Estuary and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Málaga to London. [16]
Susanna & CorneliaStatenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore. [2]
Zee PostBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Bayonne, France. [15]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1761
ShipCountryDescription
HopeSaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to Dublin. [17]
NancyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris. [17]
St PeterBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris. [17]

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ShipCountryDescription
BettyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland. [18]
Northern LassSaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The ship sank at Dublin. [19]
TatesBandera de Espana 1701-1748.svg  Spain The ship foundered in the Yucatán Channeloff Casumal Island. Her crew were rescued. [20]

April

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1761
ShipCountryDescription
BettyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cherbourg, Kingdom of France. [21]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
ShipCountryDescription
FriendshipBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Hamburg. [22]
NeptuneBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Newfoundland, French America. [21]
NeptuneBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship struck a rock in Plymouth Sound and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to London. [23]
Prince FrederickBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Vigo, Spain evading a French Man-of-War. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Lisbon, Portugal. [23]
Two FriendsSaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The polacca sank at Newry, County Antrim, after arriving from New York, British America. [21]
Young ElizabethNaval Flag of the Kingdom of France (Civil Ensign).svg  France The ship was captured by a Royal Navy ship but was lost at Tariffa, Spain, with the loss of most of her crew. [24]

May

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1761
ShipCountryDescription
BritanniaBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston, South Carolina, British America. [25]
DanielBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston. [25]
HMS Dolphin Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Royal Navy The sixth rate frigate was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston. [25]
ElizabethBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston. [25]
EglintonBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston. [25]
JohnBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston. [25]
ManchesterBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship capsized in a hurricane near Charleston. She was later righted. [25]
Polly & BetseyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston. [26]
SuccessBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston. [25]
Thomas and SarahBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston. [25]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
ShipCountryDescription
BacchusBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Lisbon to Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Harriott (British-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain ). [27]
Duke of TuscanyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was attacked by the privateer Duc de Biron (Naval Flag of the Kingdom of France (Civil Ensign).svg  France ) in the Atlantic Ocean 100 leagues (300 nautical miles (560 km) west of Cape Clear Island, County Clare, Ireland. She was sunk by grenadoes with the loss of 216 of the 221 people on board. Duke of Tuscany was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Newfoundland, French America. [28]
Good HopeBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [29]
La Nostra Señora Finida & Santa Putro dal Cantara-CafferiaBandera de Espana 1701-1748.svg  Spain The ship was lost near Lisbon, Portugal' She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, to London, Great Britain. [24]
Mary-AnnBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [29] She was later refloated. [29]
PeggyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Banff, Aberdeenshire, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. [28]
RossBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Lisbon. [27]
St Antonio de LisboaFlag of Portugal (1750).svg  Portugal The ship was driven ashore on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London. [30]
Ulrick AugustaStatenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain. [30]

June

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1761
ShipCountryDescription
ThresherBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was captured by the privateer Bien Amie (Naval Flag of the Kingdom of France (Civil Ensign).svg  France ) and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, and the Isle of May to Maryland, British America. [31]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
ShipCountryDescription
JenterBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock with the loss of all hands. [32] She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America, to Hull, Yorkshire. [33]
SallyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on The Shingles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira and Antigua. [32] She was subsequently taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight. [20]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1761
ShipCountryDescription
BaltimoreBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Foudroyant ( Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Montserrat to London. [34]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1761
ShipCountryDescription
IsabellaBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was captured by Courageux (Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg  French Navy) whilst on a voyage from Campbeltown, Argyllshire, to Jamaica. She was plundered and burnt. [35]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1761
ShipCountryDescription
Utile Drapeau du regiment de la Compagnie des Indes en 1756.png French East India Company With a crew of 142 at the time she departed Bayonne, France, the frigate was wrecked on the fringing reef of Tromelin Island in the Indian Ocean during a voyage from Madagascar to Mauritius with a cargo of approximately 160 Malagasy slaves. About 100 of the slaves drowned, but the crew and about 60 of the slaves reached shore. The ship Providence (flag unknown) rescued the 122 surviving French sailors on 27 September 1761, leaving the slaves behind. Only eight slaves remained alive when the corvette Dauphine (Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg  French Navy) rescued them on 29 November 1776. [36] [37] [38]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
ShipCountryDescription
Edward & JamesBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 120 leagues west of Lands End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to North Carolina, British America. [39]
Sally British-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Ribble. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Lancaster, Lancashire. [40]

