List of shipwrecks in 1760

The list includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1760.


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January

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1760
Ship State Description
Royal Escape  Great Britain The stores ship, a hoy, was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[1][2]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1760
Ship State Description
Bonetta  Great Britain The ship was sunk by ice at New York, British America.[3]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1760
Ship State Description
Prince Ferdinand  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Anegada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America, to Jamaica.[4]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760
Ship State Description
Adventure  Ireland The ship was lost at New York, British America. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin[5]
Defiance  Great Britain The ship foundered off the coast of Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Enger  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily.[7]
Excelle  French Navy The warship ran aground in the Vilaine and was wrecked.[8]
Hendriaquo  France The ship was lost near Rye, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bayonne to Bruges, Dutch Republic.[9]
Henry  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[10]
Hopewell  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Dartmouth, Devon.[9]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was lost near Dublin, Ireland, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to an African port.[11]
Inflexible  French Navy The Hardi-class ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked in the Vilaine.[8]
John Gerhard  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Great Britain, with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to the Isle of Man.[12]
Koornbears  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Wight.[10]
Lovely Sukey  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Robert and Charles ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[7]
Molly  Great Britain The ship sank in the Delaware River, British America.[13]
Newry  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lord How ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Waterford to New York.[13]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland. Six of her crew were rescued by a Spanish ship. She was on a voyage from "Cromorgan" to London.[6]
Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo  Portugal The ship was lost at Peniche. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland, to Lisbon.[11]
Sally  Great Britain The ship was lost near St Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[2]
Sally & Jenny  Ireland The ship foundered in Bantry Bay. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Cork.[6]
Seahorse  Great Britain The ship was lost near Danzig. She was on a voyage from Libava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia to Roscoff, France.[9]
Speedwell  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newport Pratt, County Mayo, Ireland.[12]
Spy  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Bonnin". Her crew were rescued.[8]
Three Brothers  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Fear, North Carolina, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Cape Fear to Bristol.[8]
Vries Van Leeuwarden  Dutch Republic The galiot hoy was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Amsterdam.[10]

February

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1760
Ship State Description
Deliverance  Great Britain The ship foundered off the Îles des Saintes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London.[14]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1760
Ship State Description
HMS Ramillies Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The second rate ship of the line was wrecked at Bolt Head, Devon, with the loss of 829 of her 850 crew.[citation needed]
Resolution  Great Britain The victualling ship foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew.[15]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1760
Ship State Description
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Dunkerque, France, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Pool, Dorset.[16]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760
Ship State Description
Adventure  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Cádiz, Spain.[16]
Anne  Ireland The ship wasecked on the south west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Dublin.[17]
Anne  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 30 leagues (90 nautical miles (170 km)) west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by HMS Fowey (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, to Oporto, Portugal.[5]
Bee  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Topsham, Devon.[5] Bee was later refloated.[18]
Brave  Great Britain The ship was lost off Cape Málaga, Spain.[19]>
Britannia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Northam, Devon, with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[8]
Cæsar  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Teignmouth.[20]
Dorothea  France The ship was driven ashore near Portland, Dorset, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to "Frederickshall".[20]
Eagle  Great Britain The frigate sank in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Bristol to London.[20]
Edward  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on St Nicholas Island, Plymouth. She was on a voyage from New York to London.[5]
Eliza  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Beerhaven, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Limerick.[20]
Fanny  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset, with the loss of all but five of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal.[5]
George  Great Britain The ship sank at Ilfracombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[20]
Good Success  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Penzance, Cornwall.[7]
Happy Jennet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to a Scottish port.[20]
Hermione  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to London.[13]
Jufro Anna-Maria Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighthelmstone, Sussex. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Hamburg.[20]
Katherine  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Scottish Highlands. She was n a voyage from Boston to the Clyde.[17]
Morant  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[13]
Paschal  Spain The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Jersey, Channel Islands.[19]
Pearl  Great Britain The ship was lost in St Ives Bay.[5]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Leith, Lothian.[18]
Peggy & Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven into another vessel and sank at Fowey, Cornwall.[18]
Philadelphia  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Thames. She was n a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[20]
Pretty  Ireland The ship struck a rock and sank off Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim, to Barbadoes.[13]
Ranger  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts.[13]
Rebecca  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Portaferry, County Down and Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Fyall, Azores, Portugal.[18]
Rochester  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Plymouth. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.[18]
Two Arthurs  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford, Ireland.[13]

