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This is a list of shipwrecks in 1757. It includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1757.


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January

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12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1757
Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off St Mawes, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]

14 January

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List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1757
Ship State Description
Fortune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire.[1]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
St. Pedro  Spain The ship was driven ashore near Dublin.[1]
Quarantine  Great Britain The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin.[1]
Volunteer  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica.[1]
Wilson  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin.[1]

21 January

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List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1757
Ship State Description
St. Nepunceña  Spain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Normandy, France. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Dunkerque, France.[2]

25 January

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List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1757
Ship State Description
Little Sally  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, by a privateer. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon, to London/[3]

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Ship State Description
Annabella  Great Britain The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[4]
Black Prince  Great Britain The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]
Camelion Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]
Casada Garden Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]
Charles  Great Britain The ship was captured by a French privateer and was run onto rocks ne Boulogne, France and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[6]
Cunliffe  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Mockbeggar, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Elizabeth & Mary  Great Britain The ship was captured off Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk.[4]
Happy Jennet  Great Britain The ship was lost off the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily.[7]
Holker  Great Britain The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland.[7]
Joseph & Abraham  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset.[8]
Maiters  Great Britain The ship was lost near Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[7]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk.[4]
Nicholas  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Whitehaven. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[3]
Nostra Señora de Caridad  Spain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gijón to London.[8]
Polly Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]
Porter  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Spurn Island, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Hull.[6]
Prince of Orange  Great Britain The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy vessels. She was sunk.[4]
Prince of Wales  Great Britain The ship was lost near Boulogne. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[6]
Sarah Kingdom of Great Britain British America The snow foundered before 29 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Piscataqua River.[9]
Toleration  Sweden The ship foundered on a voyage from Stockholm to Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain.[8]
Union Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island to a North Carolina port.[10]
Whitington  Great Britain The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]
Young Batchelor Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by four French Navy ships and was sunk.[5]

February

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6 February

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List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1757
Ship State Description
St Anthony  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore east of Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[11]
Unnamed privateer  France The privateer (previously the Royal George (Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey) was driven ashore east of Plymouth.[11]

8 February

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List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1757
Ship State Description
York  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Hastings, Sussex, by a French privateer. She had been on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire, but had been captured previously and taken in to Guernsey, Channel Islands, and was then bound for London.[11][12]

10 February

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List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1757
Ship State Description
William  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hastings, Sussex, by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to London.[13]

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Ship State Description
Hope  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[3]
Lady Strange  Great Britain The ship was lost on Ely Island, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London.[3]
Joseph & Jane  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin.[3]
Littleton  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) west of Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America, to London.[3]
Maria  Great Britain The ship was captured by a French privateer and driven ashore on the French coast. She was on a voyage from New York, British America, to London.[14]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was lost near Londonderry, Ireland with the loss of all hands.[15]
Nostra Señora do Soccero i Alma  Spain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Berlengas, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Seville to London.[15]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was lost east of Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth, Kingdom of Ireland to London.[2]
Seahorse  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to London.[13]
Southampton  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, to Plymouth.[3]
Speedwell  Ireland The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to Dublin.[15]
Success  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the West Indies.[13]

March

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13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1757
Ship State Description
Betty  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by HMS Scorpion (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[16]

16 March

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List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1757
Ship State Description
Constance  France The privateer was wrecked at San Sebastián, Spain.[17]
Princess  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar.[18]

23 March

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List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1757
Ship State Description
Lark  Ireland The ship was driven ashore near "Stewth". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin.[19]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1757
Ship State Description
Sarah  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Sligo Bay, Ireland, and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the Cape Verde Islands.[20]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1757
Ship State Description
St Antonio  Spain The ship foundered off Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin, Ireland.[21]

28 March

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List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1757
Ship State Description
Black Prince  Great Britain The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships.[22]
King George  Great Britain The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships.[22]
Ogden  Great Britain The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships.[22]
Penelope  Great Britain The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships.[22]
True Blue  Great Britain The ship was destroyed off Anguilla by two French Navy ships.[22]

