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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

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1 January

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List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1761
Ship State Description
HMS Duc D'Aquitaine Kingdom of Great Britain 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 Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fourth rate ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked in a cyclone at Pondicherry.
HMS Proctor Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fireship foundered in a cyclone off Pondicherry. Her crew were rescued.[1]
HMS Queenborough Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sixth rate frigate foundered in a cyclone at Pondicherry. Her crew were rescued.[1]
HMS Sunderland Kingdom of Great Britain 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

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List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1761
Ship State Description
Susanna  Great Britain The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by HMS Minerva (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[2]

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Ship State Description
Aurora  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]
Barrington  Great Britain The ship was holed and subsequently came ashore at New York, British America.[5]
Brothers  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Lisbon, Portugal.[6]
Diadem  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 & Mary  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull.[3]
Félicité  French Navy The fifth rate frigate was driven ashore on the Dutch coast by HMS Richmond (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy) with the loss of 100 of her 262 crew. She was then burnt.[7][8][9]
Fly  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]
Goodhope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Dysart, Fife.[11]
Griffin  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 Return  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Dutch coast.[11]
Katherine  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Lisbon.[6]
King of Prussia  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]
Resolution  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 Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked whilst on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Barbadoes.[5]

February

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12 February

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List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1761
Ship State Description
Nathaniel  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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Ship State Description
Coleby  Ireland The ship was driven ashore.[2]
Elgin Packet  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 Joseph  Spain The ship ran aground in the Thames Estuary and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Málaga to London.[16]
Susanna & Cornelia  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore.[2]
Zee Post  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

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1 March

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List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1761
Ship State Description
Hope  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]
Nancy  Great Britain The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris.[17]
St Peter  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris.[17]

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Ship State Description
Betty  Great Britain The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland.[18]
Northern Lass  Ireland The ship sank at Dublin.[19]
Tates  Spain The ship foundered in the Yucatán Channeloff Casumal Island. Her crew were rescued.[20]

April

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11 April

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List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1761
Ship State Description
Betty  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cherbourg, Kingdom of France.[21]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
Ship State Description
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Hamburg.[22]
Neptune  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]
Neptune  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 Frederick  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 Friends  Ireland The polacca sank at Newry, County Antrim, after arriving from New York, British America.[21]
Young Elizabeth  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

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4 May

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List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1761
Ship State Description
Britannia  Great Britain The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston, South Carolina, British America.[25]
Daniel  Great Britain The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston.[25]
HMS Dolphin Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sixth rate frigate was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston.[25]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston.[25]
Eglinton  Great Britain The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston.[25]
John  Great Britain The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston.[25]
Manchester  Great Britain The ship capsized in a hurricane near Charleston. She was later righted.[25]
Polly & Betsey  Great Britain The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston.[26]
Success  Great Britain The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston.[25]
Thomas and Sarah  Great Britain The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston.[25]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
Ship State Description
Bacchus  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Lisbon to Oporto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Harriott ( Great Britain).[27]
Duke of Tuscany  Great Britain The ship was attacked by the privateer Duc de Biron ( 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 Hope  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-Cafferia  Spain The ship was lost near Lisbon, Portugal' She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, to London, Great Britain.[24]
Mary-Ann  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]
Peggy  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]
Ross  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Lisbon.[27]
St Antonio de Lisboa  Portugal The ship was driven ashore on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London.[30]
Ulrick Augusta  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain.[30]

June

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15 June

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List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1761
Ship State Description
Thresher  Great Britain The ship was captured by the privateer Bien Amie ( 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
Ship State Description
Jenter  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]
Sally  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

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1 July

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List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1761
Ship State Description
Baltimore  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Foudroyant (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Montserrat to London.[34]

29 July

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List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1761
Ship State Description
Isabella  Great Britain The ship was captured by Courageux ( French Navy) whilst on a voyage from Campbeltown, Argyllshire, to Jamaica. She was plundered and burnt.[35]

31 July

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List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1761
Ship State Description
Utile 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 ( French Navy) rescued them on 29 November 1776.[36][37][38]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1761
Ship State Description
Edward & James  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  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
Ship State Description
Concord  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[41]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset, to Plymouth, Devon.[42]
Peter & Stephen  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]
Sybilla  Great Britain The hired armed schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Estepona, Spain, with the loss of five of her crew.[44]

September

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3 September

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List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1761
Ship State Description
Prins Friedrich Adolph Sweden Swedish East India Company The East Indiaman was lost on the Shoals of Prata, in the South China Sea.[45][46]
Ufrow Margaritta  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
Ship State Description
Maria Dorothea  Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Selsey, Sussex, Kingdom of Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Copenhagen.[47]
Nelly  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[48]
Wolf  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

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2 October

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List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1761
Ship State Description
Coffee & Pike Kingdom of Great Britain British America The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica.[49]

9 October

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

10 October

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List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1761
Ship State Description
Astrakhan  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 Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The ship sloop foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[52][53]

27 October

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List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1761
Ship State Description
HMS Griffin Kingdom of Great Britain 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
Ship State Description
Adventure  Great Britain The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[55]
Anne  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire, to the West Indies.[56]
August  Great Britain The ship sank in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[52]
Betsey  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]
Canada  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]
Garland  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ilfracombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[57]
Habil  Sweden The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London.[35]
Hudson  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Portland, Dorset.[58]
Jupiter  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies.[55]
Lady Louisa  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 Packet  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]
Lily  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 Betty  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]
Romaine  France The privateer struck a rock in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Dunkerque and was wrecked.[59]
St Thomas  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 Brothers  Great Britain The ship sank at Dublin.[56]

