The List of shipwrecks in 1790 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded or otherwise lost during 1790.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Good Design | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [1] She was later refloated and taken in to Scarborough for repairs. [2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Bounty | Royal Navy | Mutiny on the Bounty: The 4-gun full-rigged ship was burnt in Bounty Bay, off Pitcairn Island. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Julie | France | The ship was wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Outer Hebrides while on a voyage from New York, United States to Belfast, County Down, Ireland. [4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amos Patrie | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. [5] |
Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Gothenburg, Sweden. [6] |
Carlton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated but capsized going in to Dover, Kent and was abandoned by her crew. Carlton subsequently came ashore at Sandgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. [7] |
Commercial Treaty | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel 3 leagues (7.8 nmi; 14 km) off Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France. [8] She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. [9] |
Eagle | Great Britain | The collier sank on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. [7] |
Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend. [10] |
Francis | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. [1] |
Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to London. [7] |
Jane | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] |
Jonge Juffrow Johanna | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost at Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Málaga, Spain. [7] |
Judith | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to London. [7] |
Lavater | Bremen | The ship was lost on the North Sand Head, off Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Bourdeaux, France. [7] |
Le Telemaque | France | The brig ran aground and sank in the Seine at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine. The wreck was salvaged in July 1842. [11] |
Liberty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [12] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon. Liberty was later refloated. [10] |
Lively | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Figueira da Foz, Portugal. [5] |
Maria Lucia | France | The ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay. Her crew were rescued. [13] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London. [5] |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of France. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Bourdeaux. [10] |
Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool. [1] |
Nimble | Great Britain | The whaler was driven ashore near Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas. [13] She was later refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent. [14] |
Peggy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea while of a voyage from Ulverston, Lancashire to Preston, Lancashire. [8] |
Pitt | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand. [7] |
Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Liverpool. [1] |
Weymouth | Great Britain | The ship was in collision with another vessel in the River Thames and sank. She was on a voyage from London to Weymouth, Dorset. [1] |
William and John | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Chale Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. [7] She was refloated in March and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight. [15] |
Young Samuel | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Gunfleet Sand. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. [5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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America | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 41°40′N41°30′W / 41.667°N 41.500°W ). Her crew were rescued by Alfred ( United States). America was on a voyage from the Sheep Cut River to L'Orient, France. [16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | France | The ship was driven ashore near Havre de Grâce. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Rouen. [17] |
Belle Henriette | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rouen to Stockholm, Sweden. [18] |
Commerce | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Maryland, United States to Ostend. Commerce was refloated and taken into port but was declared beyond repair. [19] |
John | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Gothenburg, Sweden. [19] |
Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Hook Sands, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pool, Dorset. [20] She was later refloated and taken in to Pool. [19] |
Reward | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Maryland, United States to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. [2] |
Success | Ireland | The ship was lost on the Tail of the Kish. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Dublin. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Sirius | Royal Navy | The 10-gun ship-of-the-line was driven onto a reef off Norfolk Island and was wrecked. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hindostan | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off the Malabar Coast. She was on a voyage from Canton, China to Bombay, India. [23] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France. She was on a voyage from London to the Charente. [25] |
Mercury | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock in the Strait of Gibraltar and sank. [22] |
Privy Counsellor Gaher | Hamburg | The ship was lost off Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz. [25] |
Twin Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cork, Ireland. [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lewis | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Passage East, County Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford, Ireland and Newfoundland, British America. [27] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Resignation | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Great Yarmouth. [28] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | Great Britain | The whaler was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. [29] She was later refloated. [30] |
Bridgewater | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Sweden. [31] |
Ecclair | France | The ship was lost at the Cape of Good Hope. [32] |
