List of shipwrecks in 1764

The list of shipwrecks in 1764 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1764.


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January edit

4 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1764
Ship State Description
Britannia   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Genoa and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[1][2]

10 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1764
Ship State Description
Providence   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Newark Sandbank, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Sandwich, Kent.[3]

11 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1764
Ship State Description
Earl of Holderness   British East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked near Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to India.[2][4]

13 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1764
Ship State Description
Adventure   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Holmes, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[5]
Bilboa Packet   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Cattewater at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Bilboa, Spain. She was later refloated.[6]
Blessing   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater at Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Milford, Pembrokeshire.[6]
HMS Nautilus   Royal Navy The Sloop-of-War was driven ashore in the Cattewater at Plymouth. She was later refloated.[6]
Sandy Point   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Cattewater at Plymouth. She was later refloated.[6]

15 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1764
Ship State Description
James   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Broadfield, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol. Gloucestershire to Gambia.[6]
King George   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on The Swash. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Bristol.[6]

30 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1764
Ship State Description
Peggy   Ireland The ship was lost near Bordeaux, France. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bordeaux.[7]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
Aletta   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Gillkicker Point, Hampshire. She was later refloated.[3][8]
Betsey   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Long Island, British America. She was on a voyage from Hamburg and Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to New York.[9]
Charlford   Ireland The ship departed from Galway for Belfast in January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[10]
Charlotte   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coat of Yorkshire with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[8]
Dorothy   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of thirteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London.[1]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was lost at Burntisland, Fife. She was on a voyage from Leith to London.[1]
Endeavour   Great Britain The ship was lost off the coast of France. She was on a voyage from the Charante to the Isle of Man.[1]
Generous Friend   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoeburyness, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[11]
Goodwill   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[8]
Harefield   Great Britain The ship foundered in Rye Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Barcelona, Spain.[11]
John & Catharine   Great Britain The ship was lost near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Liverpool.[6]
Mary   Great Britain The ship was lost near Milford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to London.[11]
Mary   Ireland The ship sank at Livorno. Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[9]
Mary and Ann   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of France. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[8]
Millbank   Great Britain The ship was lost on Gotland, Sweden She was on a voyage from Frederikshavn, Denmark to London.[2]
Mount Pleasandt   Great Britain The ship foundered in The Downs. She was on a voyage from London to Chester, Cheshire.[6]
Nancy   Ireland The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Cork.[6]
Neptune   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Hamburg.[3]
Peggy   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Africa.[12]
Pensicola Packaet   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Pensicola, Florida, British America.[3]
Polly   Great Britain The ship was lost in St Brides Bay. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to Bristol.[6]
Polly   Great Britain The ship was lost near Withernsea, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Leith.[8]
St. Stephen   Great Britain The ship was lost near Drontheim, Norway. . She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to London.[2]
Thomas and Ann   Ireland The ship sank at Dublin.[8]
Union   Great Britain The ship was lost at Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Galway and Limerick.[1]
Vigilance   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Clugan Bay. She was on a voyage from Grenadoes to Liverpool[13]
William and Mary   Great Britain The ship was lost in Glenluce Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[2]
Young Christian   Great Britain The ship was lost off Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bruges, Dutch Republic.[3]

February edit

3 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1764
Ship State Description
John & Marget   Great Britain The ship was lost 15 nautical miles (28 km) north east of Bayonne, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Cádiz, Spain.[14]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
Britannia   Great Britain The ship was lost off the coast of France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to London.[15]
Duke of Cumberland   Great Britain The ship was lost at the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Betsey (  Great Britain.[15]
Hibernia   Ireland The ship was lost on the coast of France. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bordeaux.[7]
Jannett   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz, Spain.[7]
Jonge Cornelis   Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Embden, Prussia. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam.[12]
Marquis of Granby   Great Britain The ship struck a rock near Portland Bill, Dorset and foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[13]
Michmin   Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore at Dover, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Nantz, France.[13]
Norwich   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[15]
Peterborough   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Oporto.[16]
Portugal Packet   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Brittany, France. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.[17]
Reeve   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[13]
Three Sisters   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Deal Castle, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dunkerque, France.[18]

March edit

1 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1764
Ship State Description
Sally   Great Britain The ship was lost on the English coast. She was on a voyage from Zealand to London.[19]
Triton   Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered. She was on a voyage from San Sebastián, Spain to London.[20]

