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The List of shipwrecks in 1788 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1788.
Ship | State | Description |
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Delight | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[2] She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to Bridgwater, Somerset.[3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Experiment | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Rotterdam.[4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly while on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan.[5][6] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Active | Ireland | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon, Portugal.[3] |
Ann | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Sicily. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States to London.[7] |
Alexander | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8] |
Anna Margretta | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost at Marseille, France. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Ostend.[7] |
Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Conway | Jersey | The ship was wrecked on Jersey with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Jersey.[10] |
Dowson | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Duke of Cornwall | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly.[9] |
Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Isles of Scilly. All on board were rescued She was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to Cork, Ireland and Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[11] |
Fame | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the Welsh coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.[12] |
Farmer and Janet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hollesley, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to London.[11] |
Friends | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Rouen, France to Swansea, Glamorgan.[11] |
Industry | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Flanders, Dutch Republic.[13] |
Jackie | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ostend.[3] |
John & Hannah | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on The Skerries. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork, Ireland to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[14] |
Jonge Peter | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered off North Foreland, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam.[14] |
Louise | France | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at the mouth of the Garonne. She was on a voyage from St. Domingo to Bourdeaux.[10][15] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Swansea.[3] |
New Loyalty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Dundrum, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland.[12] |
Nimrod | Great Britain | Whaler belonging to Mather & Co. lost in the Falkland Islands. Waterford Packet ( Great Britain) rescued her crew and took them to Faial.[16][17] |
Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Ramhead. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to Plymouth, Devon.[9] |
Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship sank in the River Seine at Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.[18] She was on a voyage from London to Rouen.[7] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mersey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Wicklow Bank, in the Irish Sea with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ayre. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to the Clyde.[20] |
Brothers | Ireland | The ship was lost near Sligo. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Sligo.[21] |
Goed Verwachting | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Amsterdam.[4] |
Hawke | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey, Great Britain with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Dublin.[22] |
Heart of Oak | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst of a voyage from Carmarthen to Falmouth, Cornwall.[23] |
Hersterling | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Amsterdam.[20] |
Hiligheid | Norway | The ship was lost near Stavanger with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Christiansand to Copenhagen, Denmark.[22] |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4] |
Neptune | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[24] |
Nile | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Marseille, France, and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and taken in to Marseille. Nile was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar and Nice, France.[25] |
Pallas | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked 20 leagues (60 nautical miles (110 km)) from Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Greenock.[20] |
Patriot | Hamburg | The ship was lost near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Hamburg.[4] |
Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[19] |
Sally | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank. She was on a voyage from Cork to Belfast, County Antrim.[22] |
Sun | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Embden, Hanover to Liverpool.[26] |
Twee Goed Broeders | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost near Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Groningen to London.[21] |
William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Strangford, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire to Londonderry.[22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Francis | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent while on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[27] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Epanronidas | Dutch Republic | African slave trade: The dogger was seized by the nineteen slaves on board. They murdered all but two of the crew and ran the ship ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Cape Sierra Leone. The ship was wrecked.[28] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire.[29] |
Good-Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[29] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore between Falsterbo and Ystadt, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[29] |
Anna Maria Ann | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Killina Bay, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Dublin.[30] |
Dilligence | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France.[25] |
Fame | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pool, Dorset and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Pool to Newfoundland, British America.[25][31] |
Marechal de Mouchy | France | The ship was wrecked on the Île de Ré. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Bourdeaux.[31] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Weymouth.[31] |
Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the River Ribble. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Lancaster, Lancashire.[32] |
Wallfish | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Regesfjord, Sweden.[32] |
Union | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock and foundered off Ouessant, France. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Liverpool, Lancashire.[30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | Great Britain | The ship struck the pier and sank at Ramsgate, Kent.[33] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mally | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[34] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Wade | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Success ( Great Britain). Wade came ashore and was wrecked at Newport Pratt, County Mayo, Ireland. Thirteen people drowned when their boat capsized going to the assistance of Wade.[35][36] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Benjamin | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.[37] |
Earl of Chatham | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands.[38] |
Jane and Eleanor | Great Britain | The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent, She was on a voyage from London to Barmouth, Caernarfonshire.[39] |
Kitty | France | The ship was dismasted and was abandoned by her crew. She was later taken in to Ramsgate. Kitty was on a voyage from London to Havre de Grâce.[39] |
