List of shipwrecks in 1753
The List of shipwrecks in 1753 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1753.
January
10 January
12 January
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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Johanna Theresa Strohm
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Hamburg
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The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset, Great Britain, with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz, Spain.[1]
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30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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Owners Endeavour
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Guernsey
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Kent. Her crew were rescued.[2]
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Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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Abraham
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Great Britain
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The ship foundered in Cudden Bay, Cornwall, before 19 January with the loss of all hands.[3]
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Adrian
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France
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, Great Britain, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais.[1]
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Amity
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Great Britain
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The ship foundered in Fishguard Bay before 12 January with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland, to Bristol, England.[1]
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Argyle
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Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Pool, Dorset, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to London.[1]
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Arms of Denmark
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Hamburg
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off Pool before 23 January. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Hamburg.[4]
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Birmingham
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost near Brighthelmstone, Sussex, before 19 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Lucar, Spain, to Ostend, West Flanders, Dutch Republic.[3]
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Crown'd Herring
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost off Loe, Cornwall, before 23 January. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[4]
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Daniel
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Dutch Republic
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The ship foundered in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Suriname to Amsterdam, North Holland[3]
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De Liefde
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Dutch Republic
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight before 19 January.[3]
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Duke of Dorset
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost on the Barbary Coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Cerella" to London.[5]
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Enegyht
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Dutch Republic
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off Newhaven, Sussex, Great Britain, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Amsterdam.[1]
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Friendship
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Great Britain
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The ship foundered in the English Channel of the Isle of Wight before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Hamburg.[1]
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Griffin
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Great Britain
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The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape San Antonio, Spain. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[6]
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Jacob
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Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore at St Helen's, Isle of Wight, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America, to London.[1]
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Johannis
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Danzig
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The ship was lost on the Swedish coast before 23 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig.[4]
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John
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Isle of Man
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The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland, before 26 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Martin to the Isle of Man.[7]
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John and Daniel
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, before 19 January. Her crew were rescued.[3]
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Jupiter
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost near Boulogne before 23 January with the loss of a passenger. She was on a voyage from New York to London.[4]
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King of Prussia
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Hamburg
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The ship was driven ashore near Kimeridge, Dorset, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Hamburg.[1]
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Lark
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost at Cette, Hérault, France, before 26 January with the loss of a crew member.[7]
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Lovely Betty
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost off Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, before 26 January with the loss of most of those on board. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7][8]
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Medonia del Carmen
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Spain
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The ship was lost off Port Mahon, Menorca. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[9]
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Peggy
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Great Britain
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, before 26 January. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic.[7]
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Patty and Molly
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost before 19 January whilst on a voyage from Surinam to Boston.[3]
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Samuel
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Ireland
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The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight opposite Hurst Castle, Hampshire, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[1]
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Sarah
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Great Britain
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off Newhaven before 12 January with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London.[1]
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St. Paul
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Ireland
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The brig departed from New York, British America, for Newry in late January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[10]
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St. Philip
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost near San Sebastián, Spain, before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British America, to Bilbao, Spain.[3]
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Swan Hoolm
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Hamburg
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto, Portugal.[1]
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Thomas and Rebecca
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Great Britain
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The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Wexford, Ireland, before 19 January. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[3]
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Union
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Great Britain
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland, to London.[11]
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William and Mary
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Ireland
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The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Cork to Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France. Her crew were rescued by a Danzig vessel.[9]
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Young Green
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Ireland
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Pool.[1]
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Young Hendrik
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Dutch Republic
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The ship foundered in the English Channel off Newhaven before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Amsterdam.[1]
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February
14 February
15 February
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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Deakins and Maudley
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Great Britain
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The ship was lost on the south coast of the Isle of Wight with the loss of her captain.[13]
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Unknown date
March
- 4 March
8 March
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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St. George
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Great Britain
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The ship was wrecked 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) east of Gibraltar with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Naples to Great Britain.[17]
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12 March
15 March
25 March
26 March
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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Mary & Susanna
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Ireland
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The ship was wrecked on The Smalls with the loss of four of her thirteen crew. She was on voyage from Dublin to Bilbao, Spain.[20]
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Unknown date
April
7 April
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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Montague
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Great Britain
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The ship went aground on the Sandwich Flats with the loss of her captain.[23]
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20 April
26 April
Unknown date
May
9 May
Unknown date
June
3 June
6 June
July
Unknown date
August
5 August
20 August
September
3 September
Unknown date
October
2 October
3 October
12 October
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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St. John the Baptist
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Imperial Russian Navy
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The packet boat was wrecked at the mouth of the Ozernaya River with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Kamchatka.[44]
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St. Peter
|
Imperial Russian Navy
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The gukor was driven ashore between the mouths of the Vorovskaya River and the Kompakovskaya River with the loss of twelve of her crew. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Kamchatka. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[44]
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22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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St. Johannis
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Sweden
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The ship was driven ashore near Padstow, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was plundered by the local inhabitants.[45]
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Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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Duke of Cumberland
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Great Britain
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The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was bound for London from a Norwegian port.[45]
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Good Intent
|
Great Britain
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The ship was lost near "Steanage" [46]
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Olive Branch
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Great Britain
|
The ship was lost on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to London.[43]
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Prudent Sarah
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Great Britain
|
The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, to Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[46]
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Rainbow
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Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore at Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Nevis to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[47]
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November
8 November
15 November
Unknown date
December
4 December
12 December
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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Young Abraham
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Hamburg
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The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Hamburg.[51]
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13 December
14 December
19 December
Unknown date
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753
Ship |
State |
Description
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Benjamin
|
Great Britain
|
The snow foundered whilst on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued.[56]
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Betsey
|
Great Britain
|
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Barbadoes to South Carolina.[20]
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Dagenham
|
Great Britain
|
The ship was lost at the mouth of the Tiber with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from London and Falmouth, Cornwall, to Civitavecchia and Naples.[57]
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Dispatch
|
Great Britain
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The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jamaica before 30 March.[19]
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Flower of Cork
|
Ireland
|
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) off the Virginia Capes, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Virginia.[29]
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Hereford
|
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The ship was driven ashore on the coast of South Carolina. She was on a voyage from South Carolina to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[20] She was later refloated and departed in early March.[58]
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Katherine and Anne
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Great Britain
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The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, before 13 February. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Trani, Kingdom of Sicily, to Lisbon, Portugal.[59]
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Lucy
|
British America
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The ship was lost off the Virginia Capes before 27 March. She was on a voyage from Marland, Oklahoma, to Lisbon, Portugal.[21]
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Nostra Señora del Rosario
|
Spain
|
The ship was lost in the River Plate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru.[60]
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Sussex
|
Great Britain
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The ship was lost off the Virginia Capes, British America, before 25 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[61]
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Swan
|
Great Britain
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The ship was destroyed by fire at a port in Maryland, British America.[62][63]
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Swedish Lyon
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Hamburg
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The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Viareggio, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, before 27 February. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[12]
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Swift
|
Great Britain
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The ship foundered before 27 March. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic.[21]
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