List of shipwrecks in 1749
The List of shipwrecks in 1749 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1749.
April
1749 did not begin on 1 January![Note 1]
14 April
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May
4 May
14 May
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1749
Ship
State
Description
Alexander
Great Britain
The ship foundered in The Swin, off the coast of Essex before 12 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Dutch Republic to London .[ 7]
Centurion
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon .[ 8]
Content
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk before 12 May. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , to London.[ 7]
Mayflower
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End , Cornwall , before 9 May. Her crew were rescued.[ 3]
Two Brotherhs
Great Britain
The ship foundered before 23 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gottenburg , Sweden, to Maldon, Essex .[ 9]
June
Unknown date
July
25 July
Unknown date
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Ship
State
Description
Beauford
British America
The ship was lost off the coast of Georgia . She was bound for the West Indies .[ 13]
Good Intent
Isle of Man
The ship was driven ashore near Waterford , Ireland before 1 August. She was on a voyage from Cette , Hérault , France to the Isle of Man.[ 14]
King David
Great Britain
The ship foundered off the coast of Portugal before 21 July. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon , to Madeira , Portugal.[ 15]
Porthbean
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Neuwerk , Frisian Islands before 1 August. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall , to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 14]
Providence
Great Britain
The ship foundered off the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Stockholm , Sweden, to London.[ 16]
August
13 August
Unknown date
September
19 September
Unknown date
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Ship
State
Description
Content
Great Britain
The ship foundered in The Swin, off the coast of Essex before 26 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire .[ 18]
Duke of Cumberland
Ireland
The ship was lost at Waterford before 15 September. She was on a voyage from Stockholm , Sweden, to Waterford.[ 20]
Loyal Consort
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Plimouth , Devon , before 22 September. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar and Naples .[ 21]
Prosperous
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Étaples , Pas-de-Calais , France before 22 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia , British America , to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 21]
Swallow
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , before 12 September. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch ship. She was on a voyage from Narva , Russia , to London .[ 22]
Unity
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the North Sea before 15 September. She was on a voyage from Hull to London.[ 20]
October
8 October
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1749
Ship
State
Description
Dolphin
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Cape Fare.[ 23]
15 October
18 October
31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1749
Ship
State
Description
Charming Molly
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of weymouth, Dorset . She was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain, to London .[ 27]
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November
2 November
Unknown date
December
1 December
9 December
13 December
18 December
29 December
Unknown date
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Ship
State
Description
Expedition
France
The ship was wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex , Great Britain , before 19 December. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Dunkirk .[ 36]
Francis
Ireland
The ship was lost on the Irish coast before 29 December. She was on a voyage from Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany and Seville , Spain, to Dublin .[ 37]
Henry
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the North Sea before 29 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex , to Rotterdam , South Holland , Dutch Republic .[ 37]
John and Hasnnah
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the coast of Pomerania before 29 December. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to London.[ 37]
Lisbon Packet
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Rye, Sussex , before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal, to London .[ 34]
Nuestra Señora de Nazareth
Portugal
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Kimridge , Dorset , Great Britain , before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Maritime , France .[ 34]
Prince William
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque before 26 December. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend , West Flanders , Dutch Republic .[ 32]
St. Laurence
Ireland
The ship was lost in the Irish coast before 29 December. She was on a voyage from Bilbao , Spain, to Dublin.[ 37]
Two Brothers
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the French coast before 7 December. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees to Bordeaux , Gironde , France .[ 38]
January
19 January
26 January
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Ship
State
Description
Concordia
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore near Zurickzee , Zeeland before 9 January. She was on a voyage from Dublin , Ireland , to Rotterdam , South Holland .[ 41]
Ebenezer
Ireland
The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Hamburg .[ 42]
Endeavour
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Loo , Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Topsham , Devon , to Cádiz , Spain.[ 43]
Fleece
Great Britain
The ship was lost near St. Ives, Cornwall , before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Plimouth , Devon , to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 35]
Friendship
Great Britain
The ship foundered off Flores Island , Azores . Her crew were rescued by a Portuguese sloop . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London .[ 44]
La Carp
France
The ship was lost 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Weymouth, Dorset , Great Britain , with the loss of fourteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Maritime , to Rochford , Essex , Great Britain.[ 43]
Mary and Anne
Great Britain
The ship foundered in Barnstaple Bay before 9 January. She was on a voyage from Penzance , Cornwall , to Bristol.[ 41]
Swift
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Looe , Cornwall , before 30 January with the loss of all but one of her crew.[ 1]
Warren
Great Britain
The ship was lost near "Brixton", Isle of Wight before 30 January. She was on a voyage from Valencia , Spain, to London.[ 1]
February
11 February
21 February
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Ship
State
Description
Concord
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Old Head of Kinsale , County Cork , Ireland . Four or five of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Honduras to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 46]
Duke
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Hull , Yorkshire , before 23 February. She was on a voyage from Hull to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 45]
Happy
Great Britain
The ship foundered in Bootle Bay before 27 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , to British America.[ 47]
Jane
British America
The snow was driven ashore at Sandy Hook , New Jersey . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York .[ 48]
Lord Strange
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Cobh , County Cork, before 16 February. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[ 49]