E. P. Augustenbourg | Danish Asiatic Company | The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. [29] |
HMS Guardian | Royal Navy | The Roebuck-class fifth-rate ship-of-the-line was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of the Cape Colony between Table Bay and Saldanha Bay. |
Helena Louisa | Dutch East India Company | The brig was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. [29] |
La Desia | France | The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. [29] |
Le Maria Genoise | French East India Company | The ship was driven ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. [29] |
Maria | Dutch East India Company | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the cape of Good Hope. [30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Count Conway | Great Britain | The ship was lost at the Cape of Good Hope. [32] |
William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Newfoundland. [33] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dispatch | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Dutch Republic. [24] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Tobago. [34] |
Grampus | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Barcelona, Spain. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Barcelona. [31] |
Iron Sides | Great Britain | The ship was lost with all hands whilst on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan. [31] |
Jonge Pieter | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost near North Foreland, Kent, Great Britain. [27] |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey. [28] |
Olive Branch | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Riga, Russia with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Riga to Hull, Yorkshire. [35] |
St. Anthony | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost near North Foreland. [27] |
Stormont | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Guernsey, Channel Islands. [36] |
William and Amy | Great Britain | The sloop foundered in the English Channel while on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire and Guernsey, Channel Islands. [37] |
Zephir | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cherbourg, France. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [38] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Khvat | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship struck a submerged object and sank off Reval. [40] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Active | Isle of Man | The ship was wrecked on the "Isle of Ache" while on a voyage from Douglas to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. [41] |
Benediction | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [41] |
Christopher | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Alicante, Spain. Her crew were rescued. [42] |
Elizabeth and Ann | Great Britain | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Royal Tar ( Great Britain ). Elizabeth and Ann was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [43] |
General Goddard | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London. [42] She was later refloated and escorted in to Portsmouth, Hampshire by HMS Hebe ( Royal Navy). [44] |
Nelly and Ann | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk by a Dutch galiot 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Aalborg, Denmark. [45] |
Viper | The ship was lost in the British Cameroons. [46] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Triton | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Lancaster, Lancashire. [47] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HSwMS Finland | Royal Swedish Navy | Russo-Swedish War, Battle of Vyborg Bay: The ship of the line ran aground in Vyborg Bay and was captured by the Russians. [40] |
HSwMS Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta | Royal Swedish Navy | Russo-Swedish War, Battle of Vyborg Bay: The ship of the line ran aground in Vyborg Bay and was captured by the Russians. [40] |
HSwMS Jaroslawits | Royal Swedish Navy | The ship of the line ran aground in Vyborg Bay and was captured by the Russians. [40] |
HSwMS Loviisa Ulrika | Royal Swedish Navy | Russo-Swedish War, Battle of Vyborg bay: The ship of the line ran aground in Vyborg Bay and was captured by the Russians. [40] |
HSwMS Postiljonen | Royal Swedish Navy | Russo-Swedish War, Battle of Vyborg Bay: The fireship was expended in battle. [48] [49] |
HSwMS Uppland | Royal Swedish Navy | Russo-Swedish War, Battle of Vyborg Bay. The ship of the line ran aground in Vyborg Bay and was captured by the Russians. [40] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann and Francis | Ireland | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain. [39] |
Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Galipoly, Ottoman Empire to Stettin. [50] |
Eagle | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Falmouth, Cornwall. [51] |
Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to a Baltic port. [52] |
Kent | Great Britain | The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas. [53] |
Unity | Great Britain | The ship rang aground off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. [50] She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs. [54] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nelly & Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Barbuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, United States to Guadeloupe. [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lynx | Great Britain | The ship was lost near the Laun Islands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Cape Breton Island, British America. [56] |
Mariya | Imperial Russian Navy | Russ-Swedish War: Battle of Svenskund: The Ekaterina-class frigate was sunk in the Gulf of Finland. [57] |
Sankt Nikolai | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Swedish War: Battle of Svenskund: The 38-gun frigate was sunk in the Gulf of Finland off Kotka, Sweden. |
50 unnamed vessels | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Swedish war: Battle of Svenskund: The ships, including 5 rowing frigates, 5 xebecs, 2 floating batteries, and 16 galleys, were lost in battle. [40] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Orange Field | Great Britain | The brig was wrecked at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire while on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Greenock, Renfrewshire. Her five crew survived. [58] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Columbas | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bluefields, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Leith, Lothian. [59] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Chance | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Clevedon, Somerset, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. [60] |
