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The List of shipwrecks in 1762 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1762.


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January

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3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Biddiford Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sixth rate foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with some loss of life.[1]

8 January

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List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1762
Ship State Description
Dragon  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Surrey. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes.[2]
Greyhound  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Barbadoes by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes.[3]

12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1762
Ship State Description
Charlotte  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater.[4]
Good Intent  Great Britain The tender was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater.[4]
Granville  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Ireland.[4]
John & Sukey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland and the West Indies.[4]
Nossa Senhora de Padrão da Serra  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.[4]
Prussian Hero  Great Britain The victualling ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater.[4]
Seanymph  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater.[4]
Zénobie  French Navy The frigate was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset, Great Britain with the loss of 40 of her 110 crew.[4]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Amiable  France The privateer was lost with the loss of 27 lives.[4]
Delight  Ireland The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Dublin.[5]
Helen  Great Britain The ship was lost off Cape Sambro, Nova Scotia, French America. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[6]
Pearl  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the North Bull Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Genoa and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[5]
Sarah & Katherine  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Man. she was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[4]
Three Friends  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford with the loss of one of the thirteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Senegal to London.[5]

February

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10 February

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List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1762
Ship State Description
Sally  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe near Glückstadt, Duchy of Holstein.[7]

21 February

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List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1762
Ship State Description
Cumgilly  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Carmarthen.[8]
Edinburgh  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from London to Leith.[9]

22 February

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List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1762
Ship State Description
Retrelle  France The ship, which had been captured by HMS Bellona (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy) on 17 February, was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Batz with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were taken prisoner by the French.[10]

24 February

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List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1762
Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from North Bergen, Norway to Sunderland, County Durham.[9]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Barnard  Great Britain The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean (48°N 26°W / 48°N 26°W / 48; -26) on 10 February by the privateer Diana ( France) whilst on a voyage from Cape Fear, North Carolina, British America to London. She was sent in to Bayonne, France but was lost off that port.[11]
Lady Katharina  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[9]
Success  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea between Fraserburgh and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[6]
Syren  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Eyemouth, Berwickshire to Campvere or Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[9]
William  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven, Electorate of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[9]

March

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15 March

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List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1762
Ship State Description
Charming Betsey  Great Britain The ship was sunk at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Dublin and Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]

18 March

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List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1762
Ship State Description
Nostra Señora de Piedade  Spain The ship was wrecked on the North Bull Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from St Georges to London.[12]

22 March

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1762
Ship State Description
Andreas  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Martins to Warberg.[3]

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Ship State Description
Catherina Margaretta  Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Lindisfarne, Northumberland, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain.[13]
Duke of York  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off Tynemouth. She was on a voyage from London to North Shields.[7]
Jeun Sultan  France The privateer was captured by Scipio ( Great Britain). She was later driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Sussex, Great Britain, with the loss of a crew member.[14][11]
Laurel  Great Britain The transport ship was sunk by a collision with Houghton ( British East India Company) in the English Channel 5 leagues (24 km) west of Portland Bill, Dorset.[8]
Margaret  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norfolk with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[15]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship was lost off Youghall, County Cork, Ireland, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[10]
Mohawke  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[15]
Nostra Señora del Rosario  Spain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Bilboa.[13]
Santissima Trinita & St. Pedro D'Alantara  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Exeter, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Exeter to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily.[16]

April

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6 April

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List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1762
Ship State Description
Phaeton flag unknown The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, British America.[17]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Bacchus  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Posset Point Rocks, in the Bristol Channel.[18]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from a Dutch port to Guinea.[19]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was lost off the mouth of the Elbe. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Bremen.[20]
Young Adrian  Ireland The ship was lost near Portaferry, County Down. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Dublin.[21]

May

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7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1762
Ship State Description
Achilles  Great Britain The ship caught fire off Carthagena, Spain and was beached. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London.[22]

22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1762
Ship State Description
Buffoon  Great Britain The frigate was lost in the Hamoaze.[23]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Jane  Great Britain The ship was captured by the privateer Revenge ( France). She was later driven ashore on the Dutch coast by a British armed cutter.[24]
Revenge  France The privateer was driven ashore on the Dutch coast by a British armed cutter and was then burnt.[24]

June

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21 June

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List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1762
Ship State Description
Lytchett  Great Britain The ship was captured in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland by Greyhound ( French Navy) and was burnt.[25]

July

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Hercules  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Riga, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Riga.[26]
Middleton  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to Liverpool.[27]
Molly  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Bremen.[26]
St. João Baptista  Portugal The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Postillion (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[28]
Success  Great Britain The ship struck a rock and foundered off the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.[29]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Bremen.[26]

August

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12 August

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List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1762
Ship State Description
Asia  Spanish Navy Battle of Havana: The ship of the line was scuttled at Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba.[30]
Europa  Spanish Navy Battle of Havana: The ship-of-the-line was scuttled at Havana .[30]
Neptuno  Spanish Navy Battle of Havana: The ship-of-the-line was scuttled at Havana.[30]