Norfolk | Great Britain | The ship was lost near the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[40] |
Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newhaven, Sussex.[39] |
Vigilantia | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost near Camaret-sur-Mer, France. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Nantz, France.[37] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Good Hope | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Anholt Reef. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[36] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marechal de Castries | France | The ship was wrecked on the African coast. She was on a voyage from the Île de France, Mauritius to L'Orient.[41] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dick | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Benin River.[42] |
Godfrey | Great Britain | The ship was lost near New Romney, Kent.[43] |
Maria Elizabeth | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Memel.[44] |
Russia Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on "The Spit". She was on a voyage from Memel to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[45] |
William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Carolina, United States to Cowes, Isle of Wight and Bremen.[46] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed vessel | United States | The Virginian sailing vessel was lost in the Gilstone area of the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly.[6] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[47] |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal while on a voyage from Penryn, Cornwall to Gibraltar.[48] |
Hector | Ireland | The ship was lost on the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Newry, County Antrim.[49] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Peniche, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[50] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fanny | United States | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Ocracock, North Carolina.[51] |
Favourite John | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Norfolk, Virginia, United States.[52] |
Hero | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore at Norfolk.[52] |
Mermaid | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Norfolk.[52] |
Nancy | United States | The sloop was driven ashore at Ocracock.[51] |
Polly | United States | The schooner was driven ashore and dismasted at Ocracock.[51] |
Reward | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Marsh Island, North Carolina.[53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Federalist | United States | The miniature ship sank in a storm while moored in the Potomac River near Mount Vernon shortly after being delivered as a gift to George Washington. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to a Baltic port.[54] |
Ellen | Great Britain | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[55] |
Endracht | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Brest, France.[56] |
Fort William | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto, Portugal.[55] |
Hope | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore near Blackrock, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork and Newfoundland, British America.[57] |
Six Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend.[54] |
Triton | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Lap Shoal and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Zant, Republic of Venice to Stettin. Triton was taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[58] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Vosmislav | Imperial Russian Navy | The frigate was driven ashore and wrecked on Naissaar with the loss of a crew member.[59] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fortitude | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[60] |
La Blonde | French Navy | The frigate was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port-au-Prince, Hispaniola and was wrecked.[61] |
Trois Frères | France | The ship was wrecked at Port-au-Prince. She was on a voyage from Angola to Havre de Grâce.[62] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amable Suzette | France | The ship was lost near Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue.[63] |
Tycho de Brake | Dantzick | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain.[64] |
Ulysses | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool.[65] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John and Samuel | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Málaga, Spain. John and Samuel was anchored off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[66] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Betsey | Great Britain | The ship departed from North Carolina, United States for the West Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[67] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Severn at Newnham's Nab, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Newnham, Gloucestershire to Chepstow, Monmouthshire.[68] |
Dorothea | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, Great Britain.[69] |
Fortuna | Stettin | The ship was lost in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain.[70] |
Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Bristol.[52] |
Polly | Great Britain | The ship was lost on "Handay Island" with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Livorno, Tuscany.[69] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Enigkeit | Stettin | The ship was lost on the "Island of Zylh". She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, Great Britain.[71] |
Ship | State | Description |
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De Jonge Frederick | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Nantz, France.[72] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Skagen, Denmark.[73] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Patience | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Port Patrick, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[62] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alfred | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Tramore Bay. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Dartmouth, Devon.[71] |
Ann and Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ostend, Dutch Republic to London.[53] |
Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Libava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia.[62] |
Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend.[53] She was later refloated and taken in to Ostend.[72] |
Henrietta | Stettin | The ship was lost near Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bourdeaux, France.[74] |
Isabella | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Christiania, Norway with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Perth.[75] |
Jane and James | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Antrim, Ireland to Liverpool.[76] |
Matilda Maria | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Bengal, India. Matilda Maria subsequently put into Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain.[75] |
Minerva | Stettin | The ship was lost near Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bourdeaux.[76] |
Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Runnel Stone. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[76] |
Norwich | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from London to Memel.[62] |
Olive | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to London. Her crew were rescued by Miller ( Great Britain).[71] |
Shetland | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from the Shetland Islands to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[73] |
Susannah | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Libava. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Havre de Grâce, France.[71] |
Welcome Messenger | Great Britain | The ship was lost near "Wingo". She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Saint Petersburg.[76] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bella | Great Britain | The ship foundered 25 leagues (75 nautical miles (139 km) off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Bourdeaux, France.[77] |
