List of shipwrecks in 1770

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The List of shipwrecks in 1770 includes some of the ships sunk, wrecked, or otherwise lost during 1770.


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January

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1770
Ship State Description
Harlequin  Great Britain The ship struck rocks off the Isles of Scilly and consequently foundered 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km)) south west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Thompson ( Great Britain). Harlequin was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to Hull, Yorkshire.[1]
William and Hannah  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near King's Lynn, Norfolk with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Leith, Lothian.[2]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1770
Ship State Description
St. Patrick  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on a reef off Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands with the loss of thirteen of the fourteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Grenadoes to London.[3]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1770
Ship State Description
John and Sally  Great Britain The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire.[3]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1770
Ship State Description
Prosperous  Great Britain The ship was lost at St. Antonio.[4]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1770
Ship State Description
Expedition  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean about 35 leagues (105 nautical miles (194 km) off the coast of Senegal. Her crew and a passenger were rescued by James ( Great Britain), but not the 110 slaves on board.[5]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1770
Ship State Description
HMS Jamaica Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Hind-class sloop was wrecked off the coast of Cuba.
Leimuiden Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman, a frigate, foundered off Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. Most of her 329 crew survived.[6]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1770
Ship State Description
Admiral Pircher  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sweden.[4]
Carleton  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, British America to San Sebastián, Spain.[7]
Cecilia  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Morant Keys. She was on a voyage from Africa to Jamaica.[8]
Denbia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hoylake, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9][7]
Elizabeth  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, British America. Her crew took to the boat but were presumed to have perished. She was on a voyage from Dublin to New York City.[10]
Emanuel  Ireland The ship was lost on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bordeaux.[9]
Gebroeders Lelks  Dutch Republic The ship was lost on the coast of South Wales. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Rotterdam.[11]
Industrious  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic to Leith, Lothian.[11]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sweden.[4]
Peter Pieters flag unknown The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark.[4]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Callais, Kingdom of France. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[12][7]
Signet  Great Britain The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to a British port.[2]
Whaley  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Chester, Cheshire.[11]

February

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1770
Ship State Description
John & Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kimmeridge, Dorset She was on a voyage from London to Dartmouth, Devon.[13]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1770
Ship State Description
Cecilia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Dublin, Ireland.[14]
Hannah Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey The ship struck rocks at Guernsey, was driven out to sea and foundered in the English Channel. she was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Guernsey.[14]
Good Intent  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Dublin. Good Intent was later refloated.[14]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Dublin. Liberty was later refloated.[14]
Mayflower  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Dublin. Mayflower was later refloated.[14]
Three Sisters  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Three Sisters was later refloated.[14]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1770
Ship State Description
Three Brothers  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall to Workington.[14]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1770
Ship State Description
Prince of Orange  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Brighthelmstone, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
Speedwell  Great Britain The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bayonne, France.[15]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1770
Ship State Description
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1770
Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Ireland.[14]
Cæssar  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to London.[10]
Fanny  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France with the loss of two lives.[14]
Good Intent  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Margate.[13]
James  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Swin. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[14]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was lost near Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of three lives.[14]
John  Great Britain The ship foundered in St. George's Channel. Her crew were rescued by Brothers ( Great Britain). John was on a voyage from the Clyde to Figueira da Foz, Portugal.[14]
Knight  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa.[14]
London  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near "Lee". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[14]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[8]
Richard & Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship departed from Chichester, Sussex for an Irish port in early February. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[15]
Richards  Ireland The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Dublin to Cádiz, Spain.[8]
St. Jean  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dunkerque with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Charente to Dunkerque.[13]

March

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1770
Ship State Description
Ann & Dorothy Kingdom of Great Britain British America. The ship was lost near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[17]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1770
Ship State Description
S. S. das Doras  Spain The snow was wrecked at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Galicia.[18]
Topsham  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pool, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pool to Dartmouth, Devon.[19]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1770
Ship State Description
HMS Swift Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Swift-class ship-sloop ran aground at Puerto Desire, Viceroyalty of Peru and sank. Eighty-eight crew survived.[20]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1770
Ship State Description
Flying  Imperial Russian Navy The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked near Oitylo, Greece. Her crew were rescued.[21]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1770
Ship State Description
De Oranien Baum Revert Duchy of Holstein The ship ran aground at Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Flensburg.[22]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1770
Ship State Description
Ann & Dorothy Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was wrecked north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[23][24]
Frankfort Merchant  Great Britain The ship sank in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Bremen.[25]
George  Great Britain The sloop was wrecked on the Nass Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Chepstow, Monmouthshire and Newnham, Gloucestershire.[19]
Rump & Dozen  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from Spain to London.[26]
St. George  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from London to Newnham, Gloucestershire.[26]
St. Paul  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France.[26]