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1760
Ship State Description
HMS Tartar's Prize Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sixth rate sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia. Her crew were rescued by a Danish vessel.[21][22]

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Ship State Description
Barbara  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[16]
Diligence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast.[23]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[24]
Hannah  Ireland The ship ran aground in the River Liffey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin.[15]
Hellen  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk at the Nore by Freedom ( Great Britain). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Banff, Aberdeenshire.[3]
John  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[16]
Portsmouth Merchant  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[19]
Prince Edward  Great Britain The ship was lost at Pool, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Swanage, Dorset and Chatham, Kent.[15]
Santissima Trinidad  Spain The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Seville to London.[14]
Stafford  Great Britain The ship sank in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London.[25]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1760
Ship State Description
Denham British East India Company The East Indiaman was set afire at Bengkulu, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, to prevent her capture by the French.[26]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760
Ship State Description
Expedition  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Barcelona, Spain.[27]
Friends Goodwill  Great Britain The ship collided with the pier at Dover, Kent, and sank. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[14]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Lisbon, Portugal via Douglas, Isle of Man.[28]
Patience  Great Britain The ship was lost at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian.[29]

May

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760
Ship State Description
Eagle  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Guadeloupe.[30]
Francis  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, with the loss of 24 of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Old Calabar.[31]
Ricks  Great Britain The ship sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[32]
Santa Nicholas  Spain The ship ran aground near Cartagena. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to London.[33]
Unicorn  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Barking, Essex, and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia.[27][30]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was sunk by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Riga, Russia.[34]
York  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from New York to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[35]

June

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1760
Ship State Description
Racehorse  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Frying Pan Shoal, in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Fear, North Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Africa to South Carolina, British America.[36]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760
Ship State Description
Charming Peggy  Ireland The ship was captured and burnt by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Kinsale, County Cork.[37]
Nymph  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Start Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[38]
Sagtmsdeg  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, Great Britain.[39]

July

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1760
Ship State Description
Bienfaisant  French Navy Seven Years' War: The ship was sunk in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by HMS Fame, HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Repulse (all Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[40][41]
Machault  French Navy Seven Years' War: The ship was sunk in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by HMS Fame, HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Repulse (all Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[40][41]
Marquis de Malauze  French Navy Seven Years' War: The ship was sunk in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by HMS Fame, HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Repulse (all Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[40][41]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760
Ship State Description
Margaret  Great Britain The ship was severely damaged at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.[42]
Mary  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[43]
Menette  France The privateer was captured by HMS Aeolus (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy) but then foundered.[44]

August

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1760
Ship State Description
Archangel Michael  Imperial Russian Navy The frigate ran aground on a reef off Hogland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Danzig.[45]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1760
Ship State Description
Pearl  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (43°N 33°W / 43°N 33°W / 43; -33). Her crew were rescued by Constantine ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Newfoundland, French America.[46]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760
Ship State Description
Adriatick Republic of Venice The ship was run ashore and wrecked at St Lucar, Spain, in order to avoid capture by a vessel thought to be an Algerine Man-of-War.[47]
Constant Anne  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Hull, Yorkshire.[48]
Dorothy  Great Britain The ship foundered off Domesnes, Norway. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Hull.[43]
Happy Return  Great Britain The ship ran aground at Dublin, Ireland, and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex, to Hamburg.[49]
Lisbon Packet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull to Lisbon, Portugal.[40]
Providence  Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Hamburg.[49]

September

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1760
Ship State Description
Betty  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dundee, Perthshire.[50]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1760
Ship State Description
Sarah  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, French America to Cádiz, Spain.[51]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1760
Ship State Description
Maria  Great Britain The stores ship foundered off Plymouth Hoe, Devon. She was bound for Quebec, New France.[46]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1760
Ship State Description
Cavalla Bianca  Ottoman Empire A xebecca of the Ottoman Empire ran aground on the beach between the Battery Rocks and Newlyn, Mount's Bay, Cornwall. The crew of Algerian corsairs and Turkish soldiers were delighted to find they were wrecked in Cornwall rather than Spain and they were repatriated to Algiers aboard a British warship.[52]>[53] Davies Gilbert retells a contemporary account from witnesses of the Algerine cosair running aground. The captain thought the ship was in the Atlantic Ocean at about the latitude of Cádiz. Eight of those onboard drowned.[54]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760
Ship State Description
Adventure  Great Britain The transport ship was damaged by fire at Plymouth, Devon.[47]
Brilliant  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Saint Petersburg, Russia.[55]
Molly  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Plymouth.[46]
Three Brothers  Great Britain The ship sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to London.[56]
Virginia  Great Britain The ship was lost neat Aberthaw, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[56]

