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List of shipwrecks in 1757

This is a list of shipwrecks in 1757. It includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1757.


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January edit

12 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1757
Ship State Description
Ann   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off St Mawes, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]

14 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1757
Ship State Description
Fortune   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire.[1]
Hope   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
St. Pedro   Spain The ship was driven ashore near Dublin.[1]
Quarantine   Great Britain The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin.[1]
Volunteer   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica.[1]
Wilson   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin.[1]

21 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1757
Ship State Description
St. Nepunceña   Spain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Normandy, France. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Dunkerque, France.[2]

25 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1757
Ship State Description
Little Sally   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, by a privateer. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon, to London/[3]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Annabella   Great Britain The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[4]
Black Prince   Great Britain The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]
Camelion   British America The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]
Casada Garden   British America The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]
Charles   Great Britain The ship was captured by a French privateer and was run onto rocks ne Boulogne, France and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[6]
Cunliffe   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Elizabeth & Mary   Great Britain The ship was captured off Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk.[4]
Happy Jennet   Great Britain The ship was lost off the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily.[7]
Holker   Great Britain The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland.[7]
Joseph & Abraham   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset.[8]
Maiters   Great Britain The ship was lost near Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[7]
Nancy   Great Britain The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk.[4]
Nicholas   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Whitehaven. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[3]
Nostra Señora de Caridad   Spain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gijón to London.[8]
Polly   British America The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]
Porter   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Spurn Island, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Hull.[6]
Prince of Orange   Great Britain The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk.[4]
Prince of Wales   Great Britain The ship was lost near Boulogne. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[6]
Sarah   British America The snow foundered before 29 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Piscataqua River.[9]
Toleration   Sweden The ship foundered on a voyage from Stockholm to Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain.[8]
Union   British America The ship was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island to a North Carolina port.[10]
Whitington   Great Britain The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]
Young Batchelor   British America The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]

February edit

6 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1757
Ship State Description
St Anthony   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore east of Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[11]
Unnamed privateer   France The privateer (previously the Royal George (  Guernsey) was driven ashore east of Plymouth.[11]

8 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1757
Ship State Description
York   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Hastings, Sussex, by a French privateer. She had been on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire, but had been captured previously and taken in to Guernsey, Channel Islands, and was then bound for London.[11][12]

10 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1757
Ship State Description
William   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hastings, Sussex, by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to London.[13]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Hope   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[3]
Lady Strange   Great Britain The ship was lost on Ely Island, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London.[3]
Joseph & Jane   Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin.[3]
Littleton   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) west of Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America, to London.[3]
Maria   Great Britain The ship was captured by a French privateer and driven ashore on the French coast. She was on a voyage from New York, British America, to London.[14]
Neptune   Great Britain The ship was lost near Londonderry, Ireland with the loss of all hands.[15]
Nostra Señora do Soccero i Alma   Spain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Berlengas, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Seville to London.[15]
Peggy   Great Britain The ship was lost east of Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth, Kingdom of Ireland to London.[2]
Seahorse   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to London.[13]
Southampton   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, to Plymouth.[3]
Speedwell   Ireland The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to Dublin.[15]
Success   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the West Indies.[13]

March edit

13 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1757
Ship State Description
Betty   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by HMS Scorpion (  Royal Navy).[16]

16 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1757
Ship State Description
Constance   France The privateer was wrecked at San Sebastián, Spain.[17]
Princess   Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar.[18]

23 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1757
Ship State Description
Lark   Ireland The ship was driven ashore near "Stewth". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin.[19]

24 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1757
Ship State Description
Sarah   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Sligo Bay, Ireland, and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the Cape Verde Islands.[20]

27 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1757
Ship State Description
St Antonio   Spain The ship foundered off Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin, Ireland.[21]