15 August

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List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1762
Ship State Description
Savage  France The ship privateer, a cutter, was captured and sunk by HMS Hazard (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[31]

26 August

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List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1762
Ship State Description
Indian Prince  Great Britain The ship was captured off Madeira by a French Navy frigate, reported to be the Modeste, and was burnt. Her crew were put aboard the Greyhound ( Great Britain), which was also captured but was released with her rigging partly disabled. Indian Prince was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Africa.[32]

27 August

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List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1762
Ship State Description
Rose  Great Britain The ship parted from a convoy on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[33]

31 August

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List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1762
Ship State Description
Prince of Wales  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 15 leagues (72 km) west of Belle Île, France. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel.[32]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Diligence  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch ship. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[25]
Gibraltar  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk by another vessel. Her crew were rescued.[34]
Judith Maria  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[35]

September

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3 September

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List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1762
Ship State Description
Jufro Francina  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam.[36]

14 September

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List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Stirling Castle Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The second-rate ship of the line was scuttled at Havana, Cuba.

15 September

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List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1762
Ship State Description
Santa Joseph de Goyesechea  Spain The ship was driven ashore in Avilés Bay by HMS Aeolus (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy) and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Caracas, Viceroyalty of Peru to "Port Passage".[30][37]

18 September

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List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Humber Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fifth rate was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[38]
St Paul  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands.[38]

19 September

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List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1762
Ship State Description
Christian Danzig The dogger was driven ashore and wrecked in Liverpool Bay.[39]
Greyhound  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Ribble and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin, Ireland.[39]

24 September

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List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Badger Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Merlin-class sloop was wrecked in the Orkney Islands with the loss of all hands.[40]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Eagle  Great Britain The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Lancaster, Lancashire, her crew wishing to avoid impressment. She came ashore and was wrecked. Eagle was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Lancaster.[41]
Fenwick  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[39]
Jennet  Great Britain The ship was lost near Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva to Lancaster, Lancashire.[37]
Kingstone  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Baltic Sea and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[42]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Selsey Island, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[41]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg.[39]
Prince of Wales  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Highlakes, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[43]

October

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3 October

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List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1762
Ship State Description
Emelia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Backton, Norfolk.[44]
Hopestill  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[44]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of a crew member.[44]
John and Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Backton.[44]
John and Thomas  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, Dutch Republic to Sunderland, County Durham.[44]
Lively Nanny  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Backton. Her crew were rescued.[44]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Backton. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Cammas" to London.[44]
Sarah  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[44]
St George  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk.[44]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea. Her crew were rescued.[44]

25 October

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List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1762
Ship State Description
Arthur Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Martinico and Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba.[45]
Providence  Great Britain The transport ship was lost at Havana.[46]

26 October

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List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1762
Ship State Description
Charming Isabella  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[47]
Experiment  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea with the loss of two of her crew.[47]
James and Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea. Her crew were rescued.[47]
John and Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea. Her crew were rescued.[47]

30 October

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List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1762
Ship State Description
Phœnix  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of at least 332 lives. Thirty-six crew were rescued by King George ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Africa to Virginia, British America.[48]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Anne & Margaret  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[49]
Bona Fortuna Denmark Norway The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from North Bergen to London.[49]
Charming Nelly  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Southampton, Hampshire.[49]
Charming Sally  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar.[50]
Endeavour  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore north of Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Schiedam, Dutch Republic.[44]
Grandburg  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Strangford Lough in mid-October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[51]
Haston  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Hamoaze.[49]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[52]
London  Great Britain The ship ran aground and was damaged at Saint Kitts. She was on a voyage from London to the Leeward Islands via Madeira and Gibraltar.[53]
Louisa  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[49]
Minerve  French Navy The frigate was lost at Vila Franca do Campo, Azores with the loss of most of her crew.[35][54]
Molly  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Watchet, Somerset.[49]
Pro Patria  Sweden The ship foundered in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) north of Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Åbo.[44]
Richard and Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney. She was on a voyage from Burlington, New Jersey, British America to London.[49]
Scott  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Granadoes to London.[52]
"Three Good Friends"  Dutch Republic The ship was destroyed by fire at Dublin, Ireland.[55]
Two Brothers  Great Britain The ship struck a rock and was severely damaged whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin, Ireland.[52]
Tyger  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[42]

November

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11 November

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List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1762
Ship State Description
Ferdinand  Great Britain The ship foundered in The Downs with the loss of thirteen of her eighteen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[56]
Friends Goodwill  Great Britain The ship foundered in The Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[57]
Hawke  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Pool, Dorset.[56]
Queen of Portugal  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal.[56]

15 November

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List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1762
Ship State Description
Pocock  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the snow Joanna. She was n a voyage from New Providence, Rhode Island to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[58]

27 November

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List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1762
Ship State Description
Minerva  Sweden The ship was driven ashore betweenCalais and Boulogne, Kingdom of France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain.[59][60]

29 November

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List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Marlborough Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The second rate ship of the line sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Antelope (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).