Dragon | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Swinemünde, Prussia. [61] |
Fox | Great Britain | The sloop was wrecked near Kilkadrane Point towards the end of July. Her crew were rescued. [62] |
Miriam | Great Britain | The ship sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to New Brunswick, British America. [30] |
Nayda | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Bourdeaux. [63] |
Willington | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to a Baltic port. [61] |
Woodhouse | Great Britain | The ship foundered in The Swin, off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Pillaw, Prussia to London. [64] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HSwMS Sophia Ulrica | Swedish Navy | The 64-gun Man-of-War capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea off "Winga" with the loss of about 400 lives. There were about 100 survivors. [65] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Abby | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Gulf of Florida. [66] |
Clyde | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the cooast of County Dublin, Ireland. [67] |
Economy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Margate, Kent at the end of August. [68] |
Einigkeit | Sweden | The ship was lost near "Geroe". [69] |
Mercurius | Stettin | The ship was lost at Anholt. [70] |
Prudence | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Cape Caloucha, Spain. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [71] |
St. Anna and St. Jeza | Portugal | The ship was wrecked near Stratton, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [69] |
Thetis | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Gulf of Florida. [66] |
Wilmington | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool. [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica. [72] |
London | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica. [72] |
Miss Parker | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica. [72] |
Peerless | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ( 43°N13°W / 43°N 13°W ) by a Danish brig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to the West Indies. [56] [68] |
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Blacket | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to London. [73] Blacket was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [66] |
Peggy | Great Britain | The ship sank in the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Chester, Cheshire. [73] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dispatch | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Fogo, Newfoundland, British North America to Oporto, Portugal. [46] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Carlisle | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. [46] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Liverpool, Lancashire. [74] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexander | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Walney Island, Lancashire. [75] |
HMS Arethusa | Royal Navy | The Minerva-class frigate ran aground on rocks off Brest, Finistère, France. She was refloated but found to be severely damaged. [76] Subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
Duke of York | Great Britain | The ship sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Liverpool. [75] |
Irene | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. [77] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. [75] |
Pitt | Great Britain | The ship ran aground at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. [32] |
Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London. [75] |
HMS Robust | Royal Navy | The third rate ship-of-the-line ran aground on the Horse of Wilmington sandbank, in the English Channel 2 leagues (5.2 nmi; 9.7 km) south east by south of Beachy Head, Sussex. [78] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Tri Sviatitelia | Russian Empire | The vessel was wrecked in Kashega Harbor ( 53°28′50″N167°10′30″W / 53.48056°N 167.17500°W ) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Catherine Archipelago during a storm. [79] |
Ship | State | Description |
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William and Margaret | Great Britain | The brigantine was wrecked on Oronsay with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Strangford Lough, Ireland. [80] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nostra Señora de la Conception | Spain | The ship was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico ( 24°30′N84°00′W / 24.500°N 84.000°W ) while on a voyage from Truxillo to Trinidad. [81] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hunter | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Temple Bay. [82] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Concord | Great Britain | The ship departed from Quebec for Guernsey, Channel Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [83] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ajax | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Nantz, Loire-Inférieure, France to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [84] |
Compte d'Agay | France | The ship sank at Brest, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Brest. [85] |
Concord | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon. [86] |
Diligence | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [87] |
Dublin | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Dublin. [84] |
Elephant | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Swine Bottoms, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. Five of her crew drowned. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Memel, Prussia. [86] |
Endeavour | Ireland | The ship foundered in Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Norway to Dublin. [88] |
Generous Friends | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the White Sea. [72] |
George | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Archangelsk, Russia with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Falmouth, Cornwall. [86] |
Hector | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Harrington, Cumberland. [66] |
Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost near St. Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Málaga. [89] |
Le Tout des Santes | France | The ship foundered off Candia, Crete. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Alexandria, Egypt. [74] |
Margaret | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Runney Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland. [90] |