28 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1757
Ship State Description
Black Prince   Great Britain The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships.[22]
King George   Great Britain The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships.[22]
Ogden   Great Britain The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships.[22]
Penelope   Great Britain The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships.[22]
True Blue   Great Britain The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships.[22]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Barnwell   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire.[23]
Bosville   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Virginia, British America.[19]
Chichester   Great Britain The ship capsized at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex, to Liverpool.[24]
Drogheda Merchant   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[23]
Duke   Ireland The ship sank at Liverpool.[23]
Duke of Cumberland   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[19]
Eagle   Great Britain The privateer was in collision with a Dutch ship and foundered.[19]
Earl of Halifax   Great Britain The ship foundered in the King Road. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to London.[16]
Enterprize   Great Britain The ship was lost near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to London[19]
Everton   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[23]
Fortune   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Margate. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire.[25]
Fanny   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Greenock and was severely damaged.[19]
Great Britain   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[23]
Hopewell   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to an African port.[25]
John   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[23]
John   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the King Road. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Antigua.[26]
Kilham   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull to Oporto, Portugal.[27]
Liberty   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian, to London.[23]
Manchester   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Londonderry, Ireland.[25]
Mercury   Great Britain The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, to Venice.[23]
Monmoth   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Virginia, British America.[25]
Nostra Señora de Rosario   Spain The ship foundered.[23]
Olive Branch   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Newry, County Antrim, Ireland.[28]
Quester   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to an African port.[25]
Sandwich   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandwich, Kent.[29]
Traffords   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[25]
Triton   Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pilau, Kingdom of Prussia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Christiansand to Dantzick.[17]
Two Sisters   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]

April edit

22 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1757
Ship State Description
Buchanan   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Sable Island. She had been on a voyage from Gibraltar to Maryland, British America, by had been captured by a French privateer and was being sent in to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.[30]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Africa   Great Britain The ship foundered in Carlisle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to an African port.[21]
Betsey   Great Britain The ship was captured by four French Navy ships and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Denia, Spain, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[31]
Craven   Great Britain The ship was lost at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[17]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was captured by four French Navy ships and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Zant, Karli-Eli to London.[31]
Exchange   Great Britain The ship was lost near Edinburgh, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Königsberg, Prussia.[20]
Fanny   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Studdal Roads, off the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[28]
Hawke   Great Britain The ship was lost off Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Amsterdam.[32]
Industry   Great Britain The ship capsized in the Catwater.[21]
Macclesfield   Great Britain The ship was lost "below the Cole". She was on a voyage from Hull to Riga, Russia.[20]
Robert and Anne   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Dover, Kent.[21]
Sarah   Great Britain The ship was lost near Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.[31]
Southampton Sally   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Chester, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Chester.[33]
St. Lucar   Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon.[21]

May edit

14 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1757
Ship State Description
Aquilon   French Navy The 48-gun fifth rate was driven ashore and wrecked in Audierne Bay by HMS Antelope (  Royal Navy).[34][35]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Hope   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on a rock in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to an Irish port.[36]
Hope   Great Britain The ship foundered off the "Anot Islands". She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway, to Riga, Russia.[37]
Postillion   France The privateer was captured by HMS Rochester (  Royal Navy) and was burnt.[38]
Royal Widow   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the privateer Defiance (  Great Britain).[39]

June edit

10 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1757
Ship State Description
Granville   France The privateer exploded off the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain, during an engagement with the privateer Britannia (  Great Britain. Four survivors of her 280 crew were rescued by Britannia.[5]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Junon   French Navy The frigate ran aground at Port Mahon, Menorca. She was declared a total loss and broken up.
Matilda   Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Suir at Waterford, Ireland, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Waterford.[40]
Nostra Señora de la Mayor   Spain The ship was lost on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Seville to Bristol.[41]
Royal George   Great Britain The ship ran aground off Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Guinea.[42]

July edit

2 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1757
Ship State Description
Rose   French Navy The fifth rate was engaged off Malta by HMS Hampton Court (  Royal Navy). She was scuttled to avoid capture by HMS Monmouth and HMS Lyme (both   Royal Navy)[43][44]

27 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1757
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Hull, Yorkshire.[45]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Duke of Bedford   Ireland The privateer was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[46]

August edit

12 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1757
Ship State Description
Clinton   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the No Mans Land sandbar, South Carolina, British America.[47]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Barbadoes   Great Britain The ship capsized and sank in the River Dee, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from London to Chester, Cheshire.[48]
Dragon   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Plymouth, Devon, with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[49]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Nore, in the Thames Estuary.[49]
La Muette   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dale, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain.[50]
Pretty Peggy   Ireland The ship was lost off Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America via Liverpool.[48]
Providence   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London.[51]
Prince George   Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Blackwall, London. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[49]
Rhode-Island   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the East Knock, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[49]
Robert   Ireland The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Swift   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Nore.[49]
Two Brothers   Great Britain The ship sank at Plymouth, Devon following her arrival from Oporto, Portugal.[48]
Venyowa   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to North Carolina, British America.[49]

September edit

9 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1757
Ship State Description
Marie   Great Britain The collier was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon, with the loss of all hands.[52]

11 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1757
Ship State Description
Minie   Great Britain The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Chipenham (  Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[47]

