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List of shipwrecks in 1773

The List of shipwrecks in 1773 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1773.


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January edit

4 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1773
Ship State Description
Ufrow Margarita   Dutch Republic The ship was in collision with Amy (  Great Britain) in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, Great Britain and sank. Two of her crew were rescued by Amy. Ufrow Margarita was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam.[1]

15 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1773
Ship State Description
Hibernia   Ireland The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Zeeland, Dutch Republic and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Campveer, Dutch Republic.[2]

17 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1773
Ship State Description
Industry   Ireland The ship was lost in Dingle Bay. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Drogheda, County Louth[3]

19 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1773
Ship State Description
Blandford   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore between Ayr and Irvine, Ayrshire.[4]
Christian   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ardmore, Barra, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to a French port.[5]
Juno   Great Britain The ship foundered off the west Scottish coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cape Fare, North Carolina, British America to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[5]
Peggy   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ardmore. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Cette, France.[5]
Phœbe & Peggy   Ireland The ship struck rocks in St Bride's Bay near Solva, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain and was wrecked with the loss of fifteen passengers and crew. Four rescuers were also lost. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Newry, County Antrim.[6]

20 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1773
Ship State Description
Walworth   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Londonderry, Ireland.[6]

24 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1773
Ship State Description
New Britannia   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was destroyed by an explosion off the coast of Africa. A total of 222 slaves, 90 free natives and thirteen crew were killed.[7]

25 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1773
Ship State Description
Venus   Great Britain The ship was abandoned on the Blasques, County Kerry, Ireland.[8]

29 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1773
Ship State Description
Sukey & Rachel   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.[6]

30 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1773
Ship State Description
Port Maria   Great Britain The ship lost her rudder and sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (49°00′N 17°36′W / 49.000°N 17.600°W / 49.000; -17.600). She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Woodbridge (  Great Britain). Port Maria was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[9]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Agnes   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Kinsale and Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland.[10]
Amity   Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Ribble and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Kings Lynn, Norfolk to Lancaster, Lancashire.[11]
Argo   Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Thames at the Tower of London and broke her back. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to London.[12]
Betty   Great Britain The ship foundered off Stromness, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[13]
Crosbis   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Glenluce Bay. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[4]
Dispatch   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Windward Passage. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[14]
Jenny   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthelly, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool.[2]
John & Esther   Ireland The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Ireland.[12]
Kitty   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Rock Point with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Liverpool.[4]
Louisa   Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked on the Haaks Sandbank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Amsterdam.[12]
Mary Ann   Great Britain The ship foundered off the east coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[14]
Surry   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Flores Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from the Grenades and Montserrat to London.[15]
Tapley   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Flat Holm, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of nine lives. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[12]
Tom   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool.[2]
Unity   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Spain to London.[12]

February edit

1 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1773
Ship State Description
Ranger   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Fingers. Three of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[16][17]

2 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1773
Ship State Description
Dragon   Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Venice.[14]

7 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1773
Ship State Description
Aziia   Imperial Russian Navy The ship departed from Mykonos, Greece for Imbros, Ottoman Empire. Subsequently foundered after 9 February with the loss of all 439 people on board. Wreckage from the ship washed up on Mykonos.[18]

9 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1773
Ship State Description
Success   Great Britain The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to London.[3]

18 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1773
Ship State Description
Dellawar   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Ionian Islands. She was on a voyage from Salonica, Greece to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[19]
Sarah   Guernsey The ship departed from Guernsey for Saint Croix. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[20]

22 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1773
Ship State Description
Sally   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Augustine, Florida, British America. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to South Carolina, British America.[21]

23 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1773
Ship State Description
St. Michael   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Dingle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cádiz, Spain.[22]

24 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1773
Ship State Description
Peggy   Ireland The ship was lost near Londonderry. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London.[23]

26 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1773
Ship State Description
Industry   Great Britain The ship was in collision with another vessel in The Swin and was abandoned by her crew. She subsequently came ashore at Orford Suffolk. Industry was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[24]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Carolina   Sweden The ship was lost near Margate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Cork, Ireland.[25]
Catharine & Grace   Great Britain The ship was lost near Cherburgh, France. She was on a voyage from "Saloe" to the Dutch Republic.[6]
Deux Amie   France The ship was driven ashore at Bridport, Dorset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Westerwick, Sweden to Nantz.[24]
Dispatch   Great Britain The ship was lost off Ouessant, France. She was on a voyage from "Guyon" to London.[6]
Duke of Gloucester   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Hamburg.[26]
Friendship   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Montrose, Forfarshire.[6]
Galloway   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London.[9][27]
Hope   Sweden The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London.[25]
Phenix   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Teignmouth.[26]
Polly   Great Britain The ship was lost on the French Coast. She was on a voyage from Porto Rico to London.[6]
Polly & Nancy   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Alicante to London.[17]
Pompey   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Pembrey Sands, Carmarthenshire. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London.[17][23]
Queen of Naples   Great Britain The ship was lost near Newhaven, Sussex with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily to London.[26]
Salisbury   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon.[17]
Sally   Great Britain The ship struck a sandbank in Liverpool Bay and was consequently beached near Hoylake, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]
Sarah and Esther   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alicante to London.[24]
St Johannes   Sweden The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Cork.[26]
Venus   Great Britain The ship was lost in Dingle Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[14]