Memland
Great Britain
The ship lost on the Scottish coast before 20 February.[ 50]
Molly
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool before 27 February.[ 47]
Nuestra Señora de Verecundia
Spain
The ship was lost on the Irish coast before 13 February. She was on a voyage from Seville to Bristol.[ 33]
Restoration
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Tenby , Pembrokeshire , before 13 February with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany , to London.[ 33]
Rotterdam Packet
Ireland
The ship foundered off Cape Clear Island , County Cork before 27 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Antigua .[ 47]
Speedwell
Ireland
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Youghal , County Cork, before 16 February with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bordeaux , Gironde , France .[ 49]
Squirrel
British America
The ship was wrecked west of Weymouth, Dorset , Great Britain , before 9 February, Dorset with the loss of twelve lives. She was on a voyage from Maryland to London .[ 46]
Three Brothers
Ireland
The ship was driven ashore near Cobh before 16 February. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Madeira and Carolina, British America.[ 49]
Two Brothers
Great Britain
The ship was wrecked at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire , before 9 February.[ 46]
Two Friends
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the English Channel west of Plimouth , Devon , before 16 February with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain, to London.[ 49]
Wilhelmina
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate , Kent , Great Britain , before 20 February. She wason a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , to La Rochelle , Charente-Maritime , France.[ 50]
March
Unknown date
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Ship
State
Description
Benjamin
Guernsey
The ship was lost on the French coast before 16 March. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Newfoundland , British America .[ 51]
John & Mary
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Jersey , Channel Islands , before 27 March 1750. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey and Newfoundland , British America .[ 52] [Note 2]
Limington
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Wexford , Ireland before 20 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin .[ 53]
Neptune
Ireland
The ship was lost in the River Suir with the loss of six of her crew before 6 March. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal, to Waterford .[ 54]
Nuestra Señora de Begonia
Spain
The ship was lost at Bilbao before 20 March. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Cádiz .[ 53]
Pidgeon
British America
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from New York to Barbadoes . Her crew were rescued by a Rhode Island sloop .[ 55]
Pretty Patsey
Great Britain
The ship was wrecked on the east coast of the isle of Wight before 20 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto , Portugal, to London .[ 53]
Salisbury
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Biddiford , Devon , before 6 March Six of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London .[ 54]
Swift
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Bilbao before 20 March. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal, to Bilbao.[ 52] [ 53]
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Ship
State
Description
Albany
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia Capes , British America , before 19 December. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland , Dutch Republic to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .[ 36]
Anne
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Carolina. British America .[ 9]
Atlas
France
The ship foundered off Cape Francois, Saint-Domingue before 28 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 56]
Cannings
Great Britain
The frigate foundered within 100 leagues (300 nautical miles (560 km)) of Barbados before 13 February with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston to Barbadoes .[ 33]
De Hoop
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore at Chesil Beach , Dorset , Great Britain .[ 57]
Delawar
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 200 league (600 nautical miles (1,100 km)) off the Virginia Capes before 18 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , British America.[ 58]
Diamond
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryland , British America, to London.[ 59]
Dispatch
Ireland
The ship was lost off St. Lucar , Spain, before 9 February. She was on a voyage from Cork to Seville , Spain.[ 46]
Dolphin
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Corunna , Spain, before 5 December. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal, to Bilbao , Spain.[ 38]
Duke of Queensborough
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the Barbary Coast before 10 November. She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire , to an African port.[ 60]
Eagle
Great Britain
The ship foundered 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km) off Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany , before 20 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno to London.[ 10]
Edward Augustus
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Arless , Bouches-du-Rhône , France before 13 February. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône.[ 33]
Endeavour
Great Britain
The ship foundered off the Barbary Coast before 21 July. Her crew were rescued by Molly ( Great Britain ). She was on a voyage from Cagliari , Sicily , to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 15]
Great Britain
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia , to London.[ 35]
John and Jane
Great Britain
The ship foundered 9 leagues (27 nautical miles (50 km) off "Cape Fare" before 12 December. Her crew were rescued by HMS Rye ( Royal Navy ).[ 24]
Lamplugh
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the coast of Virginia before 25 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland , to Virginia.[ 61]
Margaret
Great Britain
The ship was lost off Bermuda before 5 January. She was on a voyage from London to the Bahamas .[ 35]
Memland
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore near Seville , Spain , before 5 January. She was on a voyage from London to Seville.[ 35] Memland was later refloated.[ 23]
Prince Henry
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Scilla, Calabria , Kingdom of Naples before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Skanderoon , Ottoman Empire , to Venice .[ 35]
Prince William
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the coast of Africa before 9 February.[ 46]
Polly and Nancy
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the French coast before 13 February. She was on a voyage from London to Bordeaux.[ 33]
Purcell
Great Britain
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Tortola before 7 July. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Tortola.[ 62]
Resolution
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea .[ 63]
Ruth
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Benin before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Benin to British America.[ 64]
Scipio
Great Britain
African slave trade : The ship was carrying slaves to America. They overthrew the crew and blew the ship up before 5 January.[ 35]
St. Peter
Imperial Russian Navy
The ship was wrecked on "The Holy Island", in the Caspian Sea .[ 65]
Two Brothers
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Penzance , Cornwall, to Alicante , Spain.[ 66]
Notes
^ Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1748 was followed by 25 March 1749. 31 December 1749 was followed by 1 January 1749.
^ Issue is misdated 1749.
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