16 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1757
Ship State Description
Jungfrau Anna-Ekaterina   Imperial Russian Navy The yacht was driven ashore and sank near "Muskelo". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt.[53]

21 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1757
Ship State Description
Dorothea   Russia The ship was lost near Calais, Kingdom of France. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[54]

22 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1757
Ship State Description
Nancy   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°16′N 17°57′W / 48.267°N 17.950°W / 48.267; -17.950). Her crew were rescued by True Patriot. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[55]

24 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1757
Ship State Description
HMS Ferret   Royal Navy The sloop-of-war foundered in a hurricane off the coast of New France with the loss of all 125 crew.
HMS Tilbury   Royal Navy Louisbourg Expedition: The fourth rate ship of the line was wrecked off Louisbourg, Île-Royale, New France with the loss of 121 of her crew.

26 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1757
Ship State Description
Moscow   Imperial Russian Navy The battleship was driven ashore and wrecked at Libava, Courland Governorate with the loss of 98 lives.[53]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1757
Ship State Description
Duke of Cumberland   Great Britain The ship, operating under a letter of marque, foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 9 leagues (27 nautical miles (50 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia, British America, with the loss of 25 of her 46 crew.[56]
English Oak   Great Britain The ship capsized at Dublin, Ireland, and was wrecked.[57]
Margaret   Great Britain The ship was captured and burnt by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Gothenburg, Sweden.[55]
Mary & Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[58]
Merry Katherine   Great Britain The ship was lost off Dunkerque, France. Sje had been ov a voyage from New York, British America, to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, but had been captured by a French privateer and sent in to that port.[59]

October edit

3 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1757
Ship State Description
Vakhtmeister   Imperial Russian Navy The Gektor-class frigate was driven ashore on "Wolf Island" and sank with the loss of fourteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt.[53]

10 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1757
Ship State Description
Griffin   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Abbotsbury, Dorset, with the los of nine lives. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[60]

17 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1757
Ship State Description
Olifant   Imperial Russian Navy The ship was driven ashore by ice near the Tokbukhin Lighthouse. She was refloated the following Spring and taken in to Cronstadt.[53]

18 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1757
Ship State Description
Friendship   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Holms Head Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk.[10]

25 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1757
Ship State Description
Swift   Great Britain The ship sailed from Jamaica for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered.[61]

28 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1757
Ship State Description
John & Jane   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Narva, Russia.[62]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Edward   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man.[63]
Hampton Court   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[64]
Lyme   Great Britain The privateer capsized in Weymouth Bay with the loss of all but two of her crew. The survivors were rescued by the privateer Cumberland (  Guernsey.[54]

November edit

3 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1757
Ship State Description
Hawke   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the "Collerados". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[65]

6 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1757
Ship State Description
Industry   Great Britain The ship ran aground off Guernsey, Channel Islands.[66]

8 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1757
Ship State Description
Nympha do Lomar   Spain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at San Lucar. She was on a voyage from Málaga to London, Great Britain.[67]

11 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1757
Ship State Description
Bellona   Great Britain The privateer capsized in the River Avon at Bristol, Gloucestershire, and was wrecked.[68]

29 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1757
Ship State Description
Nossa Senhora da Caridade e São José   Portugal The ship was wrecked on the French coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Faro to London, Great Britain.[69]

30 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1757
Ship State Description
Elizabeth and Janet   Great Britain The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was then pursued by an English privateer but was deliberately run ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to San Lucar, Spain.[70]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Charles   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Barnstaple Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Cork, Ireland.[71]
Fly   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Ives, Cornwall, with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Boston to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[66]
Friendship   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gigha.[71]
Heroine   France The privateer, a prize of the Duke of Cornwall (  Great Britain), capsized at Weymouth, Dorset, with the loss of 42 lives.[56]
Orford   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "the Neals". She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[66]
Prins Frederick   Norway The ship foundered off Drontheim. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Drontheim.[55]
Recovery   Great Britain The privateer foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of 74 lives.[66]
Swallow   Great Britain The ship was lost near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[55]

December edit

3 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1757
Ship State Description
Redheasell   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Jamaica via Madeira. Her crew were rescued.[72]

4 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1757
Ship State Description
Neptune   Great Britain The brig was wrecked at Dover, Kent, whilst trying to evade a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Hamburg.[73]

19 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1757
Ship State Description
Diamond   France The ship was intercepted by HMS Brilliant (  Royal Navy) in the Atlantic Ocean. She exploded and sank. Twenty-four survivors were rescued by HMS Brilliant.[74]
Intrepide   Great Britain The privateer was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by HMS Brilliant (  Royal Navy), which rescued her 130 crew.[74]