March edit

8 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1773
Ship State Description
Harmony   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Holme Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[8]

10 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1773
Ship State Description
London   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[28]

21 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1773
Ship State Description
Cantabria Paquet   Kingdom of Sicily The ship was lost at Camarina with the loss of all but six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru to Camarina.[29]
Hibernia   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Camarina. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Marseille, France.[29]

24 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1773
Ship State Description
Fortune   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Cádiz Bay.[30]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Crosby   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Maryport, Cumberland.[23]
Elenora   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all but five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Nantz.[28]
Jane   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Balsee Cliff". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[17]
Pearl   Great Britain The ship was lost in Loch Ryan. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, Ireland to London.[23]

April edit

1 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1773
Ship State Description
Peggy   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Flanders, Dutch Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bourdeaux, France.[19]

7 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1773
Ship State Description
Industry   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked a league (3 nautical miles (5.6 km)) east of the Mew Stone, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to London.[19]

14 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1773
Ship State Description
Royal Charlotte   Ireland The ship was destroyed by fire at Dublin.[30]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Eagle   Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Drumroe, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newfoundland, British America.[31]
Lyon   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Drumroe. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newfoundland.[31]
Thetis   Spain The ship was wrecked on Chinchon Point. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, Viceroyalty of New Granada to Cádiz.[32]
Venus   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Drumroe. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newfoundland.[31]

May edit

4 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1773
Ship State Description
Patriothen   Sweden The ship was wrecked on rocks at Niddingen, near Gothenburg, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Dublin, Ireland.[33]

10 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1773
Ship State Description
Industry   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America.[34]

11 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1773
Ship State Description
King George   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Brancaster, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London.[35][36]

16 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1773
Ship State Description
Thomas   Great Britain The ship was lost off the east of Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[37]

29 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1773
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[21]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Felicity   France The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. Eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Havre de Grâce.[33][38]
Maria   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Domesnes, Norway.[39]
Peggy   Great Britain The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to France.[40]
Restoration   Great Britain The ship was losy at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Skye to Liverpool, Lancashire.[36]
Unity   Ireland The ship foundered off the Banks of Wicklow, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Dublin.[33]

June edit

1 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1773
Ship State Description
Jonge Thomas   Dutch East India Company
 
Jonge Thomas.

The East Indiaman, a frigate, was driven ashore and wrecked in Tafelbaai, Dutch Cape Colony with the loss of 140 of the 193 people on board.[41]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Conway   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[42] Conway was refloated on 9 June.[7]
William & Ann   Great Britain The ship sank in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent.[7]

July edit

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Lord Monnt Cashell   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Croix.[43]

August edit

13 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1773
Ship State Description
Providence   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[44]

18 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1773
Ship State Description
St Antonio   Portugal The ship was wrecked on a rock off Alderney, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic to Oporto.[44]

28 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1773
Ship State Description
David & Ann   Great Britain The ship departed from Leith, Lothian for Cape Fear, North Carolina, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[45]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Mercury   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of France and severely damaged. She was subsequently refloated.[46]
Rosalie Victoire   France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Feccamp. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Rouen.[47]
Two Sisters   Great Britain The ship departed from Alicante, Spain for Newfoundland, British America during August. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[48]

September edit

2 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1773
Ship State Description
Salvaterra   Portugal The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Shannon, Ireland with the loss of all hands.[49]

7 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1773
Ship State Description
Lord Mansfield   British East India Company The East Indiaman was lost in the Bengal River.[50]

8 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1773
Ship State Description
Eight Friends   Great Britain The ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn, Norfolk.[51]

11 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1773
Ship State Description
Nelly   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russian Empire to Carlisle, Cumberland.[52]

15 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1773
Ship State Description
Fate   Great Britain The ship was destroyed by an onboard explosion.[53]

20 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1773
Ship State Description
Mermaid   Great Britain The ship sank in the Sheep-Cut River, Maine, British America.[54]

22 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1773
Ship State Description
Duke of Cumberland   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from New England, British America to London.[55]