Neutrality | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk and was wrecked. [91] She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [87] |
Nostra Señora Del Carmen | Spain | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Barcelona. [92] |
Rosário de Maria | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Reval, Russia while on a voyage from St. Ubes to Saint Petersburgh. [46] |
Santissimo Trinidada | Spain | The ship was wrecked at Ballykelly Point, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Belfast, County Antrim. [88] |
William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg. [84] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Prudence | Great Britain | The brig foundered in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Howth, County Dublin, Ireland while on a voyage from Whitehaven, Lancashire to Dublin. All but one of her crew were lost. [93] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary | Ireland | The Galway hooker was lost off "Robert's Cove" with the loss of all five people on board. [94] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Apollo | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Robin Hoods Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. [23] |
Betsey | Great Britain | The ship struck the pier at Dover, Kent and damaged her stern. She put into Ramsgate where she sank. Betsey was on a voyage from London to Air, Scotland. [95] |
Carolina | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bourdeaux, France. [96] |
Concordia Elizabeth | Dantzick | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Dunkerque, Nord, France. [72] |
Delaware | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. [97] [98] |
Delight | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool, Lancashire. [95] |
Dolphin | Great Britain | The ship was in collision with another vessel in the River Thames and was beached near Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [99] |
Elizabeth & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Stormay, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Liverpool. [100] |
Experiment | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool. [72] |
Fly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to London. [72] |
Francis | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork, Ireland to Liverpool. [72] |
Gainsborough | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Dagerort, Russia. [95] |
Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands with the loss of eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [99] |
Humber | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Riga, Russia. [23] |
Jane | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to London. [99] |
Jeune Antoine | France | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Belfast, County Down, Ireland. [80] |
Johannes | Norway | The ship was driven ashore near "Snowrig". She was on a voyage from London to Norway. [72] |
La Grâce | France | The ship was lost near Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Ostend, Dutch Republic. [23] |
Perseverance | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the West Barrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [96] |
Prince Gustaff Adolph | Sweden | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [80] She was on a voyage from Gefle to Alicante, Spain. [101] |
Resolution | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to the Strait of Gibraltar. [100] |
Robert and Mary | Great Britain | The ship ran aground and sank in the Irish Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. [102] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lisbon, Portugal. [99] |
Robert and Susannah | Great Britain | The ship was run down by another vessel and sank in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham. [80] |
Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near East Dean, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. [96] |
Unity | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. [23] |
Vrow Maria | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Ancona, Papal States. [98] |
Wahlfish | Swedish Pomerania | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea while on a voyage from Rügenwalde to Copenhagen, Denmark. [100] [102] |
Wexford | Ireland | The ship departed from Cork for Oporto, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. [103] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nanny | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Swansey, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall. [104] |
Sacre Famille | France | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Pevensey, Sussex, Great Britain. [105] |
St. George | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off County Wicklow, Ireland. [102] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Admiral Campbell | Great Britain | The ship departed from Oporto, Portugal for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [106] |
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Juno | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cork. [94] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fame | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of all hands. [107] |
Levant | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool. [108] [109] |
Rachel | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia. [83] |
Sophia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. [83] |
Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel. [83] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lucy | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Holyhead, Anglesey while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Holyhead. Her crew were rescued. [110] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Malahide | Ireland | The sailing barge foundered in Dublin Bay with the loss of all eight of her crew. [110] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary | Ireland | The ship struck the Splaugh Rock, off the coast of County Wexford and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Dungarvan, County Waterford. [111] |
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Negotie | Dutch East India Company | The ship was wrecked on Texel. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Ceylon. [112] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Advice | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on The Brambles, in The Solent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. [113] |
Aimable Aime | France | The ship was driven ashore on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Bourdeaux, Gironde. [114] |
Alert | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall with the loss of all hands while on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Africa. [82] |