April

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1770
Ship State Description
St. Cecilia Maria  Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Seaford, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Copenhagen.[27]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1770
Ship State Description
HMS Alarm Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Niger-class frigate ran aground off Marseille, France and was severely damaged. She was refloated and taken in to Marseille. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1770
Ship State Description
Charming Polly  Great Britain The ship was wrecked off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, British America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Oracock, North Carolina.[28]
Lillie  Great Britain The snow was driven ashore and wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Cape Hatteras. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Oracock.[28]
Polly flag unknown The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Cape Hatteras. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to North Carolina.[28]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1770
Ship State Description
Basseterre  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsdown, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[29]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1770
Ship State Description
William  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by Bell ( Great Britain). William was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Irvine, Ayrshire.[30]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1770
Ship State Description
Beverley  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[30]
Bourdeaux  France The ship was driven ashore crewless and wrecked in the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain.[18]
Charming Nelly  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Exicare, Portugal with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dublin.[5]
Duke of Cumberland  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Parkgate, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Chester, Cheshire.[27]
Felke & Maria  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Camelford, Cornwall, Great Britain with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam.[18]
Frederick  Great Britain The ship was lost near Stettin. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London.[27]
Freedom  Great Britain The ship sank at Memell, Prussia.[31]
Hope  Great Britain The ship sank at Memell.[31]
North Star  Dutch Republic The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, France to Middelburg.[32][27]
Patriot Stettin The ship was driven ashore and capsized near "Obeck".[32]
Prince of Wales  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent or Shoeburyness, Essex. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to London. Prince of Wales was later refloated and taken in to London.[29][27]
Providence  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[27]
Rain  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ennis, County Clare. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to Galway.[29]
Soorpeon  Great Britain The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay off Parkgate, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool and Chester to Venice.[27]
St Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost in Glover's Reach. She was on a voyage from London to the Bay of Honduras.[33]

May

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1770
Ship State Description
Susannah  Great Britain The ship foundered. Eight of her crew were rescued by Industry ( Great Britain).[34]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1770
Ship State Description
Hope  Imperial Russian Navy The galley was driven ashore at Cronstadt. She was declared a total loss and dismantled in situ.[21]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1770
Ship State Description
Christiana Hamburg The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Hamburg.[17]

June

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1770
Ship State Description
Unity  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the Île d'Yeu, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Bourdeaux, France.[35]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1770
Ship State Description
Planters Welvard  Dutch Republic The West Indiaman was driven ashore at Porthcawl Point, Glamorgan, Great Britain with the loss of fifteen lives. She was on a voyage from Suriname to a Dutch port.[36]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1770
Ship State Description
Dove Kingdom of Great Britain British America The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Charles Town, South Carolina.[37]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1770
Ship State Description
HMS Endeavour Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The barque ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef and was severely damaged. She was beached to enable temporary repairs to be made. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1770
Ship State Description
Dobson  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool.[38]

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1770
Ship State Description
John and Esther  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Trimlade". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to "Trimlade".[39]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1770
Ship State Description
Cæsar  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Lee Reef, off Port Morant, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[40]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1770
Ship State Description
Jonge Hamburg The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg.[41]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire.[42]
Oriflama  Spain The full-rigged ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the mouth of the Huenchullami River, Viceroyalty of Peru between 25 and 28 July after most of her crew had been killed by disease.

August

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1770
Ship State Description
Gally  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzick and Königsburg, Prussia to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[43]
Polly  Great Britain The ship sank in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsburg to .[43]

September

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1770
Ship State Description
Svyatoslav  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Turkish War: The Sviatoi Pavel-class ship of the line ran aground off Lemnos, Ottoman Greece and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was burnt on 27 September to prevent capture by the Ottomansa.[21]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1770
Ship State Description
Thomas  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by a Dutch hoy. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia.[44]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1770
Ship State Description
Adventure  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Venice.[45]
Fortunate  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 leagues (60 nautical miles (110 km)) west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dawpool, Cheshire to Venice.[46]
Nossa Senhora do Carmo  Portugal The ship was lost at Oporto. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Oporto.[47]
St. Paul  Great Britain The ship ran aground off Union Stairs. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to London.[48]

October

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1770
Ship State Description
Amelia British East India Company The East Indiaman was destroyed by an explosion in the Ganges.[49]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1770
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for Oporto, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[50]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1770
Ship State Description
Agnes  Great Britain The ship departed from Labrador, British America for London on 24 or 25 October. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[51]
Albany  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Baltic coast of Sweden.[52]
Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Rock, Cornwall.[45]
Antigua  Great Britain The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Crookhaven, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool, Lancashire.[47]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Hazard ( Great Britain). Betsey was on a voyage from Norway to Hull, Yorkshire.[45]
Brice  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[47]
Henry  Ireland The ship struck a rock in the River Suir and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Waterford.[45]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[52]

November

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1770
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship departed from Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53]
Rodos  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Turkish War: The battleship, which had been captured during the Battle of Chesma, was driven ashore in Mesat Bay with the loss of 23 of her crew. She was burnt on 7 November to prevent capture by the Ottomans.[21]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1770
Ship State Description
Ruby  Ireland The ship was wrecked at Ocracoke, North Carolina, British America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Ocracoke.[54]