2 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1764
Ship State Description
Katherine & Elizabeth   Norway The ship foundered in the North Sea off Woodbridge, Suffolk, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.[19]

6 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1764
Ship State Description
Charlotte   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London.[21]

18 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1764
Ship State Description
Peggy   Great Britain The ship struck rocks and was wrecked off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to Lisbon, Portugal.[22]

20 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1764
Ship State Description
Winchelsea   British East India Company The East Indiaman was lost near the mouth of the Bengal River, India.[4]

21 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1764
Ship State Description
Martin   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua.[23] Martin was later refloated and taken in to Cowes for repairs.[20]

23 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1764
Ship State Description
Providence   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to Dublin.[20]

27 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1764
Ship State Description
Prince William   Great Britain The ship capsized at Bilboa, Spain.[24]

30 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1764
Ship State Description
Adventure   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Haaks Sandbank, in the North Sea off Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Hamburg.[10]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
Bristol Merchant   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Dublin, Ireland.[20]
Christiana   Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Stockholm.[25]
City of Derry   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Larne, County Antrim.[26]
Elizabeth   Ireland The ship was driven ashore in the Saltee Islands, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Dublin.[23]
Gevalia   Sweden The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to St. Ubes, Portugal.[26]
Oak   Great Britain The ship foundered off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London.[25]
Sara Juliana   Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to the Isle of Man.[26]
Sophia Albertina   Sweden The ship foundered in The Wash. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain.[27]
Young Hendrik   Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from "Sudra", France to Amsterdam.[28] Young Hendrick was later refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight for repairs.[20]

April edit

3 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1764
Ship State Description
Lady Elizabeth   Hamburg The ship was in collision with Johanna (  British America and sank. Her crew were rescued by Johanna. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Marseille, France.[10]

9 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1764
Ship State Description
Hector   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Skerries, County Antrim, Ireland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]

10 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1764
Ship State Description
Jufrow Lucia   Bremen The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain with the loss of three of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Great Britain.[30]

20 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1764
Ship State Description
Mary Galley   Royal Navy The fifth rate was sunk as a breakwater at Plymouth, Devon

21 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1764
Ship State Description
Swift   British America The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Harriott (  Great Britain) She was on a voyage from South Carolina to London, Great Britain.[31]

28 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1764
Ship State Description
Triton   Great Britain The sloop was driven ashore at Kimmeridge, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[32]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
Charles and Mary   Ireland The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Brest, France.[33]
Mary   Great Britain The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to London.[32]
McDowall   Great Britain The ship wrecked on the Tuskar Rock, County Wexford, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[30]
Success's Increase   Great Britain The ship was lost at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[24]
Supply   Great Britain The ship foundered in Bridlington Bay. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Hull, Yorkshire.[24]
William   Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Pitchers Point and was lost. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to London.[10]
William and Sibella   Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from St Ives to Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[20]

May edit

5 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1764
Ship State Description
Industry   Great Britain The ship sank off St. Augustine, Florida, British America.[34]

13 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1764
Ship State Description
Hawke   Great Britain The ship foundered at Tynemouth, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London.[35]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Unity (  Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[22]
Philazoff   Danzig The ship was lost at Liverpool, Lancashire. Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Liverpool.[36]
Venus   Ireland The ship capsized off the isles of Scilly. She was towed in bottom upwards. She was on a voyage from New York to Newry, County Antrim.[37]

June edit

19 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1764
Ship State Description
Isabella   Great Britain The ship ran aground and was wrecked in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[38]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
New-York   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[22]

July edit

4 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1764
Ship State Description
La Boinard   France The ship was lost in the Turks Islands. She was on a voyage from Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue to Bordeaux.[39]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
Haabet   Denmark The ship was lost near Cherbourg, France. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg.[40]
HMS Swift   Great Britain The Sloop-of-War was lost on the "Grand Commanders". Her crew were rescued.[41]
Thistle   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Belfast, Ireland.[42]

August edit

1 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1764
Ship State Description
Catharine   Great Britain The sloop foundered off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Abigain (  Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Swansey, Glamorgan to Fowey, Cornwall.[43]

4 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1764
Ship State Description
Edmond and Mary   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Dantzick. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[44]
Sviatoi Alexander Nevskiy   Imperial Russian Navy The Slava Rossii-class ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Reval with the loss of five of her crew.[45]
Sviatoi Piotr   Imperial Russian Navy The Slava Rossii-class ship of the line exploded and was destroyed by fire at Reval with the loss of six of her crew.[45]