Amity's Increase | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cowes to Hull, Yorkshire. [115] |
Aurora | Colberg | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Colberg to Dublin, Ireland. [104] [116] |
Benjamin | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 14 leagues (42 nautical miles (78 km) east of Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Plymouth, Devon. [113] |
Catharina Dorothea | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Amsterdam. She was later taken in to the "Lunna". [117] |
Cresswell | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the Dutch coast with the loss of all hands. [117] |
Dorothea | Dantzick | The ship was driven ashore at Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzick. [112] |
Deuz Felicites | France | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Nantz, Loire-Inférieure while on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Nantz. [118] |
Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. [100] |
El Rayo | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Puerto Rico. [119] |
Emanuel | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Bourdeaux with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Bourdeaux. [114] |
Favourite | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Kattegat off Marstrand, Sweden with the loss of all but one of her crew. [105] She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Stockholm, Sweden. [117] |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the North Sea while on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. [105] |
Gainsborough | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Dagerort, Russia. Her crew were rescued. [114] |
Golden Rule | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire. [117] |
Hamburgh Commerce | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Cuckold's Point. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. [113] |
Harmony | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Blackwall, Middlesex. [82] [113] |
Harvey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields and Jamaica. [115] |
Hazard | Great Britain | The ship struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and sank. [116] She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Marseille, France. [109] |
Hope | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool. [112] |
Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Kinsale' County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall to Cork. [112] |
Hope | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the Kattegat. She was refloated but was found to be so severely damaged that she was condemned. [116] |
Hope | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore north of Ravenglass, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Liverpool. [114] |
Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost off the coast of Florida, New Spain. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. [119] |
Isis | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from the Charente to London. [100] |
John & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to Kincardine. [112] |
Little Betsey | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Waterford. [117] |
Maria | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Charleston to London. [115] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 53 leagues (159 nautical miles (294 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France. [118] |
Mary and Harriot | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Arbroath, Forfarshire. [108] She was on a voyage from Riga to Dundee, Perthshire. [109] |
Mary Ann | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Skagen, Denmark while on a voyage from Dantzick to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. [116] |
Molly | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea while on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [116] |
Molly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire. [105] |
Nanny | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. Her crew were rescued. [115] |
Newburn | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hoylake. [105] [117] |
Passe Partout | France | The ship was lost near L'Orient. She was on a voyage from Nantz to Africa. [115] |
Peggy | Great Britain | The ship sank in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to Greenock, Renfrewshire. [120] |
Pelican | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore. [114] |
Perseverance | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool. [115] |
Persis | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Yorkshire. [117] |
Placentia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pool, Dorset. [104] |
Prudence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet. She was on a voyage from London to Hull. [121] |
Resolution | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Worms Head, Glamorgan with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Barnstaple, Devon. [115] [122] |
Swallow | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Gatcombe, Gloucestershire. [112] |
Swan | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near "Eckholme". She was on a voyage from Riga to Liverpool. [104] |
Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall while on a voyage from Waterford to London. |
Tigris | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. [105] She was on a voyage from Zant, Venetian Republic to London. [117] |
Two Friends | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore on the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Mogadore, Morocco. [83] |
Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on The Skerries, Ireland She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dublin. [112] Two Brothers was refloated in March 1791 and taken in to Dublin. [123] |
Ureede | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam. [114] |
Vrow Cornelia | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. [114] Vrow Cornelia was refloated in January 1791. [124] |
Vrow Gertruda | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. [114] |
William | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Cork and Dublin. [114] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Admiral Hughes | Great Britain | The ship was lost off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States. [125] |
Amelia | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the north coast of Grenada. [43] |
Amity | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Newfoundland, British America. [117] |
Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. [65] |
Ann and Elizabeth | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Jamaica. [116] [112] |