23 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1773
Ship State Description
Norman   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[56]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Edward   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[57]
Henry Carl flag unknown The ship departed from "Drunton" for Belfast, County Antrim, Kingdom of Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[58]
Jacobus   Stettin The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Chatham, Kent, Great Britain.[59]
Jenny   Great Britain The ship ran aground off the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Kirkcudbright.[60]
Liberty   Ireland The ship departed from "Reney", Newfoundland, British America for Waterford. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[61]
St Jean Baptista   Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Normandy, France. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France to Bilboa.[56]
Vulture   Great Britain The ship struck a rock in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Africa to the Grenades and Liverpool, Lancashire.[59]
Will   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[57]

October edit

4 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1773
Ship State Description
Mary   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighthelmstone, Sussex.[55]

8 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1773
Ship State Description
John & Mary   Great Britain The ship ran aground on rocks off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in to St Mary's.[62]

10 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1773
Ship State Description
Anthony   Ireland The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cádiz, Spain.[20]

12 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1773
Ship State Description
Matilda   Great Britain The ship struck rocks in the Saint Lawrence River. She sank on 18 October. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Quebec, British America.[63]

27 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1773
Ship State Description
Lovely Cruizer   Great Britain The coaster struck the anchor of an East Indiaman and sank in the River Thames.[64]

29 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1773
Ship State Description
Betsey   Great Britain The ship was driven onto rocks at Derbyhaven, Isle of Man and was wrecked with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Cork, Ireland and Jamaica.[43]

30 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1773
Ship State Description
Alyda   Bremen The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Cádiz, Spain.[65]
Neptune   Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Londonderry.[66]
Peggy   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[65]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Etherington   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland off Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Narva and Hull, Yorkshire.[67]
Good Intent   Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford between 25 and 31 October with the loss of a crew member.[68]
Hannah   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland off Dagö, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool, Lancashire.[67]
John & Thomas   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool.[20]
Jonge Frederick flag unknown The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel, Dutch Republic.[20]
L'Heureux Clairon   France The ship was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Cádiz, Spain.[69]
Mary   Great Britain The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[64]
Potomac   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, France with the loss of eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London.[70]
St Pierre   Great Britain The ship was burnt in the Loire. A deliberate act by her captain.[65]
Trial   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea.[20]

November edit

6 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1773
Ship State Description
Temarnik   Imperial Russian Navy The ship was driven ashore at Kertch. She was refloated.[18]

11 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1773
Ship State Description
Fortune   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Dundalk. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin, Ireland.[71]
Rose   Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Break Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[72]

12 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1773
Ship State Description
Diligent   France The ship was driven ashore at Hythe, Kent, Great Britain She was on a voyage from Marseille to Rouen.[72]

15 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1773
Ship State Description
Charming Nancy   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stratton, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British America to London.[71]

16 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1773
Ship State Description
Squirrel   Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dublin.[73]

17 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1773
Ship State Description
Nelly   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was later refloated and taken in to Ostend. Nelly was on a voyage from Hamburg to Marseille, France.[71]

18 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1773
Ship State Description
Dove   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Florida, British America with the loss of three of her crew and 80 of her 100 slaves. She was on a voyage from Africa to Saint Augustine, Florida.[74]
Sally   British America The ship departed from Canso, Nova Scotia for Bilboa, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[75]

24 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1773
Ship State Description
Pearl   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[76]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Blessing   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats, Kent.[72]
Bridlington   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea.[77]
Diana   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from "Musquita Shore" to London.[77]
Friends Adventure   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Venice.[78]
Happy Return   Ireland The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off Dublin.[77]
Jan Cornelis Holm   Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blankenberge. She was on a voyage from "Turo" to Ostend.[79]
Mary & Sally   Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Dublin.[68]
Mayflower   Great Britain The ship was lost near Ventava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Riga, Russia.[71]
Nossa Senhora do Porto   Portugal The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Oporto. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[58]
Santa Ritta   Portugal The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro for Oporto. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[58]
Neptune   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bergen, Norway and Venice.[78]
Phenix   Dutch Republic The ship sprang a leak in the English Channel. She was taken in to Padstow, Cornwall but sank in the River Camel.[77]
Providence   Great Britain The ship struck a sandbank off Great Yarmouth and sank. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[79]
Sandwich Paquet   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charles Town, South Carolina, British America to Falmouth, Cornwall.[77]
Shelborn and Triton Both   Great Britain The ships were in collision with Kingston (  Great Britain) in The Downs and foundered. Kingston was consequently beached at Ramsgate, Kent.[80]
Southampton   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km) off Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel.[78]
Tom   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Liverpool.[71] She was refloated in October 1774 and taken in to Liverpool.[61]
Voorsigtigheyd   Hamburg The ship was driven ashore 11 nautical miles (20 km) from Drontheim, Norway. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hamburg.[79]

December edit

8 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1773
Ship State Description
Nostra Señora del Chorto   Spain The ship was wrecked near Cape Laogue. She was on a voyage from Rouen, France to St. Andero.[81]

9 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1773
Ship State Description
Thomas   Great Britain The ship foundered off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Cork, Kingdom of Ireland.[66]

17 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1773
Ship State Description
Industry   British America The sloop foundered whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to North Carolina.[82]
Royal Captain   British East India Company The East Indiaman, a full-rigged ship, struck a reef in the South China Sea off Palawan,[50] Spanish East Indies and was wrecked with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Whampoa, China to Balambangan Island, Borneo.