December

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1770
Ship State Description
Greyhound  Great Britain The ship was lost near Sligo, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Galway, Ireland to Whitby, Yorkshire.[55][56]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1770
Ship State Description
Le Port  France The ship was wrecked on the "Island Galliot" with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to London, Great Britain.[57]
Providence  Great Britain The ship is presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arundel, Sussex.[58]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1770
Ship State Description
Experiment  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Virginia, British America and British Honduras.[59]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1770
Ship State Description
Albany  France The ship was blown out to sea from the Île de France, Mauritius. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Indian Ocean with the loss of all hands.[60]
Ann and Lydia  Great Britain The ship foundered in St Brides Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Virginia, British America.[61]
Copenhagen Paquet Lübeck The ship was lost near Falsterbo, Sweden.[61]
David & Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost near Portmahone, Balearic Islands, Spain with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Valencia, Spain.[57]
Ellinor  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London.[55]
Eendraght Hamburg The ship ran aground near Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bilboa.[57]
Fertile  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near La Rochelle with the loss of three or four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Bourdeaux and Saint Domingo.[62]
Hannah  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sanda Island, Argyllshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Galway to Londonderry.[57]
Hope & Speedwell  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Aberbock", Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bourdeaux.[62]
Lyon  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore between Vila Nova de Gaia and Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Cádiz, Spain.[57]
Mansfield  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to the Firth of Forth.[55]
Prince of Wales  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Strangford Lough, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Antigua.[57]
Rachel  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New England, British America to London.[63]
Sally  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg and Narva, Russia to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[55]
Vine  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Herne Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. Vine was refloated on 3 January 1771.[64]
Wolfe  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Bilboa to Cádiz.[57]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1770
Ship State Description
Alarm  Great Britain The ship was lost at Senegal. She was on a voyage from British America to Senegal.[30]
Ann  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bay of Honduras. She was on a voyage from London to Grenades, Barbadoes and British Honduras.[22]
Argo  Great Britain The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at sea with the loss of most of her crew.[65]
HMS Aurora Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy Lost in passage between the Cape of Good Hope and India; last seen on 24 December 1769 and assumed to have been wrecked in a storm in January 1770. Passengers included Henry Vansittart, a director of the East India Company and MP,[66] and William Falconer, Scottish author of the poem The Shipwreck and compiler of a marine dictionary.
Boyne  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Maryland, British America.[67]
Britannia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bonny River, Africa.[48]
Britannia  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Colleradoes, off the coast of Cuba.[68]
Charming Polly  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, Florida, British America. She was on a voyage from London to North Carolina, British America.[69]
Colonel Colecraft  Great Britain The ship was lost near Trepassey, Newfoundland, British America.[52]
Commerce  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the Capes of Philadelphia, British America. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to New York[57]
Dolphin  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[18]
Edward  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Egg Harbour, New Jersey, British America. She was on a voyage from London to New York, British America.[41]
Expedition  Great Britain African slave trade: The sloop was discovered at sea crewless by Giegson of the River ( Great Britain). Her 110 slaves were taken on board and Expedition was sunk. She was on a voyage from Senegal to the West Indies.[48]
Fly  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Gold Coast, Africa.[70]
Generous Friends Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship ran aground in the Delaware River and was severely damaged. She was refloated after nine days and taken in to New York for repairs. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[71]
George  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Little Fogo Islands, Newfoundland, British America with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Fogo, Newfoundland.[42]
Gorel  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) north of Cape Charles, Virginia, British America.[72]
Hungerford  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Bonny.[48]
Industry Kingdom of Great Britain British America The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Kennebunk, Maine in the autumn of 1770 with the loss of all hands. She was on her maiden voyage.[73]
King of Prussia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hopewell ( Great Britain). King of Prussia was on a voyage from Africa to Jamaica and London.[57]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship was lost at Bonny, Nigeria.[48]
Matty  Great Britain The ship ran aground off "Zignera" and was wrecked.[18]
Polly & Nancy  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Philadelphia.[74]
Meeda  France The ship was lost near Cape Francis. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Bourdeaux.[72]
Pascal Paoli  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore between the Ossabaw Islands and St. Catharines, Georgia, British America. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Milford, Pembrokeshire.[75]
Providence  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Venice. She was on a voyage from London to Venice.[16]
Serjeant Glynn  Great Britain The ship foundered off the coast of South Carolina. Her crew were rescued by Sukey ( Great Britain). Serjeant Glynn was on a voyage from London to North Carolina.[64]
St. Mary  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[48]

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  51. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (193). 29 January 1771.
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  53. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (213). 9 April 1771.
  54. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (210). 29 March 1771.
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  61. ^ a b "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (189). 15 January 1771.
  62. ^ a b "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (185 (supplement)). 1 January 1771.
  63. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List. December 1771.
  64. ^ a b "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (187). 8 January 1771.
  65. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (190). 18 January 1771.
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  68. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (191). 22 January 1771.
  69. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3587). 3 July 1770.
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