List of shipwrecks in 1755
The List of shipwrecks in 1755 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1755.
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January
17 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Warren | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Africa. Some of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Virginia, British America.[1] |
19 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jubilee | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Brayson Bay, Isle of Wight, with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London.[2] |
24 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cadiz Packet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Valencia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Valencia.[3] |
Joseph | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Valencia.[3] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Happy Return | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bordeaux, France. Her crew were rescued.[4] |
John & Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Dieppe, France, with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France.[5] |
John & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Cadiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Genoa.[6] |
Katherine & Anne | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bristol, England, to Morlaix, France.[7] |
Two Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Cadiz. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[6] |
February
14 February
16 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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St.Paul de Ribereaux | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Pevensey, Sussex, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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John | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Venice to Oporto.[10] |
Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America, to London.[6] |
March
8 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hazard | France | The schooner was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Saint-Domingue.[11] |
Kingston | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Alderney, Channel Islands, with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Madeira and Jamaica.[12] |
13 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arthur | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Genoa with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Naples to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[13] |
21 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Parthenope | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Georgenti". Her crew were rescued.[14] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Oporto.[15] |
Carolina | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Amble, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[12] |
David | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey.[16] |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France, to Newcastle upon Tyne.[12] |
Glasgow | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Campvere, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[17] |
Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[12] |
Margaret | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Granville, France, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to a Scottish port.[16] |
St. George | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.[15] |
St. Mawes | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States, to Hull, Yorkshire.[8] |
Sukey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Corton, Suffolk. Her crew survived.[16] |
April
4 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Achilles | France | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) west of La Palma, Canary Islands. Thirteen of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Nantes.[18] |
13 April
23 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[20] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gloucester Lass | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Mumbles Bay, Glamorgan She was on a voyage from Swansea to Boston.[21] |
Molly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[20] |
Neptune | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, to Rotterdam.[22] |
May
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Neptune | 22px Hamburg: The ship was lost near Hamburg. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to Hamburg via Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain.[23] | |
Nightingale | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the South Battery Rocks, Sunderland, County Durham.[19] |
Providence | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cette to Dunkerque, France.[24] |
June
8 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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John & Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[25] |
9 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Andalusia | Spain | The ship was lost off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, New Spain, to Málaga.[26] |
10 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Katherina | Sweden | The snow was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Havre de Grâce, France.[27] |
July
1 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann & Esther | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 leagues (150 nautical miles (280 km) north north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Marseille, France.[28] |
17 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Doddington | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was wrecked in Algoa Bay with the loss of 247 of the 270 people on board. |
18 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abel & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Cette to Boulogne.[29] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Danzig. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol.[30] |
August
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Allen | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Dunkerque, France. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Lisbon, Portugal.[30] |
Providence | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madeira to London.[31] |
Resolution | Great Britain | The whaler was lost near Liverpool, Lancashire.[31] |
Warminster | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the North Channel. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[32] |
September
2 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Genoa. Gje was on a voyage from Genoa to Lisbon, Portugal.[33] |
27 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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York | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km)) off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk[34] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hardie | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain.[35] |
Mary-Ann | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth.[35] |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Cliesdon". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[35] |
Pleixcilière | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth.[35] |
Princess Augusta | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Milford, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Chester, Cheshire.[36] |
Samuel | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[26] |
Winsor | Great Britain | The ship departed from London for Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland, during September. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37] |
October
5 October
6 October
14 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Swallow | Great Britain | The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall, for Corunna, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[39] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Wolf Rock, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Poole, Dorset.[40] |
Betty | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[38] |
Jane | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Jersey, Channel Islands, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.[41] |
Mediterranean | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Chester, Cheshire.[41] |
Richard | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the "Medwharf". She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool.[40] |
St. Andrew | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dumfries.[41] |
Stirling Castle | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool.[40] |
Triton | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Bristol.[42] |
November
9 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[43] |
16 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Seahorse | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool, Lancashire.[44] |
29 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Purcell | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Seven crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix.[45][46] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amity | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on The Cockles. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London.[47] |
Benjamin | France | The ship was lost near the Île d'Oléron. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Bordeaux.[44] |
Duc de Berry | France | The ship was lost near the Île d'Oleron. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Bordeaux.[44] |
Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[48] |
Isabella | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Plymouth, Devon.[44] |
Jennings | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk.[44] |
John & Philip | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to London.[47] |
La Ferme | France | The ship was lost near Ramsgate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Havre de Grâce.[44] |
Levant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to London.[43] |
Mermaid | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[43] |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near St Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Barcelona, Spain.[49] |
Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[47] |
Oporto Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[50] |
Unity | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Dogger Bank. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, to Whitby, Yorkshire.[48] |
Young William | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the Lancashire coast with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin.[48] |
December
15 December
25 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hester | British America | The sloop was wrecked at the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Annapolis, Maryland.[52] |
Penguin | British America | The sloop was wrecked at Lynnhaven, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Maryland to Wilmington, Pennsylvania.[52] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Acton | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Llanelly, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[53] |
Anna-Maria | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, Great Britain, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam.[46] |
Expedition | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Naples.[54] |
Lively Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Hamburg.[46] |
Pulcrade | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the Galician coast, Spain. She was on a voyage from Oporto to "Balica".[39] |
Sarah & Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of South Wales.[54] |
Three Crowns | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[51] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brown | British America | The galley was lost near Anguilla. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island, to the West Indies.[55] |
Carolina | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Willemstad, Curaçao. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[26] |
Duke of Cumberland | Jersey | The ship was lost on the coast of Newfouldland, British America.[56] |
Hopewell | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Seskar. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[57] |
James and Christopher | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Mazagan, Morocco.[21] |
Jehoakim | Spain | The ship was lost in the Passage Islands. She was on a voyage from Caracas, New Spain, to Cádiz.[37] |
Jersey | Jersey | The ship was lost on the coast of Newfoundland.[58] |
Martin | Great Britain | The brigantine foundered before 3 February whilst on a voyage from Campeachy, New Spain, to the West Indies. Her crew were rescued.[59] |
Marmaduke | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Saint Petersburg.[47] |
Montfort | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Morant Cays, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[9] |
Nazareth | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Lagos. Her crew were rescued. She was reported to be on a voyage from Wales to Marseille, France.[60] |
Notre Dame de Deliverance | France | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Cádiz, Spain.[61] |
Prince William | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Dino".[62] |
Salisbury | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the "Coloradoes" with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America.[6] |
Sally & Lucy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cerela".[62] |
St. Peter | Imperial Russian Navy | The gukor was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Vorovskaya. She was on a voyage from Yamsk to Okhotsk.[63] |
Susannah | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Bombay, Mughal Empire.[64] |
Union | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, British America, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts.[51] |
Venus | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[40] |
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