20 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1757
Ship State Description
Nostra Señora de Rosaria, Santa Anna, Santa Antonio et Santa Almas   Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain.[75]

24 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1757
Ship State Description
Thomas and Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth Hoe, Devon.[70]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Ann & Isabel   Spain The ship was wrecked near Waterford, Ireland.[62]
Aquila Imperial   Spain The ship was lost near St Andero with the loss of twenty of her crew. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain, to Bilboa.[76]
Benjamin   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[62]
Betty   Ireland The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Londonderry.[77]
Charlotta Frederika   Denmark The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Charm   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dundee, Perthshire.[67]
Charming Peggy   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Clifford   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Dirk William & Cornelia   Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Nova Scotia, British North America.[78]
Exchange   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Freeden   Norway The ship foundered in the Norwegian Sea off Bergen. She was on a voyage from London to Drontheim.[76]
Friends Goodwill   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the East Barrowheads Sand, in the North Sea, with the loss of four of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[62]
Friends Goodwill   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Friendship   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Happy Janet   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to the Firth of Forth.[79]
Henrietta   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[73]
Hope   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Corton, Suffolk, with the loss of all hands.[80]
Italian Merchant   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Jennet & Margaret   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
John   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
John & Margaret   Great Britain The ship was lost near San Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Gibraltar.[79]
Laurel   Great Britain The privateer was captured and sunk by Saint Michel (  French Navy).[62]
Leviathan   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Lintott   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crosby, Lancashire.[62][81]
Maria   Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to Stockton on Tees, County Durham.[80]
Masters   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Nepthanis   Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Nostra Señora de Rosario Santa Anna Santa Antonio & Aluas   Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Terceira.[62]
Otter   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Port Merchant   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Providence   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Restoration   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Seanymph   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Spaandershort   Dutch East India Company  Great Britain The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Texel, Dutch Republic.[79]
Spalden Packet   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
St. George   Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Tynemouth.[67]
St. Peter   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Channel with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[81]
Success   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Dublin.[81]
Unicorn   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Hull, Yorkshire.[79]
Union   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Virchild   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Trieste, Archduchy of Austria.[81]
Walpole   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Staples, in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Tynemouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[67]
Wilson   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Plymouth, Devon.[81]
Young Alexander   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Arklow, County Wicklow.[81]
Young Batchelor   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bristol.[77]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Anamaboo   Great Britain The ship was lost off the coast of Carolina, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an African port to Rhode Island, British America.[82]
Anne & Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was captured by three French Navy frigates off Louisbourg, Île Royale, French North America and was burnt.[79]
Arch Duke of Austria   Archduchy of Austria The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "the coast of Italy".[31]
Beckford   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Nevis to London. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Cæsar   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Jordans, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[39]
Centurion   Ireland The ship was captured by a French ship. She was on a voyage from Killibeg, County Donegal, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was sent in to Marseille was lost off that port.[16]
Charming Jenny   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Venice to Jamaica. Her crew were rescued by HMS Assistance (  Royal Navy).[4]
Cornelia   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Delaware Capes, British America, with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Gibraltar.[83]
Count Axel Fersen   Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Moorish coast with the loss of about half of her crew. The survivors were taken prisoner. She was on a voyage from London to Barcelona, Spain.[84]
Don Pedro   Dutch Republic The ship was lost near Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Sint Eustatius.[23]
Duke   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[85]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia to Montserrat.[86]
Figuera Packet   Great Britain The ship was captured by a French Navy frigate whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. She was plundered and burnt.[85]
George   Great Britain The ship was lost off the coast of Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Georgia, British America to the Leeward Islands.[23]
Lydia   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[85]
Martha & Mary   Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Jamaica.[87]
Mary   Great Britain The ship was lost off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Antigua.[23]
Mediterranean   Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Mermaid   Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Myrtilla   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[47][88]
Nouvelle Société   France The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Quebeck, French America.[89]
Pearl   Great Britain The ship was lost at Montserrat.[4]
Peter & Mary   Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Pusey   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Reedy Island, Delaware, British America.[24]
Richard & Jane   Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Sally   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Delaware River, British America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jamaica.[85]
Speculation   Sweden The ship was captured off Livorno by a French ship. She was sent in to Marseille was lost off that port.[27]
Swallow   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British America, with the loss of several lives. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Newfoundland.[71]
Thomas & Mary   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued by William & Mary (  Great Britain).[82]
Virginia   Great Britain The ship was lost off North Carolina, British America, before 11 November.[56][90]

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