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Ship State Description
Barnwell  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire.[23]
Bosville  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Virginia, British America.[19]
Chichester  Great Britain The ship capsized at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex, to Liverpool.[24]
Drogheda Merchant  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[23]
Duke  Ireland The ship sank at Liverpool.[23]
Duke of Cumberland  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[19]
Eagle  Great Britain The privateer was in collision with a Dutch ship and foundered.[19]
Earl of Halifax  Great Britain The ship foundered in the King Road. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to London.[16]
Enterprize  Great Britain The ship was lost near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to London[19]
Everton  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[23]
Fortune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Margate. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire.[25]
Fanny  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Greenock and was severely damaged.[19]
Great Britain  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[23]
Hopewell  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to an African port.[25]
John  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool.[23]
John  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the King Road. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Antigua.[26]
Kilham  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull to Oporto, Portugal.[27]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian, to London.[23]
Manchester  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Londonderry, Ireland.[25]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, to Venice.[23]
Monmoth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Virginia, British America.[25]
Nostra Señora de Rosario  Spain The ship foundered.[23]
Olive Branch  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Newry, County Antrim, Ireland.[28]
Quester  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to an African port.[25]
Sandwich  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandwich, Kent.[29]
Traffords  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[25]
Triton Denmark Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pilau, Kingdom of Prussia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Christiansand to Dantzick.[17]
Two Sisters  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Crosby Point, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]

April

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22 April

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List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1757
Ship State Description
Buchanan  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Sable Island. She had been on a voyage from Gibraltar to Maryland, British America, by had been captured by a French privateer and was being sent in to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.[30]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Africa  Great Britain The ship foundered in Carlisle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to an African port.[21]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was captured by four French Navy ships and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Denia, Spain, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[31]
Craven  Great Britain The ship was lost at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[17]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was captured by four French Navy ships and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Zant, Karli-Eli to London.[31]
Exchange  Great Britain The ship was lost near Edinburgh, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Königsberg, Prussia.[20]
Fanny  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Studdal Roads, off the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[28]
Hawke  Great Britain The ship was lost off Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Amsterdam.[32]
Industry  Great Britain The ship capsized in the Catwater.[21]
Macclesfield  Great Britain The ship was lost "below the Cole". She was on a voyage from Hull to Riga, Russia.[20]
Robert and Anne  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Dover, Kent.[21]
Sarah  Great Britain The ship was lost near Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.[31]
Southampton Sally  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Chester, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Chester.[33]
St. Lucar  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon.[21]

May

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14 May

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List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1757
Ship State Description
Aquilon  French Navy The 48-gun fifth rate was driven ashore and wrecked in Audierne Bay by HMS Antelope (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[34][35]

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Ship State Description
Hope  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on a rock in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to an Irish port.[36]
Hope  Great Britain The ship foundered off the "Anot Islands". She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway, to Riga, Russia.[37]
Postillion  France The privateer was captured by HMS Rochester (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy) and was burnt.[38]
Royal Widow  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the privateer Defiance ( Great Britain).[39]

June

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10 June

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List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1757
Ship State Description
Granville  France The privateer exploded off the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain, during an engagement with the privateer Britannia ( Great Britain. Four survivors of her 280 crew were rescued by Britannia.[5]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Junon  French Navy The frigate ran aground at Port Mahon, Menorca. She was declared a total loss and broken up.
Matilda  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Suir at Waterford, Ireland, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Waterford.[40]
Nostra Señora de la Mayor  Spain The ship was lost on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Seville to Bristol.[41]
Royal George  Great Britain The ship ran aground off Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Guinea.[42]

July

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2 July

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List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1757
Ship State Description
Rose  French Navy The fifth rate was engaged off Malta by HMS Hampton Court (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy). She was scuttled to avoid capture by HMS Monmouth and HMS Lyme (both Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy)[43][44]

27 July

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List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1757
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Hull, Yorkshire.[45]

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Duke of Bedford  Ireland The privateer was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[46]

August

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12 August

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List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1757
Ship State Description
Clinton  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the No Mans Land sandbar, South Carolina, British America.[47]

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Ship State Description
Barbadoes  Great Britain The ship capsized and sank in the River Dee, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from London to Chester, Cheshire.[48]
Dragon  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Plymouth, Devon, with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[49]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Nore, in the Thames Estuary.[49]
La Muette  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dale, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain.[50]
Pretty Peggy  Ireland The ship was lost off Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America via Liverpool.[48]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London.[51]
Prince George  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Blackwall, London. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[49]
Rhode-Island  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the East Knock, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[49]
Robert  Ireland The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Swift  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Nore.[49]
Two Brothers  Great Britain The ship sank at Plymouth, Devon following her arrival from Oporto, Portugal.[48]
Venyowa  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to North Carolina, British America.[49]

September

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9 September

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List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1757
Ship State Description
Marie  Great Britain The collier was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon, with the loss of all hands.[52]

11 September

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List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1757
Ship State Description
Minie  Great Britain The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Chipenham ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[47]

16 September

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List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1757
Ship State Description
Jungfrau Anna-Ekaterina  Imperial Russian Navy The yacht was driven ashore and sank near "Muskelo". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt.[53]