15 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1764
Ship State Description
St. Johannes   Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Wisby. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, Great Britain.[46]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
De Vier Jonckers   Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 55 leagues (165 nautical miles (306 km) west of Cape St. Vincent, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Prince George (  Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to a Baltic port.[47]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea.[48]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship foundered off Puerto Rico. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.[49]
Herman   Bremen The ship was wrecked in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Bremen to London, Kingdom of Great Britain.[43]
Thornton   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[50] She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen.[51]
Tyger   British America The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (32°45′N 15°40′W / 32.750°N 15.667°W / 32.750; -15.667). Her crew were rescued by Friendship (  Great Britain). She was on a voyage from London to North Carolina.[52]

September edit

5 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1764
Ship State Description
Lovel   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[53]

26 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1764
Ship State Description
HMS Anglesea   Royal Navy The fifth rate was sunk as a breakwater at Plymouth, Devon.[54]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
Charlotte   Sweden The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, Great Britain.[55]
Christiana Maria   Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Oporto, Portugal.[55]
Dolphin   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Zeeland, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the Canary Islands.[56]
Fly Boat   Dantzick The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a British vessel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Dantzick.[53]
Monmouth   Great Britain The ship was lost at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Liverpool.[46]

October edit

5 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1764
Ship State Description
Good-hope   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[57]

10 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1764
Ship State Description
Henderina Jacoba   Dutch Republic The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Bilboa, Spain.[41]

17 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1764
Ship State Description
Happy Return   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Peveral Ledga, in the English Channel off Swanage, Dorset. Her crew were rescued.[58]

25 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1764
Ship State Description
Prosperous   Great Britain The ship was lost near Biddiford, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Exeter, Devon.[59]

28 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1764
Ship State Description
True Briton   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 400 leagues 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) west of the Isles of Scilly with the loss of fourteen of her 58 crew. Survivors were rescued by a French snow. She was on a voyage from Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba to London.[60]

29 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1764
Ship State Description
Nostra Señora de Begona   Great Britain The ship was lost near Bermeo. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Bilboa.[57]
Burnham   Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Marseille, France.[61]
Exeter   Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and was beached near Dover, Kent.[39]
Harwood   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from London to a Norwegian port.[59]
Joseph & Betty   Great Britain The ship was lost in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Jamaica.[62]
Kitty   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the Canary Islands.[63]
Susanna   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Hull, Yorkshire.[59]
Warren   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to London.[59]

November edit

1 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1764
Ship State Description
Damoiselle Maria   Sweden The ship was lost near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain.[64]

7 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1764
Ship State Description
Lang Gowenst   Dutch Republic The ship was lost on the Dutch coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to and English port.[52]

9 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1764
Ship State Description
Molly   Great Britain The schooner was wrecked in the River Duddon, Lancashire after being abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to the Isle of Man.[52][65]

12 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1764
Ship State Description
Beulah   Great Britain The ship was lost off Biddiford, Devon with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to London.[65]

13 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1764
Ship State Description
Good Intent   Great Britain The ship was lost near Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Venice.[52]

15 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1764
Ship State Description
Twelve Children   Great Britain The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Resolution. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[66]

18 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1764
Ship State Description
Thomas and Sally   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Dutch Republic to Sunderland.[66]

21 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1764
Ship State Description
Two ships   Dutch Republic The ships were wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain.[67]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
Britannia   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Leith, Lothian.[52]
Favourite   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Formby Channel with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[64]
Granadoes Planter   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the Granades to London.[64]
Grant   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Fisherrow, Lothian.[52]
Industry   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Oronsay, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[57]
Johannes   Denmark The ship was lost in Øresund. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Copenhagen.[52]
Lion   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of France. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[65]
Molly   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Lancaster, Lancashire.[68]
Nancy   Great Britain The ship ran aground in the Humber. She was on a voyeg from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[57]
New Britannia   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bristol.[66]
Pearl   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Gothenburg.[65]
Richmond   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[52]
St. Juan Baptista y Animas   Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Caien, France. She was on a voyage from St. Andero to London.[64]
Sandwich   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Grassholmes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to London.[57]
Sarah   Great Britain The ship was lost inn the Elbe with the loss of five of her crew.[57]
Success   Great Britain The ship struck the Knowl Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and foundered. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon.[64]
Tarter   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Fort-Mardyck, Kingdom of France. she was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pool, Dorset.[68]
Taunton   Great Britain The ship was lost on Crosby Point, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Liverpool.[64]
Unity   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Eastaples, France. She was on a voyage from Trieste, Republic of Venice to London.[65]