Apollo | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. [84] |
Aurora | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies. [125] |
Berbice Verlance | Dutch Republic | The ship ran aground in the Sierra Leone River. [63] |
Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Barbuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Grenada. [39] |
Betsey | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Union ( Great Britain ). Betsey was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire. [84] |
Brilliant | Great Britain | The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland. [30] |
Caladonia | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on a rock in the Davis Strait. Her crew were rescued. [50] |
Charlotte | Guernsey | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Bass Island, Newfoundland while on a voyage to Virginia, United States. [108] |
Chorrebe | France | The ship was lost at Mozambique. She was on a voyage from the Île de France, Mauritius to Mozambique. [126] |
Delaware | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the White Sea. [127] |
Delight | British America | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by John & Mary ( Great Britain ). Delight was on a voyage from Shelburne, Nova Scotia to Montserrat. [97] |
Despatch | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Livorno. [81] |
Diligence | Great Britain | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to London. [91] |
Dogger Bank | Dutch Republic | The East Indiaman foundered in the Pacific Ocean between the Cape of Good Hope and Java while on a voyage from the Dutch Republic to China. [37] [128] |
Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Arnage Reef. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to New Brunswick, British America. [83] |
El Rayo | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Puerto Rico. [129] |
Essex | Great Britain | The whaler was lost off Greenland. [64] |
Firmina | Spain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from St. Andero to Guayrá, Viceroyalty of Peru. Her crew were rescued. [125] |
Flora | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Virginia, United States to a European port. [128] |
Flora | Great Britain | The ship was lost on The Jordains. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Leith, Lothian. [50] |
Flora | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Cape Charles, Virginia. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [130] |
Friends | Great Britain | The whaler was lost off Greenland. [64] |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Davis Strait. [64] |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Virginia. [72] |
Galicia Packet | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily to Newfoundland. [69] |
General Washington | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Philadelphia to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Great Britain. [81] |
Henrica | Denmark | The ship was destroyed by fire at "Saloa". [124] |
Hope | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked off Grenada. [25] |
Hope | Dutch Republic | African slave trade: The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean. She was beached at Cape Orange, Brazil with the loss of most of the slaves on board. Hope was on a voyage from Vlissingen to Africa and the West Indies. [30] |
Hope | Great Britain | The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland. [30] |
Humber | Great Britain | The ship ran aground off Reval, Russia and was wrecked. [80] |
Jenny | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Boston to the West Indies. [99] [102] |
Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to Antigua. [124] |
Jessie | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [53] |
Kenton | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued by a French ship. [131] |
La Grace | France | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Ostend, Dutch Republic while on a voyage from Cadiz, Spain to Ostend. [80] |
Le Belisaire | France | The ship was lost on the Salt Pond Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Saint-Domingue to Philadelphia. [26] |
Le Castor | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [43] |
Le Duc de Amour | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bourdeaux, Gironde. [43] |
Le Dugay | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Nantz, Loire-Inférieure. [43] |
Lerieux | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Marseille. [43] |
Les Tout de Santes | France | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Heraklion, Crete while on a voyage from Livorno to Alexandria, Egypt. [46] |
Lion | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Jamaica. [132] |
Louisa | British America | The ship was lost at Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. [133] |
Lovely Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Virginia Capes, United States. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Virginia. [33] |
Marie Thérèse | France | The ship was wrecked near Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bourdeaux. [52] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Africa. [25] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the "Shoals of Grandie". [131] |
Morse | Great Britain | The whaler was driven ashore in Saldanha Bay, She was on a voyage from London to the South Seas. [134] |
Pusey Hall | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Lookout, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Virginia. [120] |
Recovery | Great Britain | The brig was lost whilst on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Virginia. Her crew and 90 passengers were rescued. [39] |
Santa Marie | Spain | The ship was lost at Saint Augustine, Florida, New Spain. She was on a voyage from Saint Augustine to Havana, Cuba. [60] |
Speedwell | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Georgetown. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to London. [117] |
Thomson or Thompson | Great Britain | The whaler was lost off Greenland. [54] [64] |
Two Friends | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Old Harbour, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Lancaster, Lancashire. [84] |
Urania | Great Britain | The whaler was lost off Greenland. [64] |
William | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore at the Virginia Capes. [33] |
Zee Nymph | Dutch East India Company | The East Indiaman was wrecked in False Bay. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Jakarta, Dutch East Indies. [88] |
Eight unnamed vessels | Imperial Russian Navy | The rowing gunboats were lost off the coast of the Grand Duchy of Finland, each with 70 crew aboard. [40] |