William | Isle of Man | The ship was wrecked in Sheep Haven Bay. Her crew were rescued.[78][79] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Industry | Great Britain | The ship departed from Boston, Lincolnshire for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[80] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nelly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Castletown, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry, Ireland.[81] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bordeloise | France | The ship capsized in the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bourdeaux.[82] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Annabella | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Zirkza, near Kronstadt, Russia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[83] |
Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Baltiysk, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[83] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Friends | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[84] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bridget | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown, Isle of Man with the loss of five of her thirteen crew.[85] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Tarleton | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off St David's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Africa.[86] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dnepr | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was holed by ice and sank off the Kinburn Spit. Her crew were rescued.[59] |
Krichev | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was holed by ice and sank off the Kinburn Spit. Her crew were rescued.[59] |
Vasilii Vekikii | Imperial Russian Navy | The Piatyi-class frigate was holed by ice and sank off the Kinburn Spit. Her crew were rescued.[59] |
No. 2 | Russia | The lighter was holed by ice and sank of the Kinburn Spit. Her crew were rescued.[59] |
Unnamed | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was holed by ice and sank of the Kinburg Spit. Her crew survived.[59] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Baltick | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[84] |
Betsey | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London.[17] |
Commerce | Great Britain | The ship was lost near the "Hasebori Gut". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[87] |
Countess of Hopetown | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Leith, Lothian.[63] |
Diamond | Great Britain | The light collier was lost whilst on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Workington, Cumberland with the loss of two of her crew.[81] |
Eliza | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London.[82] |
Fredrick van Bergen | Prussia | The ship ran aground off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Pillau to London.[63] |
Friends | Great Britain | Captain Maxwell's ship was wrecked off Great Yarmouth She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[87] |
Friends | Great Britain | Captain Park's ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[87] |
Jonge Ruerd Dick | Dutch Republic | The ship departed from Stockholm, Sweden for Amsterdam. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[88] |
Jonge Vrow Berent Diena | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Pan Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from "Apingaandam" to London.[82] |
Judith and Jane | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, Dutch Republic.[87] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.[79] |
Mary and Michael | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[63] |
Nossa Senhora da Conceição | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore near Ventava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Oporto.[84] |
Plain Dealing | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland.[84] |
Polly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Valencia, Spain with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Barcelona, Spain.[82] |
Resolution | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool.[87] |
Robert | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[17] |
Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Ostend. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend.[87] |
St Juan Baptista | Spain | The ship was lost on the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Greqat Britain.[16] |
Trial | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Libava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. She was on a voyage from Landskrona to Helsingfors, Sweden.[87] |
Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Lowestoft.[82] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amazon | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Alicante, Spain.[83][89] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Good-Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[90] She was later refloated.[91] |
Heart of Oak | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[90] She was later refloated.[91] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Friends Industry | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Lisbon, Portugal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to France and Jamaica.[92] |
Rachael | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames near Northfleet, Kent.[93] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ranger | Great Britain | The crewless sloop was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats.[93] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Señora de Rozario St Joze E Almas | Spain | The ship departed from Viveiro for Viana do Castelo, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[94] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady Hannah | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Madeira. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to Madeira.[95] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Active | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[96] |
Beckford | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Barcelona, Spain.[96] |
Duchess of Buccleugh | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London.[96][97] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Benn | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate Kent. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[98] She was later refloated.[99] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Vénus | French Navy | The Hébé-class frigate was wrecked in the Indian Ocean. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bridget | Guernsey | The ship was lost on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Cork, Ireland.[98] |
Catherine | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Valencia, Spain with the loss of all but two of her crew.[97] |
Centurion | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on South Holm, Denmark.[93] |
Dannebrog | Danish Asiatic Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore by ice in the Øresund.[92] |
Fly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Isle of Man and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[102][103] |
Four Brothers | Great Britain | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Mary ( Great Britain). Four Brothers was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.[86] |
Friendship | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore near Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to the Strait of Gibraltar.[104] |
General Elliot | Great Britain | The whaler sprang a leak and put into Saint Helena, where she was wrecked.[105] |
Hero | Great Britain | The whaler foundered in the English Channel off Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey and the South Seas.[86] |
Industry | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the North Brake Head. Her crew were rescued.[86] |
Jonge Jan Dockson | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore near Elsinore, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Amsterdam.[92] |
Jonge Wilhelm | Swedish Pomerania | The ship was driven ashore at Rügenwalde. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Rügenwalde.[98] |
Liberty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. Liberty was later taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[106] |
Liberty | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock off the Isle of Arran and sank. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British America to Jersey, Channel Islands.[106] |
Martha | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Riga Bay.[97] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London.[89] |