19 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1773
Ship State Description
Charming Nancy   British America The ship (a.k.a. Grand Rivière) was lost 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km) west of St. Lucar, Spain.[83]

26 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1773
Ship State Description
Polly   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Georgia, British America to Jamaica.[84]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Ann & Sarah   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[85]
Bee   Ireland The ship was lost near Ferrol, Spain. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cádiz, Spain.[86]
Chichester   Great Britain The ship struck the Burbo Rock, in Liverpool Bay and was lost. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin, Ireland.[76]
Aston   Great Britain The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool.[73]
George & Molly   Great Britain The ship struck rocks 4 leagues from Drontheim, Norway and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Drontheim.[85]
Good Hope   Great Britain The ship was driven onto rocks at Dysart, Fife and wrecked.[76]
Nancy   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from "Pilafoundrey" to Hull, Yorkshire.[85]
Susanna   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on one of the Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts and Goldsboro, Pennsylvania, British America to London.[87]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship State Description
Ann   Grenada The drogher sloop was lost off Grenada.[46]
Britannia   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland.[88]
Britannia   Great Britain The transport ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[89]
Charlotte   Great Britain The ship foundered off Saint Kitts. She was on a voyage from London to the Leeward Islands.[90]
Charming Betsey   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of North Carolina, British America before 5 July.[91]
Dalrymple   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Isle of May. Her crew were rescued by Eleanor (  Great Britain). Dalrymple was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa.[92]
Dunbar   Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[93]
East-Florida Merchant   Great Britain The ship was lost at Saint Augustine, Florida, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Augustine.[74]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was lost near New Calabar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Africa.[20]
Endeavour   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Newfoundland, British America.[31]
Friendship   Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to London.[52]
George   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Colleradoes. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[94]
George & Edward   Great Britain The ship was lost at "Fermose", Newfoundland.[65]
Herbert   British America The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (38°04′N 58°00′W / 38.067°N 58.000°W / 38.067; -58.000). Her crew were rescued by Betty (  Great Britain). Herbert was on a voyage from the Piscataqua River to Antigua.[88]
Hill   Great Britain The ship was lost at Barbadoes.[15]
Hope   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from Dublin to New York.[39]
Hope   Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[95]
Hope   Great Britain The ship was lost on Candia. Her crew were rescued.[86]
Industry   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was taken over by the slaves on board, who killed all but two of the crew. She was run ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone and wrecked. Industry was on a voyage from Gambia to the West Indies.[96]
Infante   Spain The ship was wrecked on Little Cayman. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba.[97]
Jenny   Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[95]
John   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Bahama Banks. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[15]
King George   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New Calabar. Her crew and 30 slaves were rescued.[26]
Kingston   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Westward Passage. She was on a voyage from South Carolina to Jamaica.[77]
Kitty   British America The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Newfoundland.[98]
Lord Mansfield   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Bengal River. Her crew were rescued.[99]
Maria   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Bay of Honduras. Her crew were rescued.[100]
Mary   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. At least eight of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[34]
Mecklenburgh   Admiralty The cutter was sunk as part of a breakwater at Sheerness, Kent
Natty   Great Britain The ship was lost near Bay Bulls, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pool to Newfoundland.[101]
Nester   Great Britain The ship was lost near Antigua. She was on a voyage from New England, British America to the Leeward Islands.[102]
Palliser   Great Britain The ship was lost at New Providence, New Jersey, British America.[100]
Peggy   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to Belfast, County Antrim.[31]
Rio Tamego   Portugal The ship was lost off Cape St Roque, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[103]
Royal Captain   British East India Company The East Indiaman was lost in Chinese waters with the loss of three of her crew.[104]
Royal Exchange   Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[95]
Sophia   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Quebec, British America.[79]
Speedwell   Great Britain The ship was sunk by ice. Her crew were rescued.[105]
Springfield   Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[95]
Steady   Great Britain The whaler foundered off the coast of Greenland.[89]
St Joseph   Spain The ship was lost at Carthagena, Viceroyalty of Peru. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Carthagena.[106]
St Paul   France The ship was lost on Ratan Island. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to the Bay of Honduras.[107]
Susannah   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Georgia, British America.[85]
Tom   Great Britain The ship was lost near Cape Mount, Africa. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[85]
Townside   Great Britain The ship was lost near Cape Mount. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[85]
William   Great Britain The ship was lost near Anguilla.[26]
William   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts.[105]
William and Catharine   Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to Dublin.[59]

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