December edit

5 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1764
Ship State Description
Samuel   Great Britain The brig was lost near Newhaven, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lymington, Hampshire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[60]

14 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1764
Ship State Description
Loving Friends   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to the boats and were rescued five days later by Cato (  Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Canso Bay to London.[69]

19 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1764
Ship State Description
Henrietta   British America The sloop was driven ashore at Bear Inlet, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina to the New River.[70]
Three Brothers   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tinmouth Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[71]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
Betty   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[72]
Buss Anson   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Rope Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[73]
Dakeing   Great Britain The ship was lost near Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[74]
Duke of Cumberland   Great Britain The ship was wrecked in Almeria Bay with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Alicant, Spain.[75]
Diamond   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[71]
Eagle   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[76]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was lost off Barbossa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Cádiz, Spain.[77]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland with the loss of her captain. Sge was on a voyage from Dantzick to Montrose, Forfarshire.[77]
Elizabeth and Christina   Great Britain The ship was lost on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to London.[60]
Endraght   Dutch Republic The ship was lost near Rye, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam.[72]
Friendship   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Cádiz.[78]
George   Great Britain The ship was lost near Rye.[72]
Hope   Great Britain The ship was lost on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Chester, Cheshire.[60]
Jufro Catharina Margaretta   Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from "Wyburgh" to Cádiz.[77]
Prince of Great Britain   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Nass Sands, Wales with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Bristol.[76]
Sandwich   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Sandwich.[60]
St Nicholas   Russia The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[71]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1764
Ship State Description
Adventure   Great Britain The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Ivica" to a Baltic port.[79]
Augustus Cæsar   Great Britain The ship was lost on Grand Cayman. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[80]
Barrington   Great Britain The ship was lost at Venice. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Venice.[57]
Betsey   British America The ship was lost on the Virginia Capes before 5 April. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to Virginia.[81]
Bristol Merchant   Great Britain The ship was lost at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, French America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Quebec.[77]
Brothers   Great Britain The ship was lost off the Virginia Capes. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[71]
Dispatch   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Peter Beckford (  Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Africa.[29]
Eagle   Great Britain The ship capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America to Antigua.[82]
Edgar   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Martha Brae River, Jamaica.[83]
Greyhound   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec.[72]
Industry   Great Britain The ship was lost at St. Augustine, Florida, British America. All on board were rescued.[84]
Lord Elbank   Great Britain The ship was lost near Gaspé, Quebec. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to Quebec.[46]
Lucca   Republic of Lucca The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Lucca to Saint Croix.[33]
Marselleros   Great Britain The ship struck a rock and foundered off Gibraltar.[85]
Mary   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bay of Honduras. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to British Honduras.[22]
HMS Mohawk   Royal Navy The snow was lost in the Great Lakes, British America.
Molly   Great Britain The ship was lost on Cumberland Island, Georgia, British America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Georgia.[82]
Norfolk   Great Britain The ship departed from London in late 1763 or early 1764, bound for Bombay, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[86]
Polly   The ship sank after her launch.[87] She was later refloated, repaired and entered service.[88]
Shannon   Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Currituck Sound, North Carolina before 31 March. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Virginia to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[81]
Shoreham   Great Britain The slave ship was lost on the coast of Senegal with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Senegal to the West Indies.[35][89]
St. George   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Piscataqua River, New Hampshire, British America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to the Piscataqua River.[90]
Sv. Loann   Russian Empire After removing some of her cargo and fittings, Aleut natives burned the vessel where she was anchored in Nikolski Bay (52°57′30″N 168°54′00″W / 52.95833°N 168.90000°W / 52.95833; -168.90000 (Nikolski Bay)) on the coast of Umnak Island in the Catherine Archipelago sometime during the winter of 1763–1764.[91]
Sv. Nikolai   Russian Empire Aleut natives destroyed the vessel in Isanotski Strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Unimak Island in the Catherine Archipelago sometime during December 1763 or January 1764.[91]

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