21 September

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List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1757
Ship State Description
Dorothea  Russia The ship was lost near Calais, Kingdom of France. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[54]

22 September

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List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1757
Ship State Description
Nancy  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°16′N 17°57′W / 48.267°N 17.950°W / 48.267; -17.950). Her crew were rescued by True Patriot. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[55]

24 September

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List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1757
Ship State Description
HMS Ferret Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sloop-of-war foundered in a hurricane off the coast of New France with the loss of all 125 crew.
HMS Tilbury Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy Louisbourg Expedition: The fourth rate ship of the line was wrecked off Louisbourg, Île-Royale, New France with the loss of 121 of her crew.

26 September

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List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1757
Ship State Description
Moscow  Imperial Russian Navy The battleship was driven ashore and wrecked at Libava, Courland Governorate with the loss of 98 lives.[53]

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Ship State Description
Duke of Cumberland  Great Britain The ship, operating under a letter of marque, foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 9 leagues (27 nautical miles (50 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia, British America, with the loss of 25 of her 46 crew.[56]
English Oak  Great Britain The ship capsized at Dublin, Ireland, and was wrecked.[57]
Margaret  Great Britain The ship was captured and burnt by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Gothenburg, Sweden.[55]
Mary & Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[58]
Merry Katherine  Great Britain The ship was lost off Dunkerque, France. Sje had been ov a voyage from New York, British America, to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, but had been captured by a French privateer and sent in to that port.[59]

October

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3 October

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List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1757
Ship State Description
Vakhtmeister  Imperial Russian Navy The Gektor-class frigate was driven ashore on "Wolf Island" and sank with the loss of fourteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt.[53]

10 October

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List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1757
Ship State Description
Griffin  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Abbotsbury, Dorset, with the los of nine lives. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[60]

17 October

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List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1757
Ship State Description
Olifant  Imperial Russian Navy The ship was driven ashore by ice near the Tokbukhin Lighthouse. She was refloated the following Spring and taken in to Cronstadt.[53]

18 October

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List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1757
Ship State Description
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Holms Head Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk.[10]

25 October

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List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1757
Ship State Description
Swift  Great Britain The ship sailed from Jamaica for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered.[61]

28 October

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List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1757
Ship State Description
John & Jane  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Narva, Russia.[62]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Edward  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man.[63]
Hampton Court  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[64]
Lyme  Great Britain The privateer capsized in Weymouth Bay with the loss of all but two of her crew. The survivors were rescued by the privateer Cumberland (Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey.[54]

November

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3 November

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List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1757
Ship State Description
Hawke  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the "Collerados". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[65]

6 November

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List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1757
Ship State Description
Industry  Great Britain The ship ran aground off Guernsey, Channel Islands.[66]

8 November

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List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1757
Ship State Description
Nympha do Lomar  Spain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at San Lucar. She was on a voyage from Málaga to London, Great Britain.[67]

11 November

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List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1757
Ship State Description
Bellona  Great Britain The privateer capsized in the River Avon at Bristol, Gloucestershire, and was wrecked.[68]

29 November

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List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1757
Ship State Description
Nossa Senhora da Caridade e São José  Portugal The ship was wrecked on the French coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Faro to London, Great Britain.[69]

30 November

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List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1757
Ship State Description
Elizabeth and Janet  Great Britain The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was then pursued by an English privateer but was deliberately run ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to San Lucar, Spain.[70]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1757
Ship State Description
Charles  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Barnstaple Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Cork, Ireland.[71]
Fly  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Ives, Cornwall, with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Boston to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[66]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gigha.[71]
Heroine  France The privateer, a prize of the Duke of Cornwall ( Great Britain), capsized at Weymouth, Dorset, with the loss of 42 lives.[56]
Orford  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "the Neals". She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[66]
Prins Frederick Denmark Norway The ship foundered off Drontheim. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Drontheim.[55]
Recovery  Great Britain The privateer foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of 74 lives.[66]
Swallow  Great Britain The ship was lost near Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[55]

December

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3 December

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List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1757
Ship State Description
Redheasell  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Jamaica via Madeira. Her crew were rescued.[72]

4 December

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List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1757
Ship State Description
Neptune  Great Britain The brig was wrecked at Dover, Kent, whilst trying to evade a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Hamburg.[73]

19 December

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List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1757
Ship State Description
Diamond  France The ship was intercepted by HMS Brilliant (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy) in the Atlantic Ocean. She exploded and sank. Twenty-four survivors were rescued by HMS Brilliant.[74]
Intrepide  Great Britain The privateer was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by HMS Brilliant (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy), which rescued her 130 crew.[74]