August

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
ShipCountryDescription
ConcordBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [41]
ElizabethBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset, to Plymouth, Devon. [42]
Peter & StephenBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to London. [43]
SybillaBritish-Blue-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The hired armed schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Estepona, Spain, with the loss of five of her crew. [44]

September

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1761
ShipCountryDescription
Prins Friedrich Adolph Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish East India Company The East Indiaman was lost on the Shoals of Prata, in the South China Sea. [45] [46]
Ufrow MargarittaFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bantham, Devon, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Copenhagen. [47]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
ShipCountryDescription
Maria DorotheaFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Selsey, Sussex, Kingdom of Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Copenhagen. [47]
NellyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [48]
WolfBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Africa. [44]

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1761
ShipCountryDescription
Coffee & Pike Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British America The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica. [49]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1761
ShipCountryDescription
Four SistersBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Henrietta (British-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain ). She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. [50]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1761
ShipCountryDescription
AstrakhanNaval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy The battleship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hiiumaa. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kolberg to Cronstadt. [51]
HMS Pheasant Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Royal Navy The ship sloop foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. [52] [53]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1761
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Griffin Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Royal Navy The sixth rate frigate was wrecked off Barbuda with the loss of 50 of her crew. [54]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
ShipCountryDescription
AdventureBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [55]
AnneBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire, to the West Indies. [56]
AugustBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship sank in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. [52]
BetseyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. [56]
CanadaBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean within a league (3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Quebec, New France, to Cádiz. [35]
GarlandBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ilfracombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [57]
HabilFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London. [35]
HudsonBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Portland, Dorset. [58]
JupiterBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies. [55]
Lady LouisaBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia, to London. [55]
Leith PacketBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from London to Leith. [56]
LilyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dundrum, County Tipperary, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Dublin. [55]
Noble BettyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Lindisfarne. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to the Firth of Forth. [58]
RomaineNaval Flag of the Kingdom of France (Civil Ensign).svg  France The privateer struck a rock in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Dunkerque and was wrecked. [59]
St ThomasBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Trieste, Republic of Venice, to London. [55]
Two BrothersBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship sank at Dublin. [56]

November

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1761
ShipCountryDescription
AdventureBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 38°30′N51°38′W / 38.500°N 51.633°W / 38.500; -51.633 ). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. [60] [61]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1761
ShipCountryDescription
Olive Branch Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British America The snow was wrecked on the Egg Rock, off Boston, Massachusetts. Her thirteen crew were rescued. [49]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1761
ShipCountryDescription
Auguste British-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, British America, with the loss of 114 of the 121 people on board. She was on a voyage from Montreal to a French port. [62]
Maryflag unknownThe ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Courland, Russian Empire. [54]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1761
ShipCountryDescription
HaltonBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The galley foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Newfoundland, French America. [63]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1761
ShipCountryDescription
Anna NariaBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. [64]
Hermione Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg  French Navy The frigate foundered off Vigo, Spain. [54]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
ShipCountryDescription
Bance IslandBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was captured by the privateer Diana (Naval Flag of the Kingdom of France (Civil Ensign).svg  France ) and was subsequently wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to London. [65]
EmanuelFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark The ship sank at Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cette, France, to the Isle of Man. [66]
Grave van BoorenStatenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to a Dutch port. Her crew were rescued. [67]
HawkeBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Welch Hook. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [68]
HopewellBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dunstonborough Castle. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. [66]
QuebecSaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. She was on a voyage from "Dronton" to Dublin. [66]
SquirrelBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost near "Kinlaugh", Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to London. [69]

