The List of shipwrecks in 1755 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1755.
January
17 January
19 January
24 January
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
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Happy Return
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Ireland
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The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bordeaux, France. Her crew were rescued.[4]
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John & Elizabeth
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Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore near Dieppe, France, with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France.[5]
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John & Mary
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Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore near Cadiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Genoa.[6]
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Katherine & Anne
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Great Britain
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The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bristol, England, to Morlaix, France.[7]
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Two Sisters
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Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore near Cadiz. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[6]
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February
14 February
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
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Postillion
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France
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The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rhône.[8]
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16 February
Unknown date
March
8 March
13 March
21 March
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
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Parthenope
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost at "Georgenti". Her crew were rescued.[14]
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Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
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Adventure
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Great Britain
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The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Oporto.[15]
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Carolina
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Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore at Amble, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[12]
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David
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Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey.[16]
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Friendship
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Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France, to Newcastle upon Tyne.[12]
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Glasgow
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Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore near Campvere, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[17]
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Good Intent
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[12]
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Margaret
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Great Britain
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off Granville, France, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to a Scottish port.[16]
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St. George
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost near Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.[15]
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St. Mawes
|
Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States, to Hull, Yorkshire.[8]
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Sukey
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Corton, Suffolk. Her crew survived.[16]
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April
4 April
13 April
23 April
Unknown date
May
Unknown date
June
8 June
9 June
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
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Andalusia
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Spain
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The ship was lost off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, New Spain, to Málaga.[26]
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10 June
July
1 July
17 July
18 July
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Abel & Mary
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Great Britain
|
The ship was lost at Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Cette to Boulogne.[29]
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Unknown date
August
Unknown date
September
2 September
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
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William and Mary
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost near Genoa. Gje was on a voyage from Genoa to Lisbon, Portugal.[33]
|
27 September
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
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Hardie
|
France
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The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain.[35]
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Mary-Ann
|
France
|
The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth.[35]
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Nancy
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost at "Cliesdon". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[35]
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Pleixcilière
|
France
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The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth.[35]
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Princess Augusta
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost near Milford, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Chester, Cheshire.[36]
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Samuel
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[26]
|
Winsor
|
Great Britain
|
The ship departed from London for Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland, during September. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]
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October
5 October
6 October
14 October
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Swallow
|
Great Britain
|
The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall, for Corunna, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[39]
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Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
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Ann & Mary
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost on the Wolf Rock, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Poole, Dorset.[40]
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Betty
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[38]
|
Jane
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked on Jersey, Channel Islands, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.[41]
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Mediterranean
|
Great Britain
|
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Chester, Cheshire.[41]
|
Richard
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost on the "Medwharf". She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool.[40]
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St. Andrew
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dumfries.[41]
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Stirling Castle
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool.[40]
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Triton
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Bristol.[42]
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November
9 November
16 November
29 November
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Amity
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked on The Cockles. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London.[47]
|
Benjamin
|
France
|
The ship was lost near the Île d'Oléron. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Bordeaux.[44]
|
Duc de Berry
|
France
|
The ship was lost near the Île d'Oleron. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Bordeaux.[44]
|
Good Intent
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[48]
|
Isabella
|
Great Britain
|
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Plymouth, Devon.[44]
|
Jennings
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk.[44]
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John & Philip
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to London.[47]
|
La Ferme
|
France
|
The ship was lost near Ramsgate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Havre de Grâce.[44]
|
Levant
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to London.[43]
|
Mermaid
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[43]
|
Nancy
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was driven ashore near St Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Barcelona, Spain.[49]
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Neptune
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[47]
|
Oporto Merchant
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was driven ashore on Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[50]
|
Unity
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost in the Dogger Bank. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, to Whitby, Yorkshire.[48]
|
Young William
|
Ireland
|
The ship was wrecked on the Lancashire coast with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin.[48]
|
December
15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Hannah & Betty
|
Ireland
|
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the North Bull, Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Dublin.[51]
|
25 December
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Acton
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked near Llanelly, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[53]
|
Anna-Maria
|
Dutch Republic
|
The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, Great Britain, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam.[46]
|
Expedition
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost near Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Naples.[54]
|
Lively Nancy
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost near Hamburg.[46]
|
Pulcrade
|
Portugal
|
The ship was wrecked on the Galician coast, Spain. She was on a voyage from Oporto to "Balica".[39]
|
Sarah & Rebecca
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked on the coast of South Wales.[54]
|
Three Crowns
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[51]
|
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Brown
|
British America
|
The galley was lost near Anguilla. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island, to the West Indies.[55]
|
Carolina
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost near Willemstad, Curaçao. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[26]
|
Duke of Cumberland
|
Jersey
|
The ship was lost on the coast of Newfouldland, British America.[56]
|
Hopewell
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost near Seskar. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[57]
|
James and Christopher
|
Portugal
|
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Mazagan, Morocco.[21]
|
Jehoakim
|
Spain
|
The ship was lost in the Passage Islands. She was on a voyage from Caracas, New Spain, to Cádiz.[37]
|
Jersey
|
Jersey
|
The ship was lost on the coast of Newfoundland.[58]
|
Martin
|
Great Britain
|
The brigantine foundered before 3 February whilst on a voyage from Campeachy, New Spain, to the West Indies. Her crew were rescued.[59]
|
Marmaduke
|
Great Britain
|
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Saint Petersburg.[47]
|
Montfort
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked on the Morant Cays, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[9]
|
Nazareth
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost off Lagos. Her crew were rescued. She was reported to be on a voyage from Wales to Marseille, France.[60]
|
Notre Dame de Deliverance
|
France
|
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Cádiz, Spain.[61]
|
Prince William
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Dino".[62]
|
Salisbury
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked on the "Coloradoes" with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America.[6]
|
Sally & Lucy
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cerela".[62]
|
St. Peter
|
Imperial Russian Navy
|
The gukor was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Vorovskaya. She was on a voyage from Yamsk to Okhotsk.[63]
|
Susannah
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost at Bombay, Mughal Empire.[64]
|
Union
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, British America, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts.[51]
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Venus
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost near Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[40]
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