October

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1760
Ship State Description
HMS Lyme Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Lyme-class frigate was wrecked off the Swedish coast.
Duc de Choiseul  French Navy Seven Years' War: The fifth rate frigate was burnt at Port-de-Paix, Saint-Domingue in order to avoid capture by HMS Hampshire and Lively (both Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[57][58]
Prince Edouard  French Navy Seven Years' War: The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Port-de-Paix by HMS Hampshire (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy) and was burnt by her crew.[57][58]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1760
Ship State Description
Fleur-de-Lys  French Navy Seven Years' War: The fifth rate frigate was abandoned and burnt by her crew off Port-de-Paix, Saint-Domingue, in order to avoid capture by HMS Hampshire and Lively (both Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[57][58]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1760
Ship State Description
Royal George  Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by HMS Bedford (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[59]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760
Ship State Description
Arch Duke Republic of Venice The ship sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London. She was later refloated and taken in to Blackwall, London.[60][61]
HMS Conqueror Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The third rate ship of the line was wrecked on St Nicholas Island, Plymouth, Devon.[62]
Hawke  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dundee, Perthshire. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian.[63]
Isabella  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Cadzand, Dutch Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[63]
Reward  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dundee.[63]
Tipping  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Orkney Islands.[64]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1760
Ship State Description
Hope  Dutch Republic The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain, to Hamburg.[59]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1760
Ship State Description
John's Adventure  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[65]
Pearl  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caernarfon with the loss of all hands.[66]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1760
Ship State Description
[?]  Great Britain The transport ship foundered on Sable Island. Her survivors were rescued by a New England vessel 20 January 1761 (New England).[67]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1760
Ship State Description
Caesar Kingdom of Great Britain Admiralty The tender was wrecked at Pwlldu Head, Glamorgan. Her crew survived, but 65 pressed men and women, who were locked in the hold, perished. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Plymouth, Devon.[68][69]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760
Ship State Description
Abraham & Sarah  Great Britain The ship was lost at Port Isaac, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[65]
Augustus Cæsar  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Highlake, Cheshire, and wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[65]
Britannia  Great Britain The ship foundered off the coast of Caithness. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[66]
Britannia  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Lisbon, Portugal.[70]
Britannia  Great Britain The ship capsized in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[70]
Charming Sally  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cork.[66]
Emanuel  Denmark The ship foundered off Bergen, Norway, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from St Croix to Copenhagen.[70]
Hayfield  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Hamburg.[59]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Stralsund, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Gefle, Sweden, to Hull, Yorkshire.[69]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was lost on Borkum. She was on a voyage from Banff, Aberdeenshire, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[69]
Jane  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[71]
Lady Susanna Hamburg The ship was lost on Heligoland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[70]
Love and Unity  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[69]
Nossa Senhora da Ajuda  Portugal The ship was lost on the French coast. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain, to Oporto.[72]
Nostra Señora de Begona de Bilboa  Spain The ship was lost off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, to Seville.[72]
Nostra Señora de Muriel  Spain The ship was lost off the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to the Isle of Man.[66]
Samuel  Great Britain The ship ran aground in Lancaster Bay and was wrecked with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[73]
St Esprit  France The ship was lost near Havre de Grâce. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo to Cádiz, Spain[70]