November

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4 November

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List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1761
Ship State Description
Adventure  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (38°30′N 51°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

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List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1761
Ship State Description
Olive Branch Kingdom of Great Britain British America The snow was wrecked on the Egg Rock, off Boston, Massachusetts. Her thirteen crew were rescued.[49]

15 November

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List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1761
Ship State Description
Auguste  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]
Mary flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Courland, Russian Empire.[54]

16 November

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List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1761
Ship State Description
Halton  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

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List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1761
Ship State Description
Anna Naria  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[64]
Hermione  French Navy The frigate foundered off Vigo, Spain.[54]

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Ship State Description
Bance Island  Great Britain The ship was captured by the privateer Diana ( France) and was subsequently wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to London.[65]
Emanuel  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 Booren  Dutch Republic The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to a Dutch port. Her crew were rescued.[67]
Hawke  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]
Hopewell  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dunstonborough Castle. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.[66]
Quebec  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. She was on a voyage from "Dronton" to Dublin.[66]
Squirrel  Great Britain The ship was lost near "Kinlaugh", Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to London.[69]

December

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16 December

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List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1761
Ship State Description
Adventure  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

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List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1761
Ship State Description
Gambia  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

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List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1761
Ship State Description
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Neptune ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Jamaica to North Carolina, British America.[72]

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Ship State Description
Eagle  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[54]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cape St Vincent, Spain, after 111 December. her crew were rescued.[64]
Hanover  Great Britain The ship was lost at Figueira da Foz, Portugal.[73]
King of Prussia  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]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was lost off Cadiz, Spain.[73]
North Star  Sweden The ship was lost near "Masterland". She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain, to Stockholm.[75]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to London.[54]
True Briton  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]
Victory  Sweden The ship was lost on a voyage from London to Stockholm.[75]
Virgin  Great Britain The ship was lost at St Sabastian's.[76]
Vry  Dutch Republic The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam.[60]
Wandering Man Kingdom of Great Britain 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 Eagle  Great Britain The ship was captured by the privateer Duc de Noailles ( France) and was sunk by her.[78]
Young John  Dutch Republic The ship was lost off the Dutch coast.[61]

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Ship State Description
Bella  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 Prince  Great Britain The ship was captured in the Black River, Jamaica, by a French privateer and burnt.[79]
Blakeney  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]
Boscawen  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Barbadoes.[1]
Charlotte  Great Britain The Whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, French America.[44]
City of Derry  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]
Crawford  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Belle Isle, French America to the Basque Roads.[54]
Eagle  Great Britain The galley was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[80]
Eagle  Ireland The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dublin.[66]
Earl of Bute  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 & Ann  Great Britain The ship sank at Charleston, South Carolina, British America, after running aground when leaving that port for Portsmouth, Hampshire.[42]
Flora  Great Britain The ship was captured and sunk off the coast of Africa by a French Man-of-War.[81]
General Gage  Great Britain The ship sank in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London.[65]
Happy Return  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[75]
Isaac & William  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 Packet  Great Britain The ship was lost leaving Jamaica. She was bound for London.[83]
Lemmon  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to Lisbon.[56]
Mary  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[20]
Mary  Ireland The ship was lost near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dublin.[50]
Minerva  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]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship strick an iceberg and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Leopard ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Virginia.[31]
Pallas  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 Kingdom of Great Britain 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 Anne  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Green Point, Nevis. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to an Irish port.[40]
Rapahanock  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Prince William ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[40]
Recovery  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was lost on the coast of Africa. Her crew and 110 slaves were rescued.[50]
Richard and William  Great Britain The transport ship was sunk in an engagement with a privateer. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[20]
Russell  Great Britain The ship sank off Virginia whilst leaving port for Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued.[85]
Sally  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]
Scorpion  Great Britain The ship was lost on The Jardines, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[73]
Seaford  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Ligurian Sea off Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, with the loss of a crew member.[18]
Shark  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]
Success  Great Britain The ship was wrecked off Quebec. Her crew were rescued.[79]
Young Bever  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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  56. ^ a b c d e f "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2690). 23 October 1761.
  57. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2685). 6 October 1761.
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  65. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2700). 27 November 1761.
  66. ^ a b c d "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2694). 6 November 1761.
  67. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2701). 1 December 1761.
  68. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2695). 10 October 1761.
  69. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2696). 13 November 1761.
  70. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2706). 18 December 1761.
  71. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2757). 15 June 1762.
  72. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2728). 5 March 1762.
  73. ^ a b c "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2714). 15 January 1762.
  74. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2709). 29 December 1761.
  75. ^ a b c "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2705). 15 December 1761.
  76. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2716). 22 January 1762.
  77. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2708). 25 December 1761.
  78. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2718). 29 January 1762.
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  80. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2628). 20 March 1761.
  81. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2679). 15 September 1761.
  82. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2707). 22 December 1761.
  83. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2644). 15 May 1761.
  84. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2711). 5 January 1762.
  85. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2668). 7 August 1761.
  86. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2710). 1 January 1762.
  87. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2638). 24 April 1761.
  88. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (2662). 17 July 1761.
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