Morant | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Key of the Cockscombs, off the North Cuban coast. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol. Trelawney rescued the crew and brought them into Liverpool in July.[107][108] |
Nautilous | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Pool, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Pool to Bilboa, Spain.[98] |
Nymph | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in Málaga Bay. She was on a voyage from Chaleur Bay, Newfoundland, British America to Málaga.[98][99] |
Rachel | Great Britain | The ship sank on the Hook Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset.[97] |
Rebecca Wendola | Lübeck | The ship was sunk by ice between Cronstadt and Saint Petersburg.[98] |
Serapis | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Ostend.[98] |
Smyrna | Great Britain | The galley foundered. Her crew were rescued by Charlotte ( Great Britain). Smyrna was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[90] |
St. Johannes | Hamburg | The ship was cut by ice. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[98] |
St. Joseph | France | The ship was lost near Harwich, Essex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Morlaix.[93] |
Success | Jersey | The ship was lost at San Sebastián, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to San Sebastián.[92] |
Susannah | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (49°16′N 5°00′W). her crew were rescued by Juno ( Great Britain.[90] |
Three Friends | Russia | The ship was lost near Swinemünde, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bordeaux, France.[104] |
Wakende Oog | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to the Øresund.[109] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Adriatick | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Northern Triangles. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend, Dutch Republic and British Honduras.[29] |
Amity Hall | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[110] |
Ann | Great Britain | The ship was lost between New Brunswick and Port Shelburne, Nova Scotia, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Port Shelburne.[111] |
Arch Dutchess Marie Christine | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Dunkerque.[60] |
Astrolabe | French Navy | The frigate was wrecked in the Solomon Islands after 10 March.[112] |
Attempt | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Falkland Islands.[113] |
Baltick | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Reval, Saint Petersburg, Russia while on a voyage from Russia to London.[114] |
Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Musquito Shore. She was on a voyage from New Providence, New Jersey, United States to Florida, New Spain.[33] |
Betsey | Great Britain | The sloop was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rodney ( Great Britain). Betsey was on a voyage from Tortola to New York, United States.[33] |
Betsy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal while on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London.[115] Her crew were rescued.[77] |
Betsey and Amy | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Long Island, Rhode Island, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York.[29] |
Boussole | French Navy | The ship was wrecked in the Solomon Islands after 10 March.[112] |
Chance | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[110] |
Clementina | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the rock of Chesserow with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Bourdeaux, France.[90] |
Diligence | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to New York.[16] |
Dolphin | United States | The sloop was wrecked on Cape Hatteras, North Carolina before 19 November. Her crew were rescued.[116] |
Dudaloy | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Ladroon" with the loss of 70 lives.[117] |
Elizabeth | Prussia | The ship was lost on a voyage from Norway to Königsberg.[1] |
Emperor | Great Britain | The ship struck rocks in the Leeward Channel and was damaged beyond repair. She was on a voyage from Rockley Bay to Little Courland Bay, Tobago.[65] |
Elizabeth and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Newfoundland.[69] |
Enterprize | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[118] |
Everley | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Florida Keys, New Spain. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[70] |
Fame | Great Britain | The ship was lost near British Honduras. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[119] |
Fame | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of New Jersey. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to Falmouth, Cornwall.[120] |
Fanny | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Calypso ( United States). Fanny was on a voyage from Virginia to London or Hull.[111] |
Favourite | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec.[68] |
Friends | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[121] |
Friendship | Great Britain | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[122] |
Friendship | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost at Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Her crew were rescued by Alexander ( British East India Company). Friendship was on a voyage from Botany Bay to London.[117] |
Hastings | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the China Seas with the loss of most of her crew while on a voyage from China to Bombay, India.[123] |
Ioann Zlatoust | Imperial Russian Navy | The Vosmoi-class frigate was holed by ice and sank in the Dnieper in the Autumn of 1788.[59] |
Juno | United States | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Salem, Massachusetts to the Cape of Good Hope.[36] |
King Jos | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa.[124] |
London | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[110] |
Lord North | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Watlings Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Providence.[33] |
Lydia | Great Britain | The ship was lost between Virginia and North Carolina with the loss of most of her crew.[111] |
Maria | Dutch East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost at the Cape of Good Hope. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam.[109] |
Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall.[78] |
Mary and Jane | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of East Florida, New Spain while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued.[78] |
Nancy | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[110] |
Neckar | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the China Seas with the loss of most of her crew while on a voyage from China to Bombay.[123] |
Nimrod | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued by Waterford Packet ( Ireland).[77] |
Olive Branch | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued.[78] |
Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Labrador, British America.[125] |
Resolution | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Reval while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool.[121] |
Richard | Great Britain | The ship was lost on St Andreas Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Musquito Shore.[110] |
Robert | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Wilmington, Delaware, United States.[110] |
San Fernando | Spain | ): The ship was wrecked on Corvo Island, Azores.[126] |
Santa Rosalina | Spain | The ship was driven ashore on the Delaware Capes, United States. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Havana, Cuba.[124] |
Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Ostend.[121] |
St. Aubin | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Cape L'Anguille" with the loss of six of her crew.[92] |
St John's Paquet | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Norman's Pond Kay, Bahamas to North Carolina.[46] |
Surate | Bremen | The ship was lost at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Charleston.[127] |
Susannah | Great Britain | The sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (49°16′N 5°00′W). Her crew were rescued by Juno ( Great Britain).[102] |
Trial | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Baltic Sea off Ventspils, Latvia.[121] |
Tryal | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Newfoundland, British North America.[121] |
Walsingham | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Sunda Strait.[69] |
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