20 December

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List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1757
Ship State Description
Nostra Señora de Rosaria, Santa Anna, Santa Antonio et Santa Almas  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain.[75]

24 December

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List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1757
Ship State Description
Thomas and Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth Hoe, Devon.[70]

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Ship State Description
Ann & Isabel  Spain The ship was wrecked near Waterford, Ireland.[62]
Aquila Imperial  Spain The ship was lost near St Andero with the loss of twenty of her crew. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain, to Bilboa.[76]
Benjamin  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[62]
Betty  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Londonderry.[77]
Charlotta Frederika  Denmark The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Charm  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dundee, Perthshire.[67]
Charming Peggy  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Clifford  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Dirk William & Cornelia  Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Nova Scotia, British North America.[78]
Exchange  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Freeden Denmark Norway The ship foundered in the Norwegian Sea off Bergen. She was on a voyage from London to Drontheim.[76]
Friends Goodwill  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the East Barrowheads Sand, in the North Sea, with the loss of four of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[62]
Friends Goodwill  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Happy Janet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to the Firth of Forth.[79]
Henrietta  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[73]
Hope  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Corton, Suffolk, with the loss of all hands.[80]
Italian Merchant  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Jennet & Margaret  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
John  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
John & Margaret  Great Britain The ship was lost near San Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Gibraltar.[79]
Laurel  Great Britain The privateer was captured and sunk by Saint Michel ( French Navy).[62]
Leviathan  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Lintott  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crosby, Lancashire.[62][81]
Maria  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to Stockton on Tees, County Durham.[80]
Masters  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Nepthanis  Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Nostra Señora de Rosario Santa Anna Santa Antonio & Aluas  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Terceira.[62]
Otter  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Port Merchant  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Providence  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Restoration  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Seanymph  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Spaandershort Dutch East India Company Great Britain The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Texel, Dutch Republic.[79]
Spalden Packet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
St. George  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Tynemouth.[67]
St. Peter  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Channel with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[81]
Success  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Dublin.[81]
Unicorn  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Hull, Yorkshire.[79]
Union  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[62]
Virchild  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Trieste, Archduchy of Austria.[81]
Walpole  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Staples, in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Tynemouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[67]
Wilson  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Plymouth, Devon.[81]
Young Alexander  Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Arklow, County Wicklow.[81]
Young Batchelor  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bristol.[77]

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Ship State Description
Anamaboo  Great Britain The ship was lost off the coast of Carolina, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an African port to Rhode Island, British America.[82]
Anne & Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was captured by three French Navy frigates off Louisbourg, Île Royale, French North America and was burnt.[79]
Arch Duke of Austria Austria Archduchy of Austria The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "the coast of Italy".[31]
Beckford  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Nevis to London. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Cæsar  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Jordans, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[39]
Centurion  Ireland The ship was captured by a French ship. She was on a voyage from Killibeg, County Donegal, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was sent in to Marseille was lost off that port.[16]
Charming Jenny  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Venice to Jamaica. Her crew were rescued by HMS Assistance (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[4]
Cornelia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Delaware Capes, British America, with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Gibraltar.[83]
Count Axel Fersen  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Moorish coast with the loss of about half of her crew. The survivors were taken prisoner. She was on a voyage from London to Barcelona, Spain.[84]
Don Pedro  Dutch Republic The ship was lost near Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Sint Eustatius.[23]
Duke  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[85]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia to Montserrat.[86]
Figuera Packet  Great Britain The ship was captured by a French Navy frigate whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to London. She was plundered and burnt.[85]
George  Great Britain The ship was lost off the coast of Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Georgia, British America to the Leeward Islands.[23]
Lydia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[85]
Martha & Mary  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Jamaica.[87]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Antigua.[23]
Mediterranean  Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Mermaid  Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Myrtilla  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[47][88]
Nouvelle Société  France The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Quebeck, French America.[89]
Pearl  Great Britain The ship was lost at Montserrat.[4]
Peter & Mary  Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Pusey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Reedy Island, Delaware, British America.[24]
Richard & Jane  Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Sally  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Delaware River, British America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jamaica.[85]
Speculation  Sweden The ship was captured off Livorno by a French ship. She was sent in to Marseille was lost off that port.[27]
Swallow  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British America, with the loss of several lives. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset, to Newfoundland.[71]
Thomas & Mary  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued by William & Mary ( Great Britain).[82]
Virginia  Great Britain The ship was lost off North Carolina, British America, before 11 November.[56][90]

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