December

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1761
ShipCountryDescription
AdventureBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston to London. [70]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1761
ShipCountryDescription
GambiaBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Windward Passage. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [71]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1761
ShipCountryDescription
FriendshipBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Neptune (British-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain ). She was on a voyage from Jamaica to North Carolina, British America. [72]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
ShipCountryDescription
EagleBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [54]
ElizabethBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cape St Vincent, Spain, after 111 December. her crew were rescued. [64]
HanoverBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. [73]
King of PrussiaSaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The ship was lost near Wexford with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Belfast, County Antrim. [74]
NancyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost off Cadiz, Spain. [73]
North StarFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was lost near "Masterland". She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain, to Stockholm. [75]
PeggyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to London. [54]
True BritonBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Hamburg. [74]
VictoryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The ship was lost on a voyage from London to Stockholm. [75]
VirginBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost at St Sabastian's. [76]
VryStatenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam. [60]
Wandering Man Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Isle of Man The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Douglas. [77]
Young EagleBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was captured by the privateer Duc de Noailles (Naval Flag of the Kingdom of France (Civil Ensign).svg  France ) and was sunk by her. [78]
Young JohnStatenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic The ship was lost off the Dutch coast. [61]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
ShipCountryDescription
BellaBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The brig foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. [20]
Black PrinceBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was captured in the Black River, Jamaica, by a French privateer and burnt. [79]
BlakeneySaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbadoes by a French privateer. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Barbadoes. [33]
BoscawenBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Barbadoes. [1]
CharlotteBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The Whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, French America. [44]
City of DerrySaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The ship sank in the Hudson River at New York, British America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to New York. [25]
CrawfordBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Belle Isle, French America to the Basque Roads. [54]
EagleBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The galley was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [80]
EagleSaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dublin. [66]
Earl of ButeBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. [56]
Elizabeth & AnnBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship sank at Charleston, South Carolina, British America, after running aground when leaving that port for Portsmouth, Hampshire. [42]
FloraBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was captured and sunk off the coast of Africa by a French Man-of-War. [81]
General GageBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship sank in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London. [65]
Happy ReturnBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London. [75]
Isaac & WilliamBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île d'Orléans, New France. She was on a voyage from Quebec, New France, to London. [82]
Jamaica PacketBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost leaving Jamaica. She was bound for London. [83]
LemmonBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to Lisbon. [56]
MaryBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [20]
MarySaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The ship was lost near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dublin. [50]
MinervaBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Quebec, New France. [43]
NancyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship strick an iceberg and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Leopard (British-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain ). She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Virginia. [31]
PallasBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by a French Navy frigate and was blown up with the loss of over 600 lives. [84]
Polly Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British America The snow was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina before 10 December. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [49]
Princess AnneSaint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Green Point, Nevis. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to an Irish port. [40]
RapahanockBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Prince William (British-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain ). She was on a voyage from Virginia to London. [40]
RecoveryBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was lost on the coast of Africa. Her crew and 110 slaves were rescued. [50]
Richard and WilliamBritish-Blue-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The transport ship was sunk in an engagement with a privateer. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [20]
RussellBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship sank off Virginia whilst leaving port for Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued. [85]
SallyBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of British America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Lisbon. [86]
ScorpionBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost on The Jardines, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. [73]
SeafordBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Ligurian Sea off Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, with the loss of a crew member. [18]
SharkBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was lost at Bonny. Most of the slave were rescued. She was on a bound for British America. [87]
SuccessBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was wrecked off Quebec. Her crew were rescued. [79]
Young BeverBritish-Red-Ensign-1707.svg  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Newfoundland, French America. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Cádiz, Spain. [88]

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