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Ship State Description
Adventure  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[47]
Ann and Francis  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[47]
Anne  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Norfolk with the loss of four lives.[47]
Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sloop-of-war was driven ashore in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[56]
Charles flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Figueira, Portugal.[61]
Duke of Cumberland  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[62]
Duke of York  Great Britain The ship was lost at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to London.[47]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull to London.[47][59]
Endeavoua  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Liverpool.[62]
Finder  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gorey. She was on a voyage from Angola to Rotterdam.[56][35]
Friendship  Great Britain The brig foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to New York, British America.[63][64]
Greyhound  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pool, Dorset.[59]
Hopewell  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London.[47]
Mayflower  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Long Oversall Sand, in the North Sea off the north coast of Norfolk. The only survivor was her captain, who was rescued by a coble from Wells-next-the-Sea.[47]
Pennington  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk.[47]
Quince Tree Kingdom of Great Britain British America The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina before 11 November. All seventeen people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Cape Fear, North Carolina.[65]
Samuel and Joseph  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[56]
Samuel & Lydia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from "Blythnock" to London.[47]
Sarah Hamburg The galley foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[47]
St George  Great Britain The ship was lost off "Pilasouthery". She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to Lancaster, Lancashire.[66]
Tarleton  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Crookhaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[62]
True Briton  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of all hands.[66]

December

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12 December

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List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Temple Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The third-rate ship-of-the-line foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland.[67][68]

15 December

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List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1762
Ship State Description
Arnold  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Maitanzes. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana Captaincy General of Cuba.[69]

18 December

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List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1762
Ship State Description
Pretty Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey The sloop departed from Saint-Malo for Guernsey. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[70]

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Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Lewis. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[71]
Anna Maria  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Ribble. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Lancaster, Lancashire.[64]
Bien Amie  Spain The ship was wrecked on the Spaniard Sand, in the Thames Estuary off Whitstable, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba.[72]
Commerce  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[73]
Isabella  Great Britain The ship sank on The Gallions. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira and Jamaica.[64] She was later refloated and taken in to the River Thames.[74]
Royal Charlotte  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from Quebec, New France to London. She was beached in the River Corrib, Ireland.[73]
HMS Temple Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The third-rate ship of the line foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.
Two Brothers  Great Britain The ship ran aground off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[71]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Adventure  Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Culloden (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy. She was on a voyage from Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba to Plymouth, Devon.[75]
Adventure Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to London.[75]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Sandy Island. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Antigua.[76]
Blessing  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[50]
Brilliant  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Martinico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies.[58]
Britannia  Great Britain The ship bulged whilst being heaved at Quebec, New France. She was declared a total loss.[28]
Brotherhood  Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Cesar  Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana to New York, British America.[58]
Cato  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Guadeloupe.[78]
Charming Nancy  Great Britain The ship sank near Halifax, Nova Scotia, French America. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax.[76]
Charming Sally  Great Britain The ship capsized with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London.[46]
Defiance  Great Britain The ship was lost at New Calabar.[50]
General Amherst  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to London.[46]
General Wolfe  Great Britain The transport ship was wrecked on the Morro Rocks, Havana.[79]
Happy Return  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Monte Christi, San Domingo to New York.[80]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of New England, British America. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[24]
Intrepide  Great Britain The ship was sunk off the coast of Africa in an engagement with a French privateer. There were four survivors.[67]
Lark  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Bulls whilst evading a French Navy man-of-war.[81]
Lark  Great Britain The transport ship was wrecked on the Morro Rocks, Havana.[79]
Lion  Great Britain The transport ship was wrecked on the Morro Rocks, Havana.[79] Her crew were rescued.[77]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost near Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Gibraltar.[82]
Oldbury  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was destroyed by explosives at Bonny, Nigeria. Her crew were rescued.[75]
Peggy Kingdom of Great Britain The brig foundered in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[41]
Phæton  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (190 km) off the Virginia Capes, British America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[82]
Pitt  Great Britain The transport ship, a galley, foundered.[46]
Pretty Betsey  Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Prince George  Great Britain The ship was lost at Martha Bacca, Jamaica at the end of a voyage from London. Her crew were rescued.[36]
Prince Ferdinand  Great Britain The ship was lost at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[55]
Providence  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, to Providence, Rhode Island, British America.[22]
Recovery  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[46]
Richard  Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Royal Duke  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Intrepid (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[48]
Sally  Great Britain The ship was captured by four French Navy Men-of-War and burnt. She was on a voyage from London to New York.[26]
St Joseph Kingdom of Sicily The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Barbary Coast with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Trani to Lisbon, Portugal.[71]
Streckland Castle  Great Britain The transport ship foundered.[79]
Sv. Pëtr I Pavel  Russian Empire The vessel was wrecked off Shemya in the Near Islands in the western Catherine Archipelago. Most of her crew survived.[83]
Tortola  Great Britain The ship capsized off Tortola. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Tortola to London.[59]
Unidentified Unidentified Russian explorers reported a two-masted foreign vessel abandoned in the Catherine Archipelago. Inhabitants of Unalaska Island and Umnak Island reported it to be on Chikhmil Island.[84]
Victoria  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Naples.[56]
William and Ann  Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[77]

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