December

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1760
Ship State Description
Eagle  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to London.[69]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1760
Ship State Description
Sea-post  Dutch Republic The ship was lost near Hartland Point, Devon, Great Britain, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz to Amsterdam.[74][75]
St Thomas  Great Britain The ship was lost near "St Sebastians" with the loss of all but one of her crew.[76]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1760
Ship State Description
Damsel  Great Britain The ship was lost near "Rotta". She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, French America to Cádiz, Spain.[77]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1760
Ship State Description
Assurance  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend.[78]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1760
Ship State Description
Nostra Segñora Segionora de la Marie  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, Kingdom of Great Britain. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, France, to Havre de Grâce, France.[79]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760
Ship State Description
Adventure  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[80]
Betty  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Scottish Highlands. She was on a voyage from "Drunton" to Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland.[79]
Bonetta flag unknown The ship was lost on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain, to a port in "Italy".[75]
Cæsar  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent.[71]
Charming Peggy  Great Britain The ship sank in the Elbe with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Borrowstounness, Lothian, to Hamburg.[81]
Charming Sally  Great Britain The victualling ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued.[79]
Concord  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Hurst beach. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[69]
Cornwal  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[75]
Duke  Great Britain The transport ship was driven ashore at La Rochelle, France. She was later refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[80][82]
Duke of York  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, to Saint Petersburg.[71]
Enighuden  Denmark The ship was lost near Mandal, Norway, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[75]>
Esther  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Highlake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[71]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost near La Rochelle.[80]
Friends Love  Great Britain The ship was lost near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[51]
Garland  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to London.[83]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was lost near Boulogne, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands, to London.[69]
Jannet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Field. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Portsey, Hampshire.[80]
Jonge Arnoldus  Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked near Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to Rotterdam.[80]
Kingston  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Hearn Bay, Kent.[71]
Montague Kingdom of Great Britain British America The patrol vessel, a brigantine sank in the Canard River, Nova Scotia.
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Deal. She was on a voyage from London to Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was later refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[71]
Sally  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Leith.[74]
Sea-horse  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at La Rochelle.[80]
St Erick  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[71]
Success  Great Britain The ship was lost on The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[69]
Susanna  Great Britain The ship was lost near La Rochelle.[80]
Thomas and Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland, to London.[74]
Three Brothers  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London.[74]
William  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near La Rochelle.[80]
Windsor  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Plymouth. She put into Lyme, Dorset, where she sank.[84]
Young Katherine  Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, Great Britain.[71]

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Ship State Description
Anne  Great Britain The ship was lost off the coast of Carolina British America. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Carolina.[32]
Charming Betty  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, British America, with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Virginia, British America.[21]
Charming Sally  Great Britain The ship struck an anchor and foundered in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Quiberon Bay, France.[85]
Charming Sally  Great Britain The ship foundered off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Cupid  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. John's, Newfoundland, British America. She was on a voyage from St. John's to the Leeward Islands.[25]
Denham  Great Britain The ship was burnt at Bencoolen, Indonesia to prevent capture by the French.[86]
Dolphin  Great Britain The ship was lost at Guadeloupe whilst departing for London.[42]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[23]
Fair American  Great Britain The ship capsized in the Saint Lawrence River and was lost.[73]
Four Cantons  Great Britain The ship was lost off Edenton, North Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Edenton.[87]
Fox  Great Britain The ship was lost off Antigua.[88]
Friend's Adventure Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship sank in the Piscataqua River. She was bound for Jamaica.[44]
Greyhound  Great Britain The ship foundered off "Cape Molo" with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Cyprus to "Scandereon".[39]
HMS Harwich Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fourth rate was wrecked.
Kingston  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Havannah, Captaincy General of Cuba, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. Her crew were rescued.[19]
Mancheoneal  Great Britain The ship foundered west of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from London to Bermuda.[89]
Maria  Great Britain The ship was lost in Senegal.[33]
Minerva Packet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hawke ( Great Britain). ~She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[66]
Molly  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from South Carolina to Pool. Her crew were rescued.[90]
Nancy  Great Britain The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras before 28 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Cape Fear, North Carolina.[91][92]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia, British America.[59]
Prosperity  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Guadeloupe by a French privateer. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Guadeloupe.[44]
Providence  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. she was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[57]
Royal George  Great Britain The victualling ship was lost in the Îles des Saintes. Ten of her crew survived.[78]
Santa Martin  Spain The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[33]
St George  Ireland The ship was lost near New York, British America. She was on a voyage from Cork to New York.[75]
Stretham  Great Britain The ship foundered in Bombay Bay. Her crew were rescued.[93]
Thomas and Richard  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Cape Henry.[59]
Union  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the African coast. Her crew were rescued.[87]
Venus  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk whilst on a voyage from London to Quebec, New France. Her